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 everybody! Insomniac here! I've been wide awake since 4 AM. It is now 5:51 AM. Gotta love the insomnia and anxiety! But guess it's given me a chance to check in on my groups at DS.
Don't know why I didn't join this group sooner!
Everyone else is asleep. It's quiet and I'm not getting interrupted so this is nice. Maybe I'll start doing this instead of tossing and turning in bed for hours.
Intro: I've had insomnia in some shape or form for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a child, sometimes I couldn't get to sleep at the normal times for kids. Sometimes I was still awake after my parents had gone to bed (11 or 12 PM) and I'd just lie there and cry. And I'd finally cry myself to sleep.
Now in my adult life I can usually get to sleep around 10 or 11 PM with enough Benadryl and anxiety meds or Ambien, which actually stopped working. I can fall asleep with Ambien but I wake up 3 or 4 hours later and then can't get back to sleep.
Today at 4 AM I took an anxiety pill and two Benadryl and I'm still not sleepy enough to go to bed!
Please tell me I'm not the only one!!??
Anyway, gonna go back to bed to see if I can get back to sleep. Wish me luck!
Don't know why I didn't join this group sooner!
Everyone else is asleep. It's quiet and I'm not getting interrupted so this is nice. Maybe I'll start doing this instead of tossing and turning in bed for hours.
Intro: I've had insomnia in some shape or form for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a child, sometimes I couldn't get to sleep at the normal times for kids. Sometimes I was still awake after my parents had gone to bed (11 or 12 PM) and I'd just lie there and cry. And I'd finally cry myself to sleep.
Now in my adult life I can usually get to sleep around 10 or 11 PM with enough Benadryl and anxiety meds or Ambien, which actually stopped working. I can fall asleep with Ambien but I wake up 3 or 4 hours later and then can't get back to sleep.
Today at 4 AM I took an anxiety pill and two Benadryl and I'm still not sleepy enough to go to bed!
Please tell me I'm not the only one!!??
Anyway, gonna go back to bed to see if I can get back to sleep. Wish me luck!
Hang in there. Hopefully things will get beter..
Trust me, you aren't the only one. I also have insomnia. Like you I have suffered for most of my life. The last year has been the worst since I quit drinking. Four hours if I am lucky. And there have been nights when I was up after only a few hours. It is a pain. I am currently taking trazadone and 5mg of Ambien when all else fails. I have been on it (the trazadone)for about 8 years now. Without it I don't think I would get any sleep. Anyway, I wishing you luck!!Sweet dreams!!
you are not alone.
I am still looking for ways to deal with mine.
Billi