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...
Hi ever one. I have had sleep problems for several years! So I seen my Dr today. ...and she wants to send my the University of Washington St......and get the full picture of why I can't sleep. she has been very good about trying different sleeping pills, which have not worked. I'm excited about going and hope that my insurance will pay for it but I'm not sure that that's going to happen. I'm not sure what they do there but this isn't for AC cap or anything like this this is a sleep study where I think I would have to spend the night and then watch me sleep being hooked up to a machine. has anyone ever been through this before? and if so what should I expect? I get about 3 5 hours of sleep a night sometimes. other times I don't get sleep at all. it really puts me in a bind because I work day and I get up every morning at 4:45 Itry to go to bed every night at the same time which is at 930 I am good if I can get 6 hours of sleep I am good to go. but here lately its only been 2 to 3 hours and I am totally exhausted and worn out that even on my weekends off I don't want to do anything I don't want to see anybody I don't want to do nothing. I feel it is taking 80 on my life because I'm so exhausted I don't want to do anything on my days off I don't even want to clean my house I just want to lay and watch TV and pray that I can get a little bit of sleep. hope someone can give me some insight into the sleep study thank you all so very much for reading my post.
What's especially important is to either treat or rule out the possibility of sleep apnea. This is treatable.
If your sleep study finds no medical problems, that also is very useful information. Then you might need to look at non-medical solutions.
Many of us have insomnia with no medical basis. Fortunately that is treatable using CBT -- cognitive behavioral therapy, specifically designed for insomnia. CBT enables you to address the excessive worry many insomniacs have about the idea of sleep, as well as establish good sleep supportive habits as part of your lifestyle.
In fact, even if you have an underlying medical issue, it wouldn't be surprising if you also have some overlap with nonmedical issues, so CBT may be very helpful for you.
Your doctor will be able to give you some good feedback when this process is over. Keep us posted, and good luck.