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Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...

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silverlight
silverlight

It is 4 AM. i have been up since midnight and i went to bed around 10 PM.i am wide awake but fear how exhausted i will be later on today.My meds were just increased and still my sleep is so poor.It is affecting my ability to function.i am growing more and more hopeless.

Hypnos07
Hypnos07
Fear is a potent disruptor of sleep. There's many ways to turn that down, particularly useful is cognitive restructuring, one of the core tools in a CBT sleep training system. Might ask your doc about that.
urbangardener
urbangardener
Google "good sleep hygiene" and follow the suggestions. One of them is to get up after a certain number of minutes of laying in bed wide awake. Then get up at the same time every morning. Challenge the fear with positive mantras. Yes, you may be tired in the morning but you are working this problem out. I have a muscle injury. It is only slowly getting better. I do a lot of positive self talk and trying new things and try to focus on the positive. If I focused on my fear that I will never be without pain in this muscle, I'd be super depressed. CBT is where I learned to challenge the catastrophe thinking. The fear thinking or the ruminating in bed is probably your long standing pattern. You have to change that pattern. Maybe you listen with ear phones to soft music or talk radio or the Bible App or the Calm app at night. Maybe you get up early and walk in the morning sun. Changing one's mind pattern is not easy at first, don't expect to be perfect. Just keep going back to the healthier habit even when one goes into the fear thinking. Our minds can overcome any medication. Best to you, hope you are having a better day today.
Danlsleep
Danlsleep
Don't give up! I like what urbangardner offers. As for me, I'm seeing a sleep specialist who has me go to bed at midnight, hours after I used to, then get up at the same time each morning (6am) and if I am laying in bed worrying or whatever, to get up and do something boring! OR while lying there I repeat a mantra or positive thought so I don't associate bed with lousy thinking. The idea is to get relaxed more than get to sleep. Relaxing we can do, yes?

And no blue light/devices anytime near when you'll be in bed. I am also experimenting with supps that minimize cortisol.
urbangardener
urbangardener
How is it going for you today, Silverlight?
silverlight
silverlight
Thank you for caring,urbangardener....
Sleeping a little better i guess although i can wake up anywhere between 1:30 AM and 4 AM and can't get back to sleep.i don't take naps.Still not ideal at all,but it's better than only 2 hours a night.
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