u/coyotemother

Hi! I've been having a really hard time lately getting myself to go to bed! I keep staying up until I literally can't hold my eyes open anymore because I don't want to stop what I'm doing and get ready for bed. Most of the time I'm not even doing anything very fun/important, but the many tasks that come with getting ready for bed feel overwhelming.

I do try to break up the tasks, like I take my meds at X time, then brush my teeth 30 minutes later, then go upstairs 30 minutes after that, etc, but I just find ways to not do them, aka I'm in my head telling myself I need to do them but my body is extremely resistant to getting up.

It has very slowly been cutting into my sleep hours, and at this point I really need to figure something out. I feel like it's "just willpower," but either I have no willpower or that's not the solution here.

Btw, I fall asleep easily and stay asleep all night without nightmares. So sleeping isn't the problem, but getting ready for bed is the issue.

Hey everyone! I've gone through so many different phases of sleep patterns, but I think I've hit rock bottom at this point. I've had a few episodes this year (ugh), but right now I would say I'm at baseline. I feel in control of my emotions, I'm able to go to work, I'm enjoying my hobbies, and I'm spending time with friends. Most days, I'm in a neutral mood and feel fairly calm.

But my sleep schedule is crazy!!! For two years, I struggled immensely with sleeping too much. I would sleep for 12 hours a day if I didn't have plans, and I would still be sleepy. In the last couple months, I've developed some sort of aversion to going to bed. I will FIGHT my body and stay awake even when I'm exhausted, or I'll fall asleep in my chair in front of my computer. I stay up all night at least once a week (on non-work days only, thank GOD I'm able to curb this on work days).

I know this is BAD, but whatever is going on is not logical. I just really, really, really don't want to go to bed. I'm not staying up so I can do anything fun - I just don't want to close my eyes and sleep. It's like sleeping has become my least favorite part of existing.

It's very frustrating because when I'm tired during the day, everything is harder and my brain is foggy. I mean, duh. I regret not sleeping every time, but I keep doing it. It's gotten so bad that I've put a spare mattress topper in the closet of my office (where I spend most of my time) so I can put it on the floor and pass out if I can't keep myself awake any longer. Any sleep is better than no sleep, but it feels like going upstairs and into bed is the hardest and worst thing in the world.

I also struggle to sleep in the dark. I wear an eye mask, but if the actual room I'm sleeping in is dark, it makes me anxious and gives me scary thoughts. I work evening/night shifts, and I've found that I sleep much more peacefully when it's light out. I've been "afraid of the dark" since I was a kid. Maybe I could put a dimmable light in my bedroom and keep it partially on when I go to bed??

Does anyone else have this issue? I really don't think I'm hypo, because I had a hypo episode a few months ago and it felt very different from this. Also, I'm not usually tired when I'm hypo, but the lack of sleep is definitely making me tired. Blah.

Hunger was the first side effect I got from Abilify and it hasn't gotten any better in the 3 years I've been taking it. I'm really sick of feeling hungry all the time. I can't control it. I NEVER used to eat like this. I've tried dieting, I walk 5 miles a day, the weight won't come off because I'm so hungry, I can't keep myself from eating.

My insurance won't cover Vraylar, otherwise I would have already tried that... I'm on Lamotrigine 250mg, but I don't think that will be enough to keep away the hypo on its own.

I am curious if any of you have experience with other APs or medications that will keep hypo at bay. I want to bring some up to my psych next month... I've heard MANY of these meds correlate with weight gain though, so I'm concerned I may be out of luck.

Hi everyone, I've beaten the E4 in version 4.1 and I'm trying to fill out more of my dex. I've been using the randomizer on scaled mode, and I wanted to get another Gardevoir, but it is no longer in the route I initially caught it in. Am I out of luck? Do I have to search the map to see if I can find a Ralts or something? Obviously, a lot of the weaker pokemon have been replaced with stronger ones as my team has leveled up, but I can still find pokemon like Feebas and Mantyke... I think I fucked up by choosing this mode, since I've seen that there are bugs, but I thought it would be fun before I knew about them 😅

Posting this here instead of a finance sub because y'all will understand the struggle ❤️

Hi there, I'm really frustrated with myself because I had a med-induced hypo episode (FUCK Lexapro) and I spent beyond my means. I know we've all done it, but I'm on a tight income and I genuinely can't figure out what to do to get on top of it.

I was trying to figure out my APR (turns out it's 14.7%), so I was reading my last statement and got freaked out because it said it would take FOURTEEN YEARS to pay off the card if I just paid the minimum amount every month. Yeah, these are a scam. I've learned my lesson.

I make about $1,800 a month and my debt is about $1,000 (thank god it's not more). I use my credit card for bills, so the actual amount on the CC is more, but the rest of it is expenses I pay off every month. The 1k is the extra I can't get on top of.

I've already cut down on unnecessary spending. I have been struggling with that for a long time, so it hasn't been perfect, but I'm spending much less than I was before, and I'm continuing to work on getting it down to $0/week.

I cut out some subscriptions, but I only had a few to begin with. I NEVER eat out. I take free public transit everywhere. I don't go to the movies, or to concerts, etc. I don't know what else to do except buy cheaper food, which is hard because of how expensive food has gotten lately.

Now, I could pick up extra shifts, but my job is very stressful and I'm extremely concerned that working more will trigger a depressive episode. In the past, more work = more depression, which is something I can't afford either. I already had to take a week off earlier this year due to episodes. Theoretically, if I did pick up extra shifts, I could make $150 per shift, or $200 if I work overnight (accounting for taxes).

Does anyone have suggestions for paying off this debt? Or perhaps how to not go crazy if I do need to pick up extra shifts? UGH!!!

I got this Miyoo Flip v2 in March 2026 and I've had some weird charging issues with it. My main concern is that the battery level isn't going up while charging.

The console will not charge with anything except the included cable. I tried my phone charger, my PS Portal charger (really high quality imo), and multiple portable power banks, all of which don't work. I've tried USBC-USBC cables as well as USBC-USBA. No difference.

My current solution is to use my portable power bank that shows the battery % and plug the Flip's included cable into it. With this, I can see that the console is charging because the % is going down on my power bank. However, the console itself does not update its battery %.

I plugged it in while on (and with the screen open) and the orange light came on. The battery symbol beside the battery % on the screen went away. I left it for 30 minutes and came back, and it stayed at 40%. I unplugged it and the battery symbol by the % came back. I left it for a bit to see if it would update, but nothing happened. Then I did the same thing but closed the console. No difference. I restarted the console. Still 40%.

I'm using SpruceOS. And, to be clear, I'm using the USBC port that's on the bottom of the console, not the one on the back.

Does anyone have insight into what might be going on? I can't really enjoying using the console when I don't know how much charge it has left...