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...
I've had on and off insomnia since I've graduated from high school back in November 2013. I haven't been sleeping well in the past 3-4 weeks as I feel sick those few weeks ago and I stuffed it up by sleeping in late and lying in bed all day. Since January I had been sleeping great but as soon as I got sick it stuffed it up. I have been tossing and turning all night and most of the time I'll fall asleep after 6am and then wake up late or a 2-4 hours after, but sometimes I'll go the whole night without sleep and even another night without sleep and I will feel tired in the morning then I'll wake up later on feeling like I really did sleep the night before altho I didn't. I take 100mg of largactil and half of 30mg of avanza. I was taking half of 45mg of avanza but it was making my body feel really weird and uncomfortable so I cut it down. Please don't say try melatonin, I have tried things similar to melatonin and it failed to make me tired at all. I took like 3 tablets of it and It did nothing. This largactil is making me a little tired but not really. Also don't say try Benadryl. Honestly I am 100% sure an allergy tablet won't even do anything.
Here's a list of things I've tried to help me sleep that have also failed
Reading a book for a while
Relaxation music and sounds ( it honestly annoys me after a few minutes or so I don't know why I can't stand it for some reason)
Sleep Hypnosis tapes ( made me feel relaxed but not tired)
Warm milk
Watching TV ( can't stand to watch anything boring)
Lying in the bed with my cat and listening to it purr ( my cat used to help me sleep but not anymore :()
Getting exercise during the day
Listening to music ( music I like)
Those tablets similar to melatonin
I am also doing absolutely nothing with my life. I am not working. Last year I studied a short course on introduction to film and doing short video exercises. While I kinda enjoyed it I didn't want to take the higher course. When I was doing that I was sleeping great. Just like I slept in school. I did have the occiasonal sleepless night tho. I want to now go study a course on security. It's a one week course and I was considering of doing it just before I feel sick but I don't know if i want to do it now since I'm not sleeping well and I can't do the course on barley any sleep or on sleepless nights, I mean I don't feel tired at all but my brain can't process right but I will feel tired after 3 sleepless nights. But I need to get myself into gear because all I do all day is play video games and watch TV and See friends on occasion. When they aren't working. But I don't know what to do now, I'll go a few weeks to a few months with not sleeping very well to the opposite which is sleeping very well. I mean another thing too I am still finding it hard to get adjusted to what life is like out of school. It still feels weird to not get up and have to put on a uniform (I'm from Australia btw ) and learn things like I would every day thoughout my childhood and teenage years.
Anyhow what else can I do??? I think I've tried almost anything to help me sleep and it all just fails, like I said the only thing that seems to help if I have to get up every day and have a routine like with school and that study last year.
I just don't know what to do. I am going from barley tired To tired then I'll feel barley tired again. I can't lay down and relax. I feel like I'm going to go crazy because I can't sleep and barley am getting any sleep. I keep moaning and groaning in frustration and that wakes my family. It feels like I can stay up forever and forever and never sleep at all.
Here's a list of things I've tried to help me sleep that have also failed
Reading a book for a while
Relaxation music and sounds ( it honestly annoys me after a few minutes or so I don't know why I can't stand it for some reason)
Sleep Hypnosis tapes ( made me feel relaxed but not tired)
Warm milk
Watching TV ( can't stand to watch anything boring)
Lying in the bed with my cat and listening to it purr ( my cat used to help me sleep but not anymore :()
Getting exercise during the day
Listening to music ( music I like)
Those tablets similar to melatonin
I am also doing absolutely nothing with my life. I am not working. Last year I studied a short course on introduction to film and doing short video exercises. While I kinda enjoyed it I didn't want to take the higher course. When I was doing that I was sleeping great. Just like I slept in school. I did have the occiasonal sleepless night tho. I want to now go study a course on security. It's a one week course and I was considering of doing it just before I feel sick but I don't know if i want to do it now since I'm not sleeping well and I can't do the course on barley any sleep or on sleepless nights, I mean I don't feel tired at all but my brain can't process right but I will feel tired after 3 sleepless nights. But I need to get myself into gear because all I do all day is play video games and watch TV and See friends on occasion. When they aren't working. But I don't know what to do now, I'll go a few weeks to a few months with not sleeping very well to the opposite which is sleeping very well. I mean another thing too I am still finding it hard to get adjusted to what life is like out of school. It still feels weird to not get up and have to put on a uniform (I'm from Australia btw ) and learn things like I would every day thoughout my childhood and teenage years.
Anyhow what else can I do??? I think I've tried almost anything to help me sleep and it all just fails, like I said the only thing that seems to help if I have to get up every day and have a routine like with school and that study last year.
I just don't know what to do. I am going from barley tired To tired then I'll feel barley tired again. I can't lay down and relax. I feel like I'm going to go crazy because I can't sleep and barley am getting any sleep. I keep moaning and groaning in frustration and that wakes my family. It feels like I can stay up forever and forever and never sleep at all.
First, you answered your own question in the second to last paragraph. Yes, a routine works, especially with sleep. Your sleep system thrives on regularity, especially a consistent wake time which has the profound effect of both regulating your circadian rhythm and synchronizing it to your homeostatic sleep drive.
Second, you are taking thorazine, a potent anti-psychotic drug. Not sure what psychiatric issues you're dealing with, but it would not be surprising if those issues are affecting your sleep.
I know your from AUS but I can't imagine thorazine available without a doctor's prescription. So my suggestion would be to work closely with your doctor, because any drugs or even supplements you take probably have a significant effect on your sleep. Your doc can help you come up with a coherent strategy for better sleep.
good luck.
i have been on anti psychotic pills and they made me sleep, drowsy all day and sleep more at night. i was on a lower dose of zyprexa and i always slept well on that medication.i didnt have psychiatric issues but the half of 2.5 might help you sleep
dont take higher doses of zyprexa because that causes weight gain