Insomnia Support Group

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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savagerose 04/01/2015

well its starting again. always starts with me getting broken sleep to the point that i feel like someone tranquillized me, then last night i went to sleep around 11;30 had a dream where i crashed a car woke up to my kitties surrounding me snoring at 3:57... i then watched a movie, painted my toes, smoked a cigarette, did my chores now its 7:01 and im still wired... help me... i need sleep!

Hypnos07 04/01/2015

Hi savagerose,

Much unknown for us to provide substantive comments, but one obvious question is why didn't you go back to sleep at 4 a.m.?

4.5 hours of solid sleep you did get sounds excellent. Some of us in this group would pay a king's ransom for that.

Middle-of -the-night wake-ups are common and normal. When they happen, which they do to us all, there are effective non-drug methods to help you relax and drift back to a drowsy state more conducive to sleep.

Should also mention that smoking is known to disrupt sleep. But I'm sure you already know that.

So any more details you can give us?

KittieKats 04/01/2015

I like Hypnos comment. Although I'd considered getting myself a baby bottle or at least a pacifier! Desperate measures sometimes. All kidding aside, I did think of that!

At least you did some constructive things with your early hours. I have to agree, the smoking will zap you awake quickly.

Misssy2 04/03/2015

Yes, nicotine is a stimulant...and probably affects sleep. But I find if I wake up and cure my nicotine urge..I go back to sleep.

I actually think I wake up because my body is craving nicotine...I'm trying to NOT smoke in the middle of the night cause it is just not healthy...

savage..I don't know if you work. I don't...so I was told my my therapist to not stress about WHEN I sleep or how long...because the panic I am causing myself is causing me not to sleep.

She says when I am tired...I will sleep, if I'm awake...why not be productive if you can.

I never GET up...I toss and turn and panic.....so good for you for getting up and distracting yourself..If you feel awake...don't worry too much about it..maybe you will sleep better the next time.

savagerose 04/06/2015

thanks missy2 ill try to not worry since im not working or going to school. as for the others.. yes nicotine is a stimulant but most smokers sleep better after smoking and fall asleep.. also im bipolar so insomnia comes with the territory... you cant have a manic week without the loss of sleep. so dont be confused yeah i got 4.5 hours of sleep but that was the first day it happened again... the rest of that week i went 72hours without sleep... i finally crashed and got broken sleep but hey sleep is sleep..

Biatta 04/08/2015

Please get to a next topic. Some of us started practicing breathing technique...and it works. Sorry to hear about your situation. Are you sure you are Bipolar? Sometimes people just misdiagnosed and they start to believe that they really have this disorder. There is a lengthy and complicated medical procedure to diagnose for that disorder. Did you go through testing? As I was explained, there is a board of doctors who makes the conclusion regarding Bipolar and Borderline. You seem very rational...this is why I am asking.

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