[HN Gopher] The Stages of Insomnia ___________________________________________________________________ The Stages of Insomnia Author : bookofjoe Score : 41 points Date : 2020-10-14 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.mcsweeneys.net) (TXT) w3m dump (www.mcsweeneys.net) | cpard wrote: | 45 made me smile. I remember being in Tel Aviv and running out of | Melatonin. I went to a pharmacy and asked for it. The guy, having | quite an attitude replied to me, "This is not the US, you need a | prescription for Melatonin". By the way, at that point I hadn't | even visited the US yet and my english accent makes it clear that | I'm not from the US. Anyway, I really enjoyed the post. I'm lucky | to not have to strangle with insomnia anymore, it can be very | painful. | the_only_law wrote: | I had a particularly bad bout of insomnia this year. I recall one | night just lying in bed and analyzing my entire life in my head, | all my actions and mistakes. Oddly the only other time I've | managed to stay so fixated on that topic was during a moderately | negative trip. | SftwreEngnr wrote: | Any stimulant/psychedelic/antidepressant usage that could have | caused that? | s5300 wrote: | Not trying to sound rude in the slightest - but if that's the | only tangle you've had with it... I'd consider yourself a bit | lucky haha. | | 2-4 hours nightly for now half my life (young 20's) now. Caused | by other somewhat severe med issues, may hopefully be getting | under control soon... | the_only_law wrote: | Yeah I've never had it quite that bad. It's been on and off | for a few years. The peak was when I would maybe go a few | days without only a few hours, but I've mostly started to fix | things the past few months. I worked a night shift position | maybe 3 or 4 years ago and I wonder if that put me off. | ianai wrote: | Did you ever try writing it all out? Can help quell the mood. | the_only_law wrote: | I've thought about it but I'm very bad at expressing things | linearly and find myself having to jump around erratically | even in my head. I've had the same problem the few times I've | considered writing tech related material. | ianai wrote: | That's totally fine. Just write what you're thinking. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-10-14 23:00 UTC)