Zombie!Kat is Not Amused

Okay, this is really getting on my nerves. =/ I've not been sleeping well for a while now. I don't know if it's because of stress, or if it's a side effect of some medication I started taking recently. Both the stress and the medication started at pretty much the same time, so it's hard to tell. But either way, I'm having trouble sleeping. It'll take me a while to fall asleep, and then I often wake up at least once (some times several times) a night.

Now, that's annoying in and of itself, right? But that's not what's driving me crazy lately. What is? The fact that my energy levels are fluctuating in a truly infuriating way. During the day, pretty much all day, I'll be tired. Draggy, not enough energy, difficulty concentrating, sleepy, the whole nine yards. But then, at the end of the night when I try to go to bed? I'm totally wired. Wide awake, my mind running around all over the place, thinking about doing things, making plans...basically, all that energy that I could have used during the day decides to turn up and keep me from sleeping. I can't settle down, and it's really frustrating to finally have energy, and feel like I could get things done, but be unable to do anything with it.

I've tried just about everything I can think of to fix it, but to no avail. I've consumed more caffeine, less caffeine, I've taken Melatonin tablets before bed, I've tried staying up later, going to bed earlier. Nothing seems to make a difference. I guess I'll ask my doctor about it when I go in for a refill of my medicine in a little while. Maybe she'll take me off the medication, or put me on a different one, or give me something else to help me sleep. Who knows. I just hope that she can do something, because this is really driving me nuts. =P