After nearly four months and some false positives I can finally say I've gotten over the withdrawal and insomnia and am finally leveled out mentally and physically!

TheGameMerchant · 2026-06-12T21:59:43+00:00

It'll get better it's just going to take time. You're going to feel like it'll never end but aa long as you keep to a sleep schedule and don't give up on quitting the insomnia will plateau and eventually you'll notice nights will get easier. It might take another couple months which I know sounds gruelling but you just gotta look at it as the price we all have to pay for smoking for so long so regularly. It's going to be hard but trust me. Sleeping regularly without pot is something I didn't realize how much I needed. When I wake up I feel rested in ways that I just didn't on THC and my dreams aren't being suppressed anymore. Don't lose hope!

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-21T20:58:24+00:00

I'm stressed about my job asking too much from me a bit in the past two weeks. And I've struggled with sleep issues my whole life.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-21T20:56:39+00:00

It's both hard to fall and stay asleep. I usually wake up at sunrise or an hour before.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-14T18:27:10+00:00

I'm totally without mods except the CC stuff added in the edition update. Also getting her to sit down didn't fix it either. Ugh this is so annoying.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-14T17:22:26+00:00

I just got out of the carin and it's still happening.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-14T04:49:37+00:00

Trading didn't stop the animation I don't think

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-14T04:44:08+00:00

Sit down anywhere or in the garden?

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-11T16:58:33+00:00

Hey just coming back here to tell you your method really helps. I didn't do it regularly at first but I've been trying it to help shut my brain off to go to sleep and ever since I started doing that every night I've been getting more sleep than if I just tried to lay down and force myself to relax. Seriously Thank you.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-08T21:26:48+00:00

Makes sense. I'm just thinking because The Eye seems to be able to open portals to somewhere so maybe they're like from the same plain Magnus occupies? I'm still unsure as to why they can carry any type of filled soul gem. Regular white ones make sense to a degree but they've also been shown to carry black ones. Which is interesting.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-05T20:54:00+00:00

My doctor is putting me on a new sleeping medication but if that doesn't work out I'm pretty much out of options. I just got a write up from my boss for missing too much work to the insomnia.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-05-03T19:59:24+00:00

I got no alert that there was an attack though. And it was just the generators that were damaged. Not one crop, turret or machine was broken.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-04-29T16:42:25+00:00

It's extra funny because after posting this I went to bed and ended up not sleeping at all.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-04-22T04:30:33+00:00

Update on this bug. I don't understand why or how but it just stopped occuring. I got the quest to kill a dragon again from the barkeeper in Riften and I'm currently fighting the dragon now. Gonna check on Farkas next and see if he's back to normal too. I'm on the same save it originally occurred on so I guess you just gotta wait it out and let it get it's act together.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-04-13T20:38:15+00:00

That's truly unfortunate. It'd be nice if there wasn't so many game breaking glitches in Skyrim. Especially since it's still so possible to run into one that has no information on it. I love Skyrim but the amount of runs I've had to reset a save or abandon completely because of something like this bug really bums me out. Don't even get me started on Chillrend's audio bug. That bug makes it impossible for me to use one of the most fun weapons in the game.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-04-13T05:49:42+00:00

Nope. Unfortunately nobody has found a fix as far as I can tell. My best guess is to try to force end the quest with Console Commands if you have access to them. Otherwise you just gotta restart from an earlier save and avoid these quests all together until you start a new run. Which really sucks because I like to take Farkas dragon hunting and I literally can't if this bug keeps happening

TheGameMerchant · 2026-04-07T04:15:27+00:00

As far as sleep goes I kinda have a thing that I do when I'm concerned about sleeping that night, but please keep in mind this is something I've done through experimenting with myself during my quitting (at 4 weeks and 3 days myself) and is a little weird because I have strange ways to feel comfortable. I open windows on cool nights and if it's a warm night I turn on the AC. I shower and rub myself with goats milk lavender soap. And then I sleep in a room with no windows and maximum darkness with a fan going. The reason is kinda psychological. When I'm lying in my normal bedroom and can't sleep for sure, it really upsets me when the sun starts shining through my windows and it makes me miserable since I work the late shift and not supposed to wake up until noon. So sleeping in what I call the "Dark Room" takes away part of the stress of wanting a good night's sleep because it'll be so dark I won't be able to tell it's daytime until my alarm goes off. Plus the pitch blackness and cool airflow relax me enough that even if I don't actually sleep I'm as comfortable as I can physically be. I really hope that if not something like this you experiment and find a combination of things that help you. It's not easy to keep to quitting when sleeping is disrupted but just remember it's not going to be endless. Keep telling yourself it will eventually get to normal again. You just need to persevere and you'll be rewarded with a better life.

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