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Steel Maiden · 04-01-2013, 01:42 PM

I have had severe insomnia for my whole life. My parents told me that when I was a baby, I rarely slept for more than 5-6 hours a day, and rarely for more than 1 hour at a time. They had to take turns staying up at night to look after me. When I was a child/teenager, I would sleep between 2am-6am every night with no daytime naps. I would never get tired during the day. I just don't need that much sleep. Now I am on four different psychotropic medications (three for mental health and one for migraines and epilepsy) so I get around 7-8 hours of sleep a night, which is a lot for me. The most sleep I ever got was 9 hours a night on 20mg Olanzapine and 15mg Haloperidol.

04-01-2013, 01:42 PM	#28
Steel Maiden There is no place like 127.0.0.1 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London	I have had severe insomnia for my whole life. My parents told me that when I was a baby, I rarely slept for more than 5-6 hours a day, and rarely for more than 1 hour at a time. They had to take turns staying up at night to look after me. When I was a child/teenager, I would sleep between 2am-6am every night with no daytime naps. I would never get tired during the day. I just don't need that much sleep. Now I am on four different psychotropic medications (three for mental health and one for migraines and epilepsy) so I get around 7-8 hours of sleep a night, which is a lot for me. The most sleep I ever got was 9 hours a night on 20mg Olanzapine and 15mg Haloperidol.
	PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10 or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student. I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out. I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included. Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.