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I have been having CONSITENT strange sleeping habits since March 2013 which literally developed overnight.
I can fall asleep most nights very easily, in fact often I am very tired. But then I wake up anywhere after 2-5 hours. I Usually feel really tired (I often need to pee) and can fall asleep again quite easily (most times). I can then sleep another hour or so depending on how many hours I slept in ...

The summer, for me, has always been a long sleepless season. I dread it every year and have tried so many things. I have an air conditioner in my bedroom and make sure to get the room very cold, but I still can't sleep.

Well, I tried something different a few days ago. It came to me that the problem could be the sound of the air conditioner, the way it starts and stops. Even ...

I recently retired from a lower management job that worked 12-hour shifts with 3-days on and 3-days off rotating 6am-6pm to 6pm-6am shift every month; I worked this pattern for over 15 years. Now I find that I can't get over 2 or 3 hours unbroken sleep without the aid of zolpidem and/or antihistamines. Had sleep study done that tested negative for sleep apnea; went to a Otolarygologist who said my uvula was enlongated and ...

Hi all

I would be grateful for any thoughts on my insomnia and whether anyone can give any pointers.

I've struggled with insomnia for some years now. I never used to as a kid/young adult. Typically I can get to sleep but wake early, but I have phases, like now, where I take hours to get to sleep.

I have tried lots. I sleep alone rather than with my wife. I sleep on the sofa, ...

Hi,

I have always had trouble falling asleep, but it has gotten much much worse lately.

Over the last 6 months or so, at least once a week I would not be able to fall asleep until 2 or 3 AM having to get up at 6AM. It was very annoying, but I could deal with once a week.

However over the last month or so, the problem has gotten worse. It started happening about ...

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i use this to fall asleep every night but i am not an insomniac. it is the Stop Drop and Roll technique, its mainly used for Lucid Dreams but u can skip those parts and just fall asleep

Hey everyone, I'm posting here because I was hoping to get a little reassurance after two nights of zero sleep.
It'll keep it short, but it is weird- every time I have bouts of insomnia, I never get the "Only can sleep for x hours" or "Fall asleep but wake up too early" type. I always get the "Lay in bed, realize hours later that you have not slept a wink, continue to not sleep ...

Hey guys, let me start off this post by saying that I am not 100% sure if my problems are related to insomnia, but it is certainly a possibility. My problems started about 3 years ago where I used to wake up 10-15 times per night, and then proceed to wake up feeling like a zombie. Back then I had a clear grasp of what the problem was, it was me waking up at night. ...

Can lack of sleep/no sleep at all cause schizophrenia or trigger it? I know lack of sleep can cause hallucinations and irrational thoughts but can it cause permanent psychosis or does it go away once the person gets enough sleep. I think it goes away once their brain rests. Really what I want to know is my bad insomnia I am having going to eventually make me schizophrenic? I worry about falling asleep at night ...

For the past 2 and a half years i've been having extreme chronic insomnia. My insomnia started one night when i woke up after sleeping for an hour and i couldn't sleep. I thought i would sleep good the next night but i ended up not sleeping at all for a week. I was really scared and paranoid. I have never been so scared in my life. I thought i was going to die because ...