News of Insomnia Forum

3-4 times per week I have to stay awake for 40 hours because I can't sleep. I use benzodiazipines (lorazepam), lunesta, ambien (insomnia meds), nothing like that works. It's also because I have schizoaffective bipolar type I. I told 3 doctors about this and they seem they can't do anything including my Psychiatrist. I need to wake up at 11am for school and sometimes can't due to sleep problem. I'm afraid I have to drop ...

Yes, melatonin, every natural substance you can think of.

Right now I'm on Adderall 30mg IR 2x day, Lorazepam 1mg 3x day (I take as much as I need when needed) and Ambien 10mg 1x a day.

The other night I took 4 ativan and 4 ambien and stayed awake for a day and a half.

Yesterday I wanted to get some stuff done, so I took 60mg of Adderall at once and passed out. ...

Hello, I am new here, first post. I would like to share my story before asking about my current sleeping problem. I am 31 years old and have had sleeping problems as far back as 1st grade. It would always come and go and I learned to live with it, until my senior year in college (10 years ago) when there were some family issues. At the time I blamed myself for stupid things, and ...

Hi. I have had chronic insomnia for about two years now, and all of a sudden, I've had various symptoms. I have rapid heart rate, and it is hard for me to get an erection. Most nights, I only get 1-2 hours of sleep. I am taking 200mg of trazadone to help for sleep, 75mg of venlaflaxine, and 25 mg of hydryoxizine. I am really worried about my body, as I receive little sleep, but ...

Had insomnia for as long as I can remember! The only meds that have worked so far is Diazepam and Zopiclone - both of which I can't go on long term due to their high risk for addiction.

Anyway, I've been on 15mg of Mirtazapine for about 3 weeks now for insomnia, anxiety and depression. Hasn't seemed to help my insomnia or anxiety at all, but my depression seems to have lifted somewhat (this is ...

I like to sleep deeply but since 2008 after a horrible death of a loved one in my life, I have not slept well. I do not want to resort to pills. Any suggestions?

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Since i was little i have always had bad sleep patterns, i have always stayed up to late hours of the night. Its not so much a choice, i am always exhausted during the day and can barely stay awake. At night i my mind is active and i just feel alert. Which means its always a struggle to stop falling back into bad patterns. Usually i would sleep from 3:00AM to 1:00PM when left ...

Well long story short I suffer from Severe brain damage, as well as epilepsy. After the assault that me with brain damage I was working for the local police as an admin officer and surrounded and threatened in an intimidating manner by 6 uniformed officers (they where not even allowed in the area I was in, and it would of been caught on the surveillance system.. I spent about 10 weeks calling and emailing lawyers ...

I've never had insomnia before. About a month ago, a few hours before bedtime, I started feeling really fatigued and in a fog. I thought I was getting sick so I went to bed early. I had a bad night that night and haven't slept well since.

I'm still sleeping close to eight hours a night, but it's very light with frequent waking up. I'll wake up sweaty with watery eyes and cotton mouth (anxiety ...

Hi guys, I need to know something, today before bed I had a tea of lemon balm, 5-htp and primrose oil.
what happened is that the lemon balm tea gave me a violent sleepy for their sedative effect, but I COULD NOT SLEEP, I was in a meditative state and the whole night I could not sleep, does anyone know what could have happened? :| ...