Have you ever dealt with bad insomnia? (1 Viewer)

[lexus]

I’ve been dealing with horrible insomnia for the last few weeks. Last month I started noticing that I was getting less sleep than usual and it got even worse about two weeks ago. Lately I’ve been sleeping for 2-4 hours a night. Maybe 5 if I get lucky enough.

And because of that, my anxiety has been absolutely awful. My body shakes and I feel super nauseated (which is also from a new medication that I’m actually about to be pulled off of). It’s even making it hard for me to want to leave my house 🫩

My doctor has prescribed me something else to take at night time now and I’m supposed to start it today. The medication I’ve been on for sleep for last few years seems to have just suddenly stopped working, even after trying to increase it. Hopefully the new medication will actually work though so I can get back to normal and stop feeling like absolute garbage.

Have you ever dealt with bad insomnia?

 

[Pirioca]

I've never met bad Dreamcatcher fans.

Joking aside, there are a few natural remedies you could try and I quess you already googled them. When I had problems falling asleep, Melatonin drops always worked (take them 30 minutes before you go to bed). A natural source for Melatonin are walnuts. I know a person who sleeps like a baby after taking a tablespoon of walnut oil before going to bed.

Melatonin is a natural hormon, your brain produces it (more precisely, the pineal gland). The Melatonin production in your body increases when there's darkness and decreases when you're exposed to light. So sleeping in a room with turned on fairy lights isn't the best idea when you deal with insomnia.

If you can't have a dark sleeping room because of reasons like city (neon) lights, try a sleep mask. I don't like wearing it during the night but maybe it works for you.

 

[HugeBakkaeMotae]

For most of my life. More than being unable to fall asleep it's that i sleep very light and wake up every 1-2 hours and it really does prevent you from ever feeling fully rested - even if you go in and out for many hours. I do better these days but I'm still a light sleeper, usually I can get 4 straight hours which feels incredible compared to before but of course I wish it was more.

I really envy people who can sleep easily and also people who can sleep in shared spaces like during long flights or when sharing a room with someone!

What helped me a bit is the first thing people will recommend you not to do and it's to watch YouTube and scroll my phone before bed, I find it really helps my brain wind down before I try to sleep so I set aside some time every night now to watch YouTube before bed so I have made it my idol time where I keep up with new content so it works out well for me. After decades of trying just about everything I can think of it is the only thing that has helped but it might not help for others - in the end it probably comes down to the cause of your insomnia.

 

[StrayMixx]

I'm sorry you're having trouble sleeping. @Pirioca had a good idea about a sleep mask. I use one, and it really helps me fall asleep!

 

[TrinityJade]

Your situation sounds super painful, I'm sorry you're going through that.

I used to have extreme anxiety when I was younger which would affect my sleep. This was to the point where I dreaded going to bed every night, it was an absolute nightmare.

What I used to do was close my eyes and count down from 500, and sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't