Tag: insomnia

Another serious question

Has anyone had a problem with sleep aids doing weird things mentally once you wake up? I’m not talking about ambien and sleepwalking. I usually take melatonin to help me sleep. I ran out of my usual stuff and bought a different brand to try. (It was a better deal.)

I’ve been using it for a couple days and immediately I’ve noticed something weird which may or may not be related. My sense of time is…off. Way off.

Like last night, it was about 9:45. I went out into the living room to look for something. Then I went to brush my teeth and get ready for bed. All told this felt like it took about 15 minutes. But when I looked at my phone, it was 11 PM almost exactly.

I was at a stop light this morning. It felt like I was there for about 30 seconds but I looked at the clock and I’d been at that light for 5 minutes. (I hate that light so much.)

Is this a thing? It came on really suddenly, just in the past few days and the only thing that’s changed was the brand of melatonin I’m using. Am I taking too much? Sometimes I find the recommended dose too strong and I’m woozy in the morning. But I woke up in the middle of the night last night and had a hard time going back to sleep.

Anyone have any ideas?

I tried to go to bed early last night. I was ready for bed around 10 pm but didn’t get to sleep probably around 11 pm which wouldn’t have been a big deal except I woke up in the middle of the night at some point reciting limericks inside my head. Like you know when you get a song stuck in your head only it’s

There once was a man from Peru

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe

He awoke with a fright

In the middle of the night

To find that is dream had come true.

Over and over again. For at least an hour. Just woke up and there were limericks. It’s stupid o’clock at night, it’s dark, Horatio is asleep on my face and just limericks.

It was maddening and now I’m exhausted. I want to go home and back to bed but what if the limericks come back?