News of Insomnia Forum

I know it sounds incredible but my 88 year old mother does not sleep. And it's not a condition that increased with advancing age, she has NEVER SLEPT, not unlike a fantastic story usually read in a 1930s Ripley's Believe It or Not anecdote.

When she was living with us, her mother, my maternal grandmother and I would sometimes talk about my mother not having to sleep like everyonese. The subject would come up every ...

I've had insomnia for quite awhile now. I've been prescribed a pretty strong drug to help me sleep, but I've run out of my prescription and my healthcard expired. I've been staying up until roughly 3-9am most nights, and when I do fall asleep I end up waking up several times throughout the "night" (even on the medication this happens). I probably won't be getting a new healthcard for at least a week, and then ...

Hi my name is Matt i have not been able to sleep hardly any for 40 days/nights this all started the 14th of February i just woke up and felt like i could not sleep again i feel terribly exhausted i just want to sleep i went to sleep clinic doc but all he said is that it is too early to tell what it could be and asked if i went to the psychiatrist ...

I've had insomnia off and on for about five years, and it's made my life at times a living hell. I was a fabulous sleeper my entire life, until about the age of 35, when I began waking up in the middle of the night and would toss and turn, wide awake, until morning, then wander through my day in a haze of sleep deprivation. This only happened, interestingly, in the fall and winter months, ...

I've been sleep deprived now for 3 days. I haven't been able to become tired. My body feels tired but my mind is wide awake. I've never had trouble sleeping before now. I tried melatonin and it didn't do much at all. I was also prescribed Temazepam and that put me to sleep for only one hour. I'm having other symptoms too such as leg spasms, elevated heart rate, weakness in the legs, and loss ...

Hi, first of all I'd like to apologize for my English, it's not my main language so don't get mad at me.
I've a serious sleeping issue, basically I cannot sleep alone or without noise. It has been like this for years, since I was a little child it was really hard to go to bed alone. When I go to bed alone with no lights, no noise or anything like that, just straight in ...

Hello fellow insomniacs,
let me tell u a little bit about me. Eight months ago i started working again after almost three years of unemployment. This caused me to get stressed and let me into becoming somehow a little bit insomniac. The first 2 to 3 months it was a nightmare. Three to four times a week i would not sleep at all. Due to stress. One or two days without sleep and the other ...

I am a college student now and since I was in high school i have suffered from insomnia. Not horrible symptoms to where i go days without sleeping, but I take hours (usually 1-2 hours but often as many as 5) to fall asleep every night. When I do fall asleep I wake up not feeling rested, and I feel like it really affects how i act and perform throughout my day. Naps are hard ...

My doctors perscribed me ativan to help with some anxiety. I found taking 1mg at night really helped me to fall asleep, and if I woke up, fall back asleep quickly, and allow me to sleep in until my alarm would go off.

In fact, I used to be that person that woke up 15 minutes before my alarm would ever go off, in anticipation. And could never go back asleep. I could never snooze ...

I was in a hospital for 23 days.My primary problem is insomnia which lasts for 8 months.I can not fall asleep,even if I do,I wake up around 2-3 a.m.
I was on 25 mg seroquel but gaves me zombified feeling over whole day and like derealisation feeling,so I hate it.Tried 100 mg feel somnolence and little dizzy.
I tried trazodone 3 months ago 100 mg which gave me few hours of sleep,but suddenly after a ...