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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SlayerEnraged 10/26/2013

I just seem to be stuck at or around 50% success regarding sleeping. On top of it, I'm speradic. I will stay up very late doing things with friends or family at least once per week, some weeks I do it several times. After not sleeping well or consistently even when I don't have these late nights, i just don't have the motivation to get up at 8 after staying up till 2 or 3. I don't feel depressed but I really don't see my sleep problem getting better for a very long time. I have a month or 2 more months of full time school and then after that the plans are to work part time and take around 3classes. My stress levels aren't ever going to be low. Combine that why my biological clock running late. Just don't think I was meant to go to bed when the world was designed. I really seem to only sleep well on nights where I feel desperate. Virtually every day I have horrible headaches, daytime sleepiness and even muscle fatigue.

deleted_user 10/27/2013

Tell us again what you're doing to help yourself.

Still getting counseling?

Still taking antidepressants?

SlayerEnraged 10/27/2013

Ya I'm still getting counseling appointments once every two weeks. We've discussed lots but even he thinks I'm too crappy at sleeping right now to progress. He is saying its hard to make mental changes/control stress/anxiety when you are sleeping as poorly as I am. When I don't sleep well I just feel tired and have so much work to do and it gets done slower than it should which creates more stress and such. It's a pretty vicious cycle and I'm not happy that I failed to even sleep well 3 of every 4 days. I agree with him that I'm not going to change much mentally if I'm sleeping this poorly...I need to get sleeping good at least 75% of the time in order get the stress and consequences that result from poor sleep minimized.

I'm not taking anything except usually an aspirin. Most nights I end up with migraine headaches so bad because of sleeping bad the night before + having my huge school work load. Luckily I feel like I am getting smarter so things are improving in my performance BUT the sleep part isn't and if it would, I'd be taken my success to the next level. I have no idea what we're going to discuss at my appointment of tuesday. I'll mention to him that I'm only sleeping good about every other night and see if he has any comments but like he said, most cases aren't as bad as mine and unfortunately the world isn't put on hold for me so I have to do things occasionally like taking long naps in order to even be safe driving or to get anything done.

deleted_user 10/28/2013

Then I'd just say have faith and trust in your counselor, and continue to work your plan best you can.

Also suggest be sure you counselor knows what meds you are taking, and try to confirm your treatment plan so you can work it. If you're not sure what to do, maybe ask for more specifics.

Every day a little progress. Sure there's ups and downs, everyone has that. But be confident that by working your plan over time, it will get better.

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