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Warpy

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9. You're not crazy.
Sat Sep 9, 2023, 07:38 PM
Sep 2023

In fact, it's long been known that being awake between midnight and 4 am is when thoughts of doom and disaster are most likely to predominate. If we're awake for them, it's anxiety. If we're asleep, it's probably part of what our unconscious brain uses to problem solve. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

There are certainly a lot worse things to take than gabapentin. If it works, that's great. Just know what your brain is doing at that ungodly hour is normal and part of its function.

My go to is an extra Tylenol, that stuff always makes me sleepy and if something wakes me up to the point I can't sleep after the bathroom run, it's usually going to be pain.



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