News of Insomnia Forum

Hi, about a week ago I began to have a constant feeling in the front of my head. The feeling is like a migraine without the pain. After a few days of carelessly getting poor sleep, I ended up not being able to sleep at all in the past couple days now.

I went to the ER yesterday and had my blood work done, and it turned out normal. There was nothing they could do ...

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To start off.. I have been having trouble sleeping for the past month no matter what... I've had some good nights sleeps but most nights I have been tossing and turning until 3-6am which is when I fall asleep. Then I wake up really late in the morning like 10am-12pm.

I'm also a 18 year old male living in Australia. Just completed high school and unemployed... I am searching hard for a job ...

I usually write poetry or short stories, but this was really just stream of consciousness writing, more like a journal entry. So it's not really "beautiful" or well-written, but it's about my experience and I thought maybe other people who suffer from insomnia (and possibly other things, as I do) might appreciate or be able to relate. Let me know your experiences so I feel less alone! ...

There are many reasons why you can have insomnia

Hormones - lack of melatonin production
Watching TV before sleep means less melatonin would be produced, same is true if your lights are bright

Food - eating certain foods in the evening means your body will produce too much energy
Tea, coffee etc contains caffeine, their effects last from 6-12 hours depending on the person - result poor sleep
Alcohol - gives you sleep without REM, ...

I want to start a thread of sleeping pills and other things that have helped people to overcome insomnia. From experience, insomnia cannot be cured by a magic pill or amagic bullet, since it is an ailment of the being. However, I wish to include pills because they are helpful in getting one into the mood of sleeping when they have been grappling with this issue for ages.
I found a thread that has to ...

Insomnia is a reliable source of hopelessness for me. I am too tired to do anything productive, but can't sleep at all, so I am in a very unbearable limbo. I sometimes work on puzzles to distract myself, but it is not too stimulating to trigger anxiety or anything, and it is not too demanding. I have a hard time reading because I just can't focus when I am very tired and the words become ...

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I am 24 years old and have had sleeping difficulties ever since secondary school where I was badly bullied and would not want to go to sleep in the night for fear of going to school the next day. To make matters worse I used to get up early in the morning to do a paper round so as you can imagine I was not sleeping a great deal however I did not ...

But now I am tired almost everyday. I can't really stay up that late anymore. I am just so tired some days I can't do anything.


It is just so weird, a few months ago I could not sleep,& was not tired.


What is this? Anyone know?

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First, short introduction: bipolar II, on medication (antidepressant + mood stabiliser).

In April 2011 I was diagnosed with a major depressive episode and prescribed an antidepressant. It has worked. In fact, it has worked so well it sent me into what was a hypomanic state of my bipolar (which my doctor hasn't noticed and neither have I -- hypomanic state feels amazing, you don't go to a psychiatrist to complain about feeling really ...

Hi all. I've been experiencing problems falling asleep, problems staying asleep and early waking for some months now. When I try to get to sleep at night my mind is mulling all sorts of things over. I wake once or twice a night with bad dreams. I then wake about an hour or two before I need to and can't get back to sleep (besides which, my kids eventually wake up and keep me awake). ...