How much sleep is enough?

[MikeInFrance]

No exaggeration but I have had 2 hours sleep last night (so happy about that!) but in the last 2 weeks never more than 30 minutes a night max! And although I am exhausted I am not tired and I  dont look tired at all. So is this just my brain tricking my body? I tried alot of teas , vitamins, even melatonin...all to no avail. So since I was really on the move all day yesterday and ended up sleeping better than other days then all I can do is try to do is replicate that today. I'll keep u all updated but I feel so damn good.......not emotionally good (although I do) but I just feel better inside my body! Like my body is saying "finally you are giving us a chance to rebuild again!"  just feels good!  And someone posted yesterday about everytime he/she sneezed, went to the bathroom, sweat, etc it was like "yes...more toxins leaving my body!"  I do it now and it helps mentally! So thanks!

[MikeInFrance]

I feel you and what your going through for sure. But believe me take comfort in the fact u are getting more than me...lol I'm laughing at myself. It's just amazing that u can still function like this. I  almost waiting for something to snap and hit me all at once. It's crazy! If there werent drugs involved then  I don't believe people with insomnia could go through what some of us go through.  Any doctor first couldn't believe it's true and second I guess that a strong sleeping pill like a restaril or something would be prescribed to knock me out. I don't wanna take anything. Not even a Valium. I just need to punish myself and make this as uncomfortable as possible for myself so that it never leaves me. Even closing in on my 13th night I am still so not me but so on the way there! ;)  you are all awesome people.... High or not .... But I only wanna know u clean!

[kk1303]

I'm still not sleeping either. Well, actually, I'm sleeping about 3-4 hours a night in 30 min intervals & its definitely NOT enough. I have classes all day long & so much homework & its really hard to focus bc I'm so tired all the time. I'm desperate for a good night's sleep!

[theaddict]

i got a massage around 5pm on day 12 of my detox and let me tell you, it helped me so much. cheers to hoping for better sleep tonight.

[MikeInFrance]

So I just booked a massage for tonight and I hope that it can help me to sleep longer and better. I honestly knew nothing about the sleep issue before I started this. Crazy.... The stuff we put in out bodies without even knowing the full effects before and after.

[MikeInFrance]

Yeah I think so too. But still I know it can't be good to function with so little sleep. Sleep deprivation is used as a weapon-like instrument by militaries today so it's obviously something that u must have. I have no idea how I continue to move forward. I told someone today that in the past 2 weeks I haven't had more than 7 hours sleep total. They looked at me and laughed and said bulsh*t!  Lol

[cinders64]

more so your brain i think.

[MikeInFrance]

Is it my body that needs to recover? Or my brain?

[cinders64]

I know I couldn't cope with no sleep, there more than a few nights that I was only having 2 hours sleep and I was absolutely wrecked the next day.  Its great that you are feeling ok with so little sleep, maybe because you are just accepting that is how its going to be until your body recovers.