Posted by linkadge on September 14, 2010, at 18:18:00
In reply to Re: Targeting insomnia at noon? » linkadge, posted by SLS on September 14, 2010, at 16:22:18
I guess what I mean is that, for natural sleep, I need to be in the right state of mind. If I happen to be *way out* of the zone, it can take a while to get back into the zone.
I am finding, that if I am experiencing a lot of anxiety during the day, and I start to think it will affect my sleep at night, taking a benzo earlier seems to help me sleep much better at night than just popping the drug at 10:30 and wanting the light to switch off immediately.
The way I think of it is this. Whenever I open a door during the day, my mind needs to close that door in order to calm down and feel balanced. If I am opening too many doors during the day, and then just popping a pill at night, I don't give myself time to close those doors and so my brain doesn't want to shut off. It almost resists the drug.
By taking the drug earlier, I am better able to shut doors (while I still can) instead of opening them. That way when it is time to sleep, I feel more balanced.
Perhaps this is (hypo)mania though, the desire to open way to many doors and less ability to close them.Maybe I am making no sense...
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