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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I am so glad to be apart of this community. I thought I would share a little about myself. I am finishing up my degree in education. However, due to a chronic illness I have (fibromyalgia), I am having to put that on hold for a little bit. It is common for fibro patients to have sleep disorders. The most common of course is sleep apnea. However, I am not so sure that I have that. Although I havne't had a sleep test done. I want to get one as soon as I can once I can get on medicaid. Anyway, I can't work either. Fibro has taken over my life in so many ways. However, this is where mine is different form most. I suffer from insomnia. I can't fall asleep till i am in so much pain and my body mind and heart are completely exhausted. I may get 4 hours of sleep all together however I wake up nearly every 30 minutes and it takes me about an hour to fall asleep again. After about a week or so of that, my body finally shuts down and for a whole day I can't do anything but sleep. I have tried so many methods. For instance, sleeping pills, listening to quiet music, hot baths, warm milk, staying up as much as I can till I fall asleep (at least 24 hours) in order to reset my bio clock, light exercise, reading, writing, massages, and countless more. I jsut can't remember them all. Anyway none of them worked. And for more of them I did repeatedly for a good while to give it time to work and nada. I have even done most of them several times through different cycles in my life to see if this time it will work..NOTHING. So here it is 12a and I am wide awake. And I usually am playing computer games, websurfing, or listening to music. Nothing seems to help. I am not sure what to do. But since I am not able to get enough sleep to rest, to heal, to rejuvinate, my fibro becomes worse. Sighs, it seems like a never ending cycle. Maybe I am crazy. Something has to give. And in the end it doesn't look like it is gonna come easily. Any suggestions or comments you guys would like to share I would love to hear it.
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I am so glad to be apart of this community. I thought I would share a little about myself. I am finishing up my degree in education. However, due to a chronic illness I have (fibromyalgia), I am having to put that on hold for a little bit. It is common for fibro patients to have sleep disorders. The most common of course is sleep apnea. However, I am not so sure that I have that. Although I havne't had a sleep test done. I want to get one as soon as I can once I can get on medicaid. Anyway, I can't work either. Fibro has taken over my life in so many ways. However, this is where mine is different form most. I suffer from insomnia. I can't fall asleep till i am in so much pain and my body mind and heart are completely exhausted. I may get 4 hours of sleep all together however I wake up nearly every 30 minutes and it takes me about an hour to fall asleep again. After about a week or so of that, my body finally shuts down and for a whole day I can't do anything but sleep. I have tried so many methods. For instance, sleeping pills, listening to quiet music, hot baths, warm milk, staying up as much as I can till I fall asleep (at least 24 hours) in order to reset my bio clock, light exercise, reading, writing, massages, and countless more. I jsut can't remember them all. Anyway none of them worked. And for more of them I did repeatedly for a good while to give it time to work and nada. I have even done most of them several times through different cycles in my life to see if this time it will work..NOTHING. So here it is 12a and I am wide awake. And I usually am playing computer games, websurfing, or listening to music. Nothing seems to help. I am not sure what to do. But since I am not able to get enough sleep to rest, to heal, to rejuvinate, my fibro becomes worse. Sighs, it seems like a never ending cycle. Maybe I am crazy. Something has to give. And in the end it doesn't look like it is gonna come easily. Any suggestions or comments you guys would like to share I would love to hear it.
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wow sounds like me a couple years ago, my mom has fibromyalgia, ive never gone too see if i have but im sure i do! I cant sleep either , just doesnt matter what i did i could not sleep for more then an hour an night If u can even call that sleep! I used to stay up as long as i could just so my body would shut itself down, but that soon lead to experimenting with drugs. Just like all drugs ive used and been perscribed ur body builds a tolerance to the drug needing more and more! Not to make the situation seem bleak but ive been druged up, F!$Ked up and diagnosed with everything from depression to scizo, i guess my advice would be to weary of drugz sometimes getting good sleep is as easy as changing ur habbits:) good lucky to u and ur ZZZZ!
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
