I have been in 6.25 dosage of seroquel for near 10 days. I has been working well as I could not stay sleep without it. I use 5 mg paxil in morning for my mild depression as well which is the reason for my insomnia. Recently I feel that my drowsiness is high next day specifically afternoon, and I wanted to sleep or nap afternoon even! I don't know is it because of seroquel as you see I use low dosage. I want to discontinue and only continue with paxil. Paxil is not for sleeping but possibly helps with my depression and a bit of ocd though it is low dosage, but I am trying to solve my problems meanwhile. Anyone had experience of such low dosage or stopping it as I have been for 2 weeks.

Does anyone have any techniques they use to quiet their mind? My insomnia is just consistently mind orientated, physically everything can be fine but my mind is on repeat, whether it’s a song or thoughts or whatever. It just doesn’t stop.

I have meditated previously, I suppose I need to implement that more, and I know not going on screens before bed should be done too.

But does anyone have any other suggestions that they use to try to stop the racing thoughts? Would be appreciated so much :,)

I’m exhausted. My sleep has been bad for years, there are nights where I don’t get sleep at all and there are nights where I sleep but only 3-4 hours. The “longest” I was able to sleep was 5 hours. I take medication, tried different things for years. Nothing really helps. If I get sleep, it is not comfortable, I wake up with pain and exhausted. I am not able to sleep over at someone’s house, that would guarantee a sleepless night. Right now I am at a city trip with my sister. It’s only one night and we walked all day. I’m exhausted, my body is tired, I took my sleeping pill two hours ago, yet I’m here wide awake. It feels like my brain is being tickled. I’m exhausted and so so tired but my body feels restless. And the worst thing is my sister is lying next to me in the hotel bed and was able to get to sleep in less than 10mins. I’m so mad at her for sleeping deeply next to me. Tomorrow I will be exhausted and she will be well rested. It has always been like that. I can’t take it anymore. If friends tell me they had a bad night and only six hours of sleep or so, I want to scream at them that I’m not able to sleep more than 5 hours. For years. I think most people wouldn’t be able to handle my situation. Even if I only slept two or three hours I go to work. They complain about one bad night while this is my reality for over five years. Most nights I lay awake till 3 am, turning around begging and screaming in my head that all I want to do is sleep. Deeply.

My Dr recently prescribed me Doxepin due to my insomnia. On doing research on the drug it seems though that it’s most effective at helping people stay asleep, not helping them fall asleep? I also didn’t want to go back on Trazadone because I was so groggy the day after I took it but it seems that Doxepin is very similar? If my issue is that I can’t calm down enough to fall asleep in the first place will Doxepin work for me? I have an appointment to discuss this further this week but any experience with Doxepin would be much appreciated.

I've started to get this really awful feeling that goes over my whole body sometimes when I try to sleep. The best way to describe it is like my muscles are sort of twitching and it's like I'm getting mild electric shocks all over. I have to constantly toss and turn to make the issue go away a bit. Only a benzo can seems to fix it.

It doesn't happen every night, but the past week has been bad. Any time my sleep in general is bad, this happens. As usual the doctors don't see any problem, so they won't do anything.

Im 14 and i haven’t slept properly for around 3 weeks i play high performance sport and i haven’t been able to perform for weeks. my confidence and self esteem are at a low and the little sleep i get is less than 4 hours

Hello all,

I just saw the doctor for sleep anxiety and he prescribed me a short prescription of Dayvigo, and I am to take 5mg of it to start to see how it works. I explained my sleep anxiety is quite situational, where I get maybe 1-2 hours of sleep if I have something in the morning (i.e. have to drive for work, have an activity planned, have class etc) and sporadic but decent sleep normally from past experiences having dealt with the above. I pick up the prescription tomorrow, just wanted to know if this is the best first-line treatment for this? I have tried melatonin and herbal remedies with mixed results.

Thanks.

I started Lunesta last night 2mg and slept through the night (very euphoric all day/makes me glad I've had experience with marijuana). I've had acute insomnia for one month. Can you reset your sleep cycle with this and taper off or am I just creating a dependence on sleep meds? I'm seeing a therapist weekly and doing what I can meditate/exercise/journal/clean diet. I'm going to a psychiatrist this week as well it just took forever to get that appointment. Lmk your experience.

I just saw a neurologist last week for sleep, dizziness, and headaches. He's going to order a MRI and a sleep study. The sleep study will be done at my own house.

I'm having to take naps most days, despite getting 4-6 hours of sleep. Is this an indicator of sleep apnea? Sleep causes me so much anxiety. I'm on 10 mg Lexapro.

I’m afraid of being more than just a little tired when I lay down to go to bed. I guess because it puts pressure on the situation, creating a greater sense of urgency to fall asleep. I avoid sleep aids for that reason. Can anybody relate?

Been taking this for prolly a year now and I’ve been anywhere from 50-100mg except sometimes it doesn’t work as intended. I was wondering what the best dose is? Kinda thinking of trying mirtazapine again

Long and very disorganized vent hold tight

I've had my fair share of random insomnia, staying awake for days etc etc. What usually happens is I will have a period where I am sleeping just fine only for one night to make me anxious about my sleep again.

