Honestly, no, b/c I'm on a 90-120 minute cycle I can't break without taking meds that make muy nightmares so bad that I don't want to sleep at all.

Best I can say is.... I freely admit I use a nightlight so if I jolt awake b/c... (PTSD)... I can immediately see if I'm in trouble. That's all I got. Sorry....

Supportive HUGS

Muji, I also wake several times during the night. My doctor prescribed Belsomra for me because it's non narcotic I believe (It's too expensive to pick up unfortunately).

I use a combo of natural therapies currently since I have extreme insomnia. They say, go to bed at same hour every night and try to create a routine. For me, it's brush teeth, wash face, close everything creating light, earplugs or earphones, night mask, weighted blanket.

1. Sleepytime herbal tea or valerian or kava or stress tea with lavender, lemon balm. Not too much water though so no waking up for bathroom

2. Calm app with waves or rain or thunderstorm sleep program (whatever works for you) on phone or youtube guided meditation app or free programs for sleep. You should actually watch the guided meditation even though they say no tv or phone before bed. Nothing to stress you out before bed. There are also excellent youtube videos for sleep. Just search deep sleep and they're free!
Guided meditation puts your mind in a deep meditative state that will keep you from waking. My therapist highly recommended it and it works for me when nothing else does.

3. Binaural beats apps or youtube. The frequency puts us into deep sleep

4. Sleep stories on Calm app or other free sleep apps or youtube or even free podcasts. They literally read you a nighttime bed story! I have even fallen asleep to get this, my sometimes "morbid" obsession with the podcast morbid (probably not a good idea). My thought was it was trick my mind into NOT having bad dreams, HA!

I think the key is the need for deep sleep so our mind isn't waking up. Meds I use are 10mg melatonin sometimes, benadryl for allergies. Guided meditation and binaural beats put me into deepest state of sleep.

Good luck!

p.s. I also use a battery operated candle as nightlight for nightmares and have my bear spray nearby.

((((((((Mujica)))))))))))) <3

Thanks for the support, y'all. Still working on getting a good night's sleep this week. I really appreciate the tips, JP.

Oh Muji so sorry that has happened to you.
Sleep is a werid thing for me because my body clock got messed up from a young child. Ever night is a different night for me

A heavy blanket helps me to sleep

Whoa. Was up at 4am, and it took two tries to get back to sleep.

That's so annoying... I hate not sleeping.... I hope that tonight will be a better night sweetie.... Big hug of peace and calm

I went to an in-service once by a psychiatrist that specialized in anxiety disorders, and he said the first question that he asked all new patients is 'what is your caffeine intake' and he suggested knocking off caffeine.

Good point, SC. That's why I cut mine in half. I only have caffeine first thing in the morning and that's it.

Yesterday the PTSD yielded to the CKD (kidney) that my one bad pdoc's overprescribing Seroquel got me. The CKD keeps my extremities from getting oxygen, and daily that means my feet. But sometimes it's my brain, too. Lucky for me I don't lose memory or faint, but I do lose my balance by getting dizzy. Such an episode only lasts half a day or so, but during it I can't walk. It's nice I have somebody now to watch over me during that. Today it passed, and I'm on my feet again.

I'm still homebound since the CKD has made me dizzy. Better not to risk a fall for now.

Aqui contigo Mujica
Gentlest of hugs <3

Thanks, lilmiss. IIt's been a couple of days since I walked due to CKD dizziness. But I thought the dizziness was down enough for me to try today so I went out with fingers crossed. I did 1km, not 3, but that's a good start. :-)

I wasn't totally steady yet, but I got it done. I'm going to shoot for the same today. Easy does it. Baby steps.

Never been a good sleeper. too many bad things happened at night. Now, a weighted blanket, very cool temps and soft ambient lighting (just enough so that when nightmares wake me I can easily see and discern that all is ok and that it was a bad nightmare).