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...
Uggg my melancholic(nothing necessarily cause this feeling but I felt gloomy...perhaps it's been the gray sky's the last 3 days), and napping yesterday likely led to me not sleeping well at all last night. Pretty much went to bed at midnight and tossed/turned for what I'm guessing is at least an hour maybe up to 2. Then I fell asleep normally till 5:30 A.M. Who knows why I woke up then...the point is that I did and couldn't go back to bed most likely because of noise.
I don't know if any noise at all flat out bugs me or if the years of insomnia and hearing aircraft or cars drive by while being awake when trying to sleep have habitually made if difficult to go to bed with any noise whatsoever. But even despite wearing ear plugs I could and can hear cars and some air craft. starting at 5:30 A.M.
Obviously the glaring solutions are to either 1-Wake up earlier than when people start to go to work or 2- Don't wake up so I don't have to deal with it! But are there any other solutions to sleeping through noises or fall asleep when you hear noises? I'm not sure if my hearing is above average but I'm to the point where I'm considering doing something to damage my hearing so it isn't as good!
I don't know if any noise at all flat out bugs me or if the years of insomnia and hearing aircraft or cars drive by while being awake when trying to sleep have habitually made if difficult to go to bed with any noise whatsoever. But even despite wearing ear plugs I could and can hear cars and some air craft. starting at 5:30 A.M.
Obviously the glaring solutions are to either 1-Wake up earlier than when people start to go to work or 2- Don't wake up so I don't have to deal with it! But are there any other solutions to sleeping through noises or fall asleep when you hear noises? I'm not sure if my hearing is above average but I'm to the point where I'm considering doing something to damage my hearing so it isn't as good!
As far as light, I use a mask. The ones with formed cups around the eyes are comfortable. One can open one's eyes with this type of mask on.
What has worked for me is a fleece headband with earphones built in. "AcousticSheep SleepPhones" is what I got; $40 from Amazon, but well worth it! If you're crafty, you can make your own. Just google "how to make sleep headphones" and it might come out cheaper to make.
Anyways, I just put on some relaxing music loud enough to block out the sounds and it really helps me fall asleep. I still have trouble staying asleep, but when I wake up, I just listen to the music for a few minutes with my eyes closed before falling back to sleep.
When I got a Marpac Sound Conditioner from Amazon I started being able to tune out the road noise. It really, really helped. Add on silicon (not foam) earplugs from Duane Reade and I've largely reduced the part of my insomnia that comes from sound sensitivity.