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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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Chronic Insomnia Question

tuvshee
tuvshee

I am suffering from insomnia for last 2.5 years. I have tried all the sleep medicine out there and never got deep sleep out of pills. Even when I thought I slept some, never felt that was a real sleep. Also I have tried the  CBT training, did not get a good result, either. In the morning, after some occasional REM sleep, I wake up with headache and some pain in my eyes. Is there any people who tried CBT and got good result at all? Does it really helps after few weeks of try? 


Hypnos07
Hypnos07
Yes, I have. Learned them over a decade ago and still use them today. They do help most people who try them, but it is important to work the program. CBT isn't like some pill you take that works by magic. There is no such thing as a magic pill, either, that I learned the hard way. But these methods give you dozens of drug-free ways to improve your sleep, and work for most people who try them.

As for time involved, it took me much longer than a few weeks to restore more or less "normal" sleeping. My progress was slow but steady and sustainable.
tuvshee
tuvshee
Thank you for your reply. so, is there any chance that I can get full, deep sleep after CBT Training?
Hypnos07
Hypnos07
Yes, more than a chance, a very good chance, if you are willing to work the program. But be realistic, too. No one ever sleeps like a baby again. As we age, our sleep tends to become lighter and more fragmented. That isn't a disorder, and that's nothing to worry about. It's normal.

You'll find by letting go the worry, you'll start sleeping a lot better. That's part of CBT sleep training.