I have the exact same symptoms, however, no memory of, no nightmares about night time abuse.

An adrenal exhaustion test indicated my cortisol levels are rising at night instead of continuing to lower, as they normally would.

Gabatrol, seriphos and a .5 mg xanax and I actually wake feeling like I slept, even if I wake a couple of times. Without this cocktail? Like parking the car in the garage and doing burnouts all night long - repeated wakings, waking in sweats, completely exhausted when I wake up for the day, which is as early as 1:30 am . . . .

My daddy was a night rapist. Absolutely I went through allot of this. I have periods where I cannot sleep indoors at night. I still react to night lights as if it is daddy flipping the switch. A man of the light, my daddy. I think he was night blind.

No, ladydi, you are not alone.

I cope one night at a time. I go camping allot. Lots of quiet hobbies to while away the bewitching hours.

I was in your shoes exactly until my psychiatrist prescribed meds that help me sleep. Without them, I panic all night long

My heart breaks for all of you. I have my own set of symptoms, but trouble sleeping is not generally one of them. I wish you peace sometime very soon.

My PTSD sources were different, and late night has now become my friend. I live a lone where it is quiet, and at night I often can almost feel normal- because I have survived my own issues another day and there is nothing I need to do to not be a disappointment to myself. There is no one around to judge me. I get to just be a lazy me. Bedtime is another matter, sleep is not my friend and I spend the first half of the next day trying to scrape myself together to try to do something to move ahead a little.

EVERY NIGHT! I'm so sick of it! I hate going to bed and I get really scared if I wake up during the night! I try to do the good self talk...I'm ok now, I am safe, nobody is going to harm me...Sometimes it works. Other times I fight through the nightmares!

1/3 of my PTSD comes from molestations that occurred at night, one in which I fought the pedophile off all night until dawn. Night can literally make me sweat at times. Even though it happened when I was a kid and I'm in my 50s now. I have different things I do to comfort myself--one of which is to come here and read our shared experiences and realize it's a normal reaction to very abnormal attacks. My fear is that when I wake up in a sweat I won't be able to get back to sleep, and that my night memories will ruin and rule the next day. But now I do, thankfully. In part thanks to all of you who share this experience with me and how you cope with it. Thank you!!