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I suffer from periods of insomnia due to the medications that I take. Once I get all the steroids out of my system I'll be able to get back to a normal sleep schedule, but until then (and it takes a while) I have to put up with these occasional jags.
I often get auditory hallucinations. They generally start around the 36 hour mark. My record for continuous wakefulness is in around 90 hours, and I firmly believe the human body is simply incapable of going much farther than that without some sort of chemical assistance.
I get hallucinations, auditory first and then visual (I see stuff out of the corner of my eye). My language skills and memory deteriorate. My physical co-ordination goes to hell. It's just all around a bad time.
And yeah, I've had waking dreams too. Talk about a fucked up experience.
It's currently 5:27. I got up at 10:30 yesterday morning. I'm hoping I'll get to sleep before midnight tonight. Fortunately, my days of 50+ hours are behind me, but 36 is bad enough as far as I'm concerned.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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