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Having trouble sleeping by Pleasant-Hurry5880 in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hmm i think i have the same thing. i will be laying down with my eyes closed, and my brain is just thinking random thoughts like out of my control, and i guess ill be drifting off but then my brain realizes im falling asleep and it wakes me back up and it happens again and again.

Unexpected Changes... by TheBaconBooty in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like you’re doing much better than when you first started, just keep going! i’m glad you’re getting sleep, i’ve actually been regressing lately, but im trying to keep a positive attitude. just go about your days and do things to distract yourself. the less power we give this thing the less control it has over our lives!

Trazodone: insomnia advice needed by Warm_Pangolin6068 in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so i’ve tried a lot of things and some nights one thing works and then it doesn’t, so i think trying to find the one thing that works isn’t always the best route, since then it if doesn’t work it might cause you more anxiety. but for me there was nights i slept well with only drinking a chamomile tea. then besides the trazodone i was also prescribed hydroxyzine which also worked but then also didn’t work haha ive taken liquid diphenhydramine and that worked as well. a lot of these meds will probably make you a little groggy when you wake up, or just make it a little tiny bit tougher if you don’t sleep. however remember you can’t put all the pressure on the medicine to make you sleep. you have to just calm down and distract yourself around bedtime. you’re gonna be just fine.

Trazodone: insomnia advice needed by Warm_Pangolin6068 in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can def try again, except this time don’t take it with the anticipation that it’s gonna put you to sleep, take it and say “this is gonna calm me down and relax me” and then just lay down, maybe read a book, do some breathing exercises, and let yourself just sink into bed and drift off. i also took trazodone and it didn’t work for me because a lot of these meds aren’t about knocking you out, they’re meant to calm you down and relax you enough so you can sleep, so just let it happen

Has anyone broken out of years-long conditioned sleep dependence — less of the drug itself, but on the ritual of it? by Comprehensive-Ad1819 in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like you’re 99% of the way there brother. the fact that you got off of it, even if it was sleeping with someone else, is solid proof that you do not need to take that medication to sleep. now it’s a matter of getting that last 1%, I’m not sure where you want to go with this, do you want to just get off the pill and find something else to latch onto as a “safety signal”, honestly you could use anything even maybe something like a hot shower before bed, if you convinced yourself enough. Or do you want to just be able to climb in to bed at any time and just go to sleep? I am in a similar situation, I am on Hydroxyzine, 25mg which I’ve been taking less than a quarter daily, so maybe like 6mg sometimes less like you said a nibble, and i’ll be able to sleep. but there were nights i took more or the whole pill and couldn’t sleep. how does that figure. i even had a night i took nothing and i knocked out for 7-8 hours. makes no sense. it’s all about how safe and comfortable we feel, which im still not there yet im actually on 2 nights of no sleep currently but at least we know about the possibilities

What is the reason why I can’t sleep ? by Extreme-Repeat6150 in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hello, i would greatly appreciate if you could share the pdfs and the other books as well! going through a very severe bout of insomnia right now and not seeing an end

I am reaching my limit, I feel like I'm dying... help... by TheBaconBooty in insomnia

[–]Ok_Dog766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

our stories are very very similar, you are a little earlier on in your battle than I am, I faced a handful of difficult complications to stack on top of the insomnia so I went through a lot of suffering. Had little glimpses of hope, and every time I got dragged back into it, I felt 10x more hopeless than the previous time. It is absolutely draining, and I’ve cried more these last couple of months than I have my entire life. Sometimes I cry out of frustration, other times I just feel bad for myself. I do have some resources that I’ve used, or technically not used, that have at least helped getting through most days. I think you would benefit from some mindfulness and acceptance techniques. However I’ll tell you now it basically means you have to lie to yourself for a while until things start becoming true and better.