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...
He has not been able to sleep in three weeks. Medications are not helping. Can someone please give some help?
Also, does anyone know of a really good online CBT program? There used to be one at getsleep.co but it is not there anymore.
Thank-you so much for anything at all you can do to help my friend.
First it would be good to clarify. If "no sleep in 3 weeks" isn't an exaggeration, then congrats your friend has just set the new world record, which previously was 11 days. In reality, I suspect your friend has slept quite a bit, just not as well as he'd like. Which is true for most of us with insomnia.
We do get some sleep, but tend to only pay attention the time spent in bed awake -- frustrated, angry, and tense -- trying to sleep. Which of course only makes it all worse.
Try googling something like 'cbt adult sleep training programs' and you'll likely find links to many good resources and programs using CBT.
And I agree CBT is the way to go. Drug free, and it works for most people.