You say you have been sleeping well again except the last two nights. Don't panic as the anxiety or fear of not sleeping can actually add to the problem. Anyone can have a couple of bad nights so don't panic.

Good luck and you are wise to not want to develop a dependency on sleep meds.

It's great that you have being able to sleep without any sleeping tablets.
Don't stress, when the body is tired it will sleep.
I have a couple of bad nights during the week and it's gotten to the stage where i don't care if i sleep.If i get to sleep I'm lucky that i was able to get some sleep.
Good luck and gentle hugs.

I agree, It is great you have slept well w/o any sleeping tablets. you might just be stressed and not sleeping for a couple of days. Relax.......

still no sleeping at night n its been about a week. i cant sleep during the day either. im exhausted n finding it really hard.

Seah,

It's important for you to know and recognize you probably ARE sleeping some....even when you think you're not. According to my sleep disorder dr, when we "think" we're not sleeping, we underestimate how much we actually are sleeping. He explained that if he hooked me up to an EKG to measure my brain waves, that he would see sleep (maybe only stage 1 or stage 2) where I think I'm totally awake, hearing everythings, aware of my surroundings, noises, just having my eyes closed etc. Your body IS getting some sleep---even when you think it's not.

You must also accept that your body is designed to sleep and will in fact get what it needs with or with you....with out you means that you sleep----but your brain's interpretation is that you have not.

You do not need 7 or 8 hours to sleep or function. In fact, many of us on this board do just fine with as little as 4 or 5 hours sleep. Not getting what you consider to be "adequate sleep" will not hurt you. You will not die, or get sick or have other health complications. You'll just be tired the next day...and maybe a little more moody. That is OK.

These kinds of problems sometimes take a while to work out. You need to try to stop worrying about it and just try to relax and accept the facts. You were sleeping fine before....you will sleep fine again.

Rather than turning to sleeping pills, I would HIGHLY encourage you to try CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy)http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/insomnia-treatment/sl00013. Here is a link to relatively inexpensive version online you can try yourself (www.cbtforinsomnia.com). I actually first got this same plan from my sleep disorder doctor (pulmonologist) who studied one year at Stanford's sleep disorder medical center. I would highly encourage you to try this first---before going to sleeping pills. Let me warn you, this will take a few weeks. It's not an instant fix---it takes time. The sleeping pills may provide immediate relief from your symtom, but will only prolong the condition. What you need to do is train your body to reduce the arrousal/stress/anxiety and increase the sleep drive. This IS what is done through CBT. Sleeping pills might provide a respite, but the problem will remain behind the sleeping pill. Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not against sleeping pills----in fact, I'm on them myself---but I really wish my PCP would have told me to do CBT before perscribing Ambien. I've been struggling now over 2 months with this and I really feel it might have been so much more short-lived if I would have NOT gone down the Rx route. And now....even WITH the Ambien and CBT, I'm only getting about 4 or 5 hours. I know there are MANY of us on this board who take sleeping pills and still only get 4 or 5 hours sleep---although some are blessed to get more.

I hope this helps and wish you much strength and encouragement. You CAN do it! This will pass.

~Brook

Proper frame of mind is essential, sometimes your mind or body will try to fool you and take you down the wrong path.

I often feel like I didnt sleep but thanks to my wife, I'll ask her if I was sleeping and she'll tell me she heard me snoring, putting things into perspective. Other times I'd remember a dream and discount the sleepless night farce.

bak on sleeping meds im taking rohypnol cause im not sleeping again :(.

It's so true about thinking you didn't sleep when in fact, you did get some sleep. There were times when I thought I had not slept at all and then later, I remembered parts of a dream and realized, hey, I must have slept if I had a dream. Weird how you can think you laid in bed all night wide awake and then later discover that I did indeed get some sleep.

Best cure for Insomnia you feel rest less tired sad sleepy like your mind is constinetly going and nobody really gets how horrible it is . I know I was there I have many hospital bills to prove it all perscriptions though some worked they have serious side affects and I dont want to be hooked on meds. My solution do it I promise you all it works and dosent cost more than $20. all togethere Buy some pills at Walgreens called Calm Forte, Calcium pills and Vitamin B the ones that say for stress on the bottle you can find them there also. From now on never eat in bed and always turn down the lights in your house at least two hours before bed time. At night shower then take two calm forte pills 10 minutes later a calcium pill lay down turn off all the lights and close your eyes you will slowly fall asleep in the begginig you will still get up alot its ok stretch do some deep breaths inhale hole exhale then in the morning take your vitamin b and for at least 2 months avoid caffein drinks I guarantee that in less than 3 months you will be your self and its natural and non habbit forming try it.