I am bipolar so I am naturally a bad sleeper, but this time I KNOW I cannot sleep because of anxiety. It literally cannot be anything else. After sleeping just fine for months, yesterday afternoon I had a nap, really naturally brought, just vibed in my bed until I decided to fall asleep. So I know, my brain is fine and biologically I am able to sleep. But the anxiety from the nap, because I realized it might make me not able to sleep later on, caused me to have a sleepless night for the first time in months, thus beginning the cycle once more.

It's all being anxious, nothing more. I am now fully convinced. There is no blue lights, no seratonin, no fucking 3 hour screen-free time that can make my sleep naturally revert. If there is something I have to do tomorrow or if for whatever reason I am scared that I won't sleep tonight, I am just not going to sleep. I know that the only way to fix this is to not care. But I just don't think it's possible anymore. My brain fucking convinces itself it just will not sleep again. This comes in a very naturally stressful period in my life where I have to look for a job and study for my college exams and it's all just kinda fucked up.

If you read this far any reassurance would be welcome rn.

But yeah no I'm cooked

Hello everyone, so at night I'll get sleep in few minutes when in bed But after 3am I can't sleep it's been 15 days I'm facing this issue and not active in day can't concentrate on anything right now any methods to sleep

Sometimes I can get back to sleep for 30-60 minutes around 7-8 after eating. And it's taking a toll on me.

Melatonin doesn't really help. Im fairly active. I eat well and drink lots of water.

I'm mindful of screentime close to bedtime.

Is it going going to get better?

I know a lot of us tend to he the worrying kind so I'll start off with saying that this is a very unlikely cause of insomnia. I just post this as another avenue for people who have insomnia without a clear trigger

I had insomnia for 4 years without any type of trigger. It kust started from one day to the next and was very severe. I went to sleep doctors had CBTi, did all the recommended things, tried all the medications and nothing really worked. Therapy helped me gain a really strong ability to accept my life as it is and be okay with feeling miserable all the time. My general health kept declining but I thought it's due to the severe lack of sleep

After having a severe worsening of synptoms I got doagnosed with ME/CFS and it turns out that the insomnia was just part of my PEM symptoms. I know sleep better as long as I pace my energy but sleep is the least of my concerns now tbh

I'll reiterate that Im just really unlucky and barely anyone will have this. If you're still unsure just read up on PEM, if you don't have that you're good

Just thought I'll spread some awareness

I’ve been a horrible sleeper for years, but lately it’s been REALLY bad. 3am wake up every day consistently. ive done ever sleep meditation in the book, they stopped working. calm app/sleep stories used to help but not anymore. and by then it’s too late to take a unisom pill. i’ve never taken melatonin before. would that help me get back to sleep at 3am and not fuck with my 6am wake up??

So I just started taking lunesta for insomnia to see if it works. (3 mg) It’s 2 am and I’m still up so I guess it’s not working for me. About an hour after taking it I started to taste this horrible taste in my mouth. Like extremely bitter and I was trying to drink water and water tasted disgusting! My doctor did not mention anything about this side effect to me. So now I am up and have this horrible taste pls help!

I’m so freaking tired of feeling like this. I just got on some meds and I know I’m supposed to give them time but here we are another freaking sleepless night so far. I got tired and tried to sleep and my body just refuses. I’m so ready for life to get better and start looking up but that’s so hard when me being up this late happens practically every day at this point. Anyone have any good recommendations or just want to chat?

Ok so I have mentioned this to friends but they don't have the same troubles sleeping as I do so I wanted to ask, does anyone else have an easier time falling asleep once the sun comes up? I will be awake all night, sometimes until 5 or 7 am but once I see sunlight through my curtains, for some reason I am able to fall asleep pretty easily. Any one else or is this just me?

For a couple of months now I’ve been struggling with falling asleep due to obsessive thoughts from I assume ADHD. I often find myself going down a rabbit hole and feeling unable to really relax from my thoughts. This has caused me to constantly stay awake for too long even when I genuinely don’t want to. It’s gotten to the point where I struggle just to close my eyes for a few seconds. If anyone has ideas or advice that’d be really appreciated. I just feel so tired and need some help

I don’t think I necessarily have insomnia but it’s like even during high school I could not fall asleep hardly at night and I still made it to school right on time everyday while I even had a job after school. Now I’m a sophomore in college, and being in college obviously makes it harder because it’s on you to show up to classes. I can wake up at 6:00 AM, go to school, do a full gym workout, and come home and still not be tired. My mind stays racing the minute I lay down no matter how much I try to wear my body out. Melatonin doesn’t help and I barely take it anymore. I once was prescribed Trazadone and that seemed to help some. I even had a dr. appointment today at 9 this morning that was for my birth control check up and I was going to ask them about my sleep trouble, and I missed it BECAUSE I overslept from not being able to sleep all night. I have overslept through about 3 classes already this semester from oversleeping, and it makes me feel so lazy but I genuinely couldn’t sleep the entire night before despite setting 5 alarms everyday. I just know I don’t want to be in this cycle any longer and I have no idea what to do. Any tips or advice are appreciated :)

So being of a certain age I’ve discovered that judicious use of a vibrator can put me into a really restorative somewhat deep sleep. Really promotes relaxation. Sounds wacko but getting to sleep for 2-3 hour segments is so much better than the old 40 minute sleep cycle routine. Just something that has helped me when I’m ready to scream.

