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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Insomnia2017 08/22/2017

Since december 2016 i have been having insomnia and now i take antipsychotics to help me sleep saphris and sertraline. Also since december 2016 i have lost the ability to take naps. Even if i miss a day of sleep due to my insomnia i still cannot nap in the daytime at all to make up for it. Is anyone having this problem of not being able to nap at all? Should i be worried? What could be causing this and will i ever be able to nap?

Edgar_2 08/23/2017

I've never been able to nap, but your case is different, Why? Because you WERE able to. That is why I'm sure you will nap again, as soon as your current messy situation resolves itself. Try not to worry too much, though it is hard to do. Good luck!

Insomnia2017 08/28/2017

Damn so you haven't took a nap ever thats crazy!! How is your insomnia? I sometimes go ,1 1/2 (one day and a half) no sleep , 1 day sleep for a whole week. Ive had some days that i go 3 days but not that often. And the worst part about not sleeping a day, is that i have to wait till 12:30 am my regular sleeping time, to be able to sleep since i can't nap during the afternoon at all even if miss a day of no sleep. Has this happend to you? Also i have to take pills just to sleep, are you taking any pills ? I don't know what is happening to me but i feel like i have sporatic familial insomnia. Do you have a email or facebook to keep in touch.

Edgar_2 08/28/2017

Hi,

It has happened, yes, though not too often, luckily. And yes, I have to wait for the next night too, which sucks.

The thing about my naps is that I've given up trying a long time ago. Maybe if I tried more often I would sometimes succeed, who knows. I guess I'm just too tense, I like to know I have the whole night ahead of me when I go to sleep.

Now, there are others, insomnia2017, unable to nap over the day. One silver lining about it is that you generally sleep better over the night, as you know it's basically how sleep restriction therapy works.

Yes, it scares me too that it might get complicated if I lose the ability to sleep over the night as well, but it has worked all my life so... here's to hoping no fatal insomnias occur. Those are extremely rare.

As for staying in touch, is there a message option here?

Insomnia2017 08/29/2017

Yeah me too i have basically given up trying to nap during the afternoon. And yeah, I guess you do sleep better when you don't nap during the day. I dknow if there is a messagon't e option here im new here. But anyways I hope it gets better for u .

mszach 09/11/2017

I rarely am able to sleep during the day, it sucks. The last time I can remember napping during the day was like 15 years ago after a 12 hour plane ride. I do find that sometimes, just laying down for 45 minutes and closing my eyes helps. Seems like it's pretty rare to have this problem smh

Edgar_2 09/13/2017

Hi mszach,

Yeah, took me forever to find a couple of examples of people with this problem. It's really debilitating sometimes.

What surprises me about it is the fact that it seems so rare, when I know it can't be. I mean, since even normal sleepers often find it hard to sleep during the day, there are bound to be plenty if insomniacs who find it impossible. Really wish I could make up for lost sleep...

adrian13 09/22/2017

This has happen to me too i also cant sleep without ambien idk what to do anymore.

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