13) not sleep prior nights did NOT change anything. Even more baffling to people was my capacity to function. I struggled severely, but I functioned with what seemed to be little impairment.. like how did you just complete the WAIS/WISC easily after not sleeping for 2 days straight. - ThreadSky

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social • 19 days ago

13) not sleep prior nights did NOT change anything. Even more baffling to people was my capacity to function. I struggled severely, but I functioned with what seemed to be little impairment.. like how did you just complete the WAIS/WISC easily after not sleeping for 2 days straight.

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kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

14) Or graduate after only 2 years of high school, 2 years early because you were in an accelerated program, or get nothing less than a 98% on any and all assignments all throughout undergrad +more. How are you functioning? I don't know, was my answer. I HAD to. I did not have a choice. Literally.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

15) Meanwhile, it severely impacted me and my ability to regulate, my body, my quality of life, and more. I cannot even describe the pit of despair of like.. this is how I will live. And they just think it is insomnia. Wow. And not a soul did anything because I seemed high functioning.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

16) So then early-mid 20s I develop POTS, Fibro, and more autoimmune disorders. The fuller picture starts coming through. Autoimmune hives. Ruled out MCAS. Pre-lupus, they tell me. Doctors start telling me hey your body is kind of malfunctioning. The issue is I would not get "sleep-tired" at all.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

17) Docs tell me my body is filled with all these stress hormones keeping me awake and functioning. I am not tired, sure, but it is not bipolar, nowhere near meeting criteria, but my body has just had to adapt for so long. I get dxd with circadian rhythm disorder + insomnia reinforcing each other.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

18) Without going into other needless detail that certainly didn't help the situation, a sleep specialist I saw in CLE finally just said... you need meds. Period. I was reluctant to take any because of prior horrible experiences, it took me almost 6 mo. to even take a single pill.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

19) They Rx me Remeron/Mirtazapine. Apparently it is an anti-depressant (not an SSRI, SNRI, Tricyclic, nor an MAOI, basically its cool own thing). Sometimes used to treat hives & autoimmune issues, too. It works on
serotonin and norepinephrine, but also has sedative and antihistamine properties.

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