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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tuvshee 01/05/2018

Today I started sleep restriction, did not sleep at night and wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning. Please advise me on your experience.

Hypnos07 01/05/2018

Presuming you have no untreated medical or psychiatric issues affecting your sleep, then hang in there. Stay with the program. You will sleep that much better tonight because your sleep drive will be revved up. Avoid napping if you can, and avoid caffeine later in the day. Stay with your scheduled bed time best you can. Try to relax and let go the worry. You will sleep, and you probably slept last night too, just wasn't aware due to 'sleep state misperception'.

That's my experience anyway.

tuvshee 01/06/2018

Thank you for your support. I have couple questions., if I may. Firstly, how long did you insomnia last? Did you have pain in eye socket after you had sleepless night. If you had, how did you overcome that pain? I slept 2 hours last night and having a very long day. Thank you again.

Hypnos07 01/06/2018

My goodness I had insomnia off and on for close to 20 years before I learned about CBT. I did take me at least a year of working the methods to restore more or less "normal" sleep (there is no normal as you'll find out, just what works for you).

As for the pain, I can't speak to that. But do see your doc if you haven't yet if you have any concerns about medical issues.

Be patient and work your program. Give yourself some time.

tuvshee 01/10/2018

thank you for your advice. How many hours do you sleep per night, now? Do you get deep, full sleep?

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