Equivilency Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Is it normal not to be able to nap during the day? I could be flat out exhausted but only able to "lie down" for a bit but not sleep. Is anyone else like this? It just seems like I should be able to take a nap (I use to be able to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoidling Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) - Edited April 30, 2022 by Paranoidling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I used to nap during the day on a regular basis. Don't do it at all now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Hmm. So glad to meet other unable-to-nap persons. Knew I'd find something useful on this site. Thanks. Yes, though I am a lot older than most of you, I have been enduring this inability to nap for about 6 months now. I cannot even lie down and "rest". I don't understand it at all. Good luck to you one and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 No, I nap many times during the day some days. But I don't sleep much at night, so napping makes up for it. But for some reason I usually don't sleep for more than 1-2 hours at a time. More than that would be rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadenza Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 My naps turn into sleeps, which became a real problem nearing the end of the fall semester. I would always leave the dorm lounge and say, "it's nap thirty, guys!" No one would see or hear from me for another six hours until I would wake up at twelve in the morning. Then I would stay up the rest of the night. Let the cycle continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysergia Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 i can't either - and this started when i started latuda. even when i was taking a bigger dose, in the morning, and being so sedated by lunchtime i couldn't function - i still could NOT nap through the exhaustion. just lay there staring at the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equivilency Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yea I have a daily stare at the ceiling routine for 20 min which I guess counts as my "nap". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writehellarandomshiny Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Depends on what meds I'm on. And what my work schedule is. Generally, I can't nap for shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloane Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I don't nap, my brain just won't allow it. If it is daytime outside (if I see sunlight) my brain says it's "supposed" to be awake. To which I can barely close my eyes without popping them open again (no matter how tired or sleep deprived I am). Now if my brain would only get the message that when it's dark out it's "supposed" to be asleep I'd be grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equivilency Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 My naps consist of brief unconsciousness. I wouldn't call it sleep. Maybe it is the Latuda but I can't test that theory because I have to stay on it right now. It has caused me alot of sleep problems I have to take other meds for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovOidampUle Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 There's been times when I couldn't nap, but not independently of sleeping. If I can sleep through the night, I can also take a nap. Things that mess up my ability to sleep at all are anxiety and some medications. If I started having a period where I couldn't sleep, I'd try figure out if it was one of those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savannah Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I take a nap almost every day, despite taking Rozerem. I am not working and I sleep every day. When I was working I used to fall into sleep during the daytime no matter how much. I was written up 4 different. Needless to say it was embarrassing and I know if I went to work again it would start up badly again. At least my pdoc understands and it is one of the reason the pdoc put as a reason in can't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobhope74 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 no,not at all,actually im literally jolted awake w/ electric shock like sensation the second i start to sleep its wierd,i believe it began when i tryed to lower my dose of seroquel(under my doctors supervision,but still i think the tapering went too fast)and it never went away completely ,i do wonder if others expieriance this ,but this not being able to nap sounds like it could be somethiing similaresp the the phrase "my brain wont let me"thats what i feel like,its my brainand a side effect of the meds,not sure what it is but i do miss being able to take naps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equivilency Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 no,not at all,actually im literally jolted awake w/ electric shock like sensation the second i start to sleep its wierd,i believe it began when i tryed to lower my dose of seroquel(under my doctors supervision,but still i think the tapering went too fast)and it never went away completely ,i do wonder if others expieriance this ,but this not being able to nap sounds like it could be somethiing similar esp the the phrase "my brain wont let me"thats what i feel like,its my brain and a side effect of the meds,not sure what it is but i do miss being able to take naps Exactly what happens to me. zapped awake by my brain. I think its meds to but what can ya do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloane Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 no,not at all,actually im literally jolted awake w/ electric shock like sensation the second i start to sleep its wierd,i believe it began when i tryed to lower my dose of seroquel(under my doctors supervision,but still i think the tapering went too fast)and it never went away completely ,i do wonder if others expieriance this ,but this not being able to nap sounds like it could be somethiing similar esp the the phrase "my brain wont let me"thats what i feel like,its my brain and a side effect of the meds,not sure what it is but i do miss being able to take naps Exactly what happens to me. zapped awake by my brain. I think its meds to but what can ya do... Oh yeah, that sudden shock that jolts you awake right before you fall asleep? Might be a Hypnic Jerk. I get those a lot when I'm stressed or really exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equivilency Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 I've had the jerks but this is more like you brain just turning back on right before you fall sleep. Its changed over the last few months. Now I sorta go unconscious for a bit (doesn't seem like real sleep at all). It's all very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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