Stress/Anxiety/Insomnia/Memory Issues

@njp1013 Well, the zalepron that the doctor gave me for last night didn't work well. I got about 3 hours of sleep. So kind of a zombie today and I am waiting for the doctor to call back still. I will probably go back to melatonin and diphenhydromine for tonight since that has worked OK. I just know I can't stay on the antihistamine for an extended time so I was hoping for another option.

ah sorry to hear that, another rough night for me too :-(...i hope things go better for you tonight

@njp1013 Sorry to hear you had a rough one too. Hope you have a better night too.

@mandrake70 I hope the therapy session goes well, whether or not your wife joins you. If she does not that really says a lot, so I hope she will. I hope your daughter's session goes well too. As you say, her problem may not be the doctor, but simply taking the time to have to go. Most kids stay with their pediatricians until they are 18 I think. I remember my nephew likes his so much he hated having to change!
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@mandrake70 this is exactly like me. I generally fall asleep in a reasonable amount of time. I get up numerous times during the night due to bathroom calls, and I get to sleep OK then too, but when I awaken at around 4:00 it's almost impossible to fall asleep again. I will often lay awake for a couple of hours and then finally fall asleep, totally exhausted. Being retired that's OK, I can sleep late, but if I was working it would be a real problem.
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@contentandwell Good morning. I ended up taking my daughter to after hours last night for her foot. She doesn't have a fracture and the nurse practitioner thinks it is a tendon issue. She won't be practicing or playing in games for a week to see if that helps.

This morning my wife asked about the counseling so I will be picking her up to go. I'm not sure what will happen at this point but at least she will be going. I really wish she hadn't put up so much of a fight about going nearly two months ago. I don't know if it would have made a difference though.

Just got notice that my boss got fired. He's a nice guy but hasn't been doing a great job and has upset a lot of people. Still, I had thought things were going better but I guess not.

I got about six hours of sleep last night. Woke up at 4:00 but got back to sleep until 6:00. Took melatonin and diphenhydramine last night. Only things that seem to help at this point. I know I can't keep using the diphenhyrdamine since it really isn't good for me so I will see what my doctor says tomorrow. At least I feel better today after getting some sleep.

@mandrake70 glad to hear you slept a little better last night, that is good that your wife and you are going to counseling i hope that it helps heal you.

@mandrake70. Oh, no! Your daughter must be crushed that she has to sit out practicing and games. That type of thing is so important to teens especially, and I am sure that gave her a break from her other problems.

I’m glad that your wife is on board with counseling. I hope it proves to be a positive experience and that things can get less muddled so you and your wife decide the best path forward. Does the firing of your boss have much effect on you? Hopefully the replacement will be good.

It sounds as if you got a decent amount of sleep last night. Diphenhydramine helps me a lot too but like you I do not like to take it frequently. I find that even half of one tablet helps. A very long time ago I had a prescription for some sleeping pill but I hated them, I felt like a slug the next morning. My best aid is lorazepam but that too is not something that I would take frequently, only when I’m desperate.
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Some morning I still wake up tired are wake up early

@njp1013 @contentandwell My daughter is doing OK. She is still not walking well but I think she is doing better. She's been getting frustrated with her mother since she keeps having to repeat herself. My wife doesn't seem to be listening well. At my daughter's therapy session last night my daughter had to tell her mother things several times. I'm trying not to put my daughter in the middle of the problems my wife and I are having but I know that she has defended me to her mother several times now.
The counseling went as expected yesterday. The counselor asked about how things have been for me and told him about the depression, my father's death, the problems my wife has with my mother, and all the other issues that have come up. He was pretty shocked that my wife wanted to talk to my daughter's therapist alone and told her that isn't how things are supposed to work. I don't know if she heard him or not. He offered us a 90 schedule to try to work things out but my wife isn't interested. She says I hurt her a week ago when I couldn't think of anything good from our marriage besides our daughters. I probably did but she doesn't understand that with everything that has happened, she has hurt me so many times I can't count. She said she would think about it but I don't expect anything.
I'm tired today. I slept OK last night but just don't feel rested. I have a new prescription to try tonight so we will see how that goes. I'm getting to the point where I am willing to try anything to just not be exhausted.