Since my sleep schedule started being so fucked up, EVERY TIME I lay the fuck down I feel like running a marathon, changing my life, dropping out of college, moving to another country, etc, etc, etc. It’s so fucking frustrating. During the day I can barely gather the energy to comb my hair.

Has anyone here found out that something BESIDES anxiety/depression etc was causing their extreme insomnia?

Had a consult with a sleep specialist because of extreme insomnia plus neurological symptoms but was told because I don't have breathing issues it wasn't worth doing.

Cronic insomnia – since I was a kid, now I'm over 20 years old. Tried lots of medication. My diagnosis: Depression, ADHD, autism, C-PTSD. Not diagnosed, but I suspect: R-OCD. I don't sleep without my girlfriend, I never feel safe alone. I don't want to depend on her, tho. Somedays she's not here and I go to sleep like 2-5am. Nightmares every fucking day. Most of them repeat themselves, since I was a kid. I probably have more than 15 reoccurring nightmares, only the details, persons and my age changes.

Zolpidem didn't helped me, in fact I attemped after spiraling in my traumas. Alprazolam makes me depressed, and I get addicted — I have the prescription and I'm really thinking about it, because I need to sleep. Clonazepam felt just like drinking water. I tried some valproic acid (?), can't remember the exact name — also felt like drinking water. I also tried some other pills that I don't recall the name, but I think it's mainly for the treatment of schizophrenia. Other was for bipolar disorder. These last two felt just awful. I sleept but the side effects were hell. Please, I want help. I want to sleep faster and throughout the night. I keep waking up.

I have been taking 150 mg trazadone daily every night to sleep for about a year now and just ran out today with no refill. Will my insomnia be bad without it and what else could I do to help with falling and staying asleep ?

I’ve recently developed chronic insomnia, it’s been more than 3 months. I can barely get an hour or two of sleep each night. I can’t imagine going on like this for the rest of my life. How do yall who’ve been living with this for years do it??? 2 days of no sleep makes me feel like I’m going insane, I can’t imagine being productive or having to deal with responsibilities while being so sleep deprived. Does it get better over time? Do you just get better at coping with it?

TLDR at the bottom!

Hi all, just to be clear I’m not looking for medical advice, but just to see if anyone else has had a similar experience really.

I (23F) have taken 50mg promethazine every night pretty consistently for around 5 years now. I have always been an awful sleeper since I was a baby, and suffered throughout my school and college years with barely any sleep. My thing was that once I was actually asleep, I was out, and nothing was getting me up lol. I just couldn’t get to sleep in the first place. Getting on sleeping tablets really did help me massively.

But there are obviously drawbacks, and my biggest problem now is getting up in the morning. As I say I was already a heavy sleeper, so the meds made that loads worse. A few times over the years I’ve tried to move away from my sleeping tablets, but ultimately I go back to them because running on 2-3 hours of sleep a few days in a row quickly reminds me of why I needed them in the first place.

Anyway, I wanted to stay up for the US election on Tuesday (I’m in the uk) so decided not to take my tablets that night. I ended up having a rest at about 5:30-7am, but I didn’t actually sleep. By the time the next night rolled around, I was so tired that I decided to try and sleep without my tablets, and for the first time in so long, I was knocked out without my meds by midnight.

The next day, though, I was still exhausted. Like could barely keep my eyes open exhausted. And by the next night (ie last night), I was once again so tired that I didn’t need my meds to sleep.

I must’ve gotten around 10 hours sleep for each of those nights. But this morning, and all day today, I’ve still been so tired. I’m constantly droopy and sluggish and just want to crawl into bed. Except I’m scared that I’ll just wake up feeling this grim tomorrow, unless I take my tablets, which I also don’t want to do since I’m actually sleeping without them right now.

Has something like this ever happened to anyone else here before? The only thing I can think of is that my unmedicated sleeping pattern has changed from being a heavy sleeper who can’t sleep, to a very light sleeper who can sleep a full night but isn’t actually resting properly. I have no idea, but it’s annoying!

Not sure if it matters at all, but I have ASD, ADHD and endometriosis. I know these things can affect sleep, too!

TLDR: for the last two nights I haven’t taken my tablets, and am sleeping a full night without them for the first time in years. However, I’m absolutely exhausted despite getting 10 hours a night. Am I just sleeping too lightly without my tablets?

Have you tried Modius for sleep ? I tried the Somnee and it didn’t work. It was 300 dollars and I get charged 19 a month. It may help, so I use it.