News of Insomnia Forum

Hei. I struggle with an worsening insomnia the past 7 months where I just sleep less and less and now I only sleep 1-2 hours (with micro awakenings) with medication if I am lucky, some nights no sleep at all, and sometimes I can sleep 4,5 hours. Without zyprexa and Tolvon I can't sleep at all, 0 sleep. Last year I managed to sleep 4 hours without medications and 7-8 hours with medication. I am ...

I have what I think are typical sleep issues pretty regularly, like getting a couple of hours less sleep than normal 1-2 times a week, but lately I’ve been having recurrent bouts of insomnia with total sleeplessness that last days at a time. For the last 6 weeks I’ve only been getting about 4 hours a night (compared to my usual 7-8) and now I’m on another bout of 0 sleep, 2nd consecutive night and ...

Hi all, super new. I'm writing an essay on sleeplessness and how it affected my life (super private sorry), but it made me revisit what I've done in the past few years and the success they've had.

I was a chronic insomniac for a long time. I slept about 7 hours a day as an infant, when I was supposed to be sleeping 16-20 hours. I never napped (well, I have now that I'm older). ...

Hi All. I have just joined looking some help. My situation is as follows: I picked up a viral chest infection in mid feb which went on for a long period of time. I was eventually diagnosed with asthma 8 weeks ago. My sleep pattern has been very disturbed over the last number of months and there were also anxiety issues about my health. I was put on citalapram by GP about five weeks ago ...

I am in desperate need of some advice..

Years ago I had a physical condition that caused many physical and emotional issues such as depression, horrible anxiety and the worse insomnia imaginable.. 3 years ago I was give a low dose SSRI antidepressant and 50 mg of seroquel to help with the emotional side of things until I got better.. I have since then gotten my health issues fixed, been off of the antidepressant for ...

Hail forumers,
I'm a 37yo male with DSPS since I was a kid. I remember my baby sitters going to sleep and I simply couldn't, no matter what. Only after 2-3AM I could sleep, but that was (and still is) a huge problem, because I had always had morning classes.

For some years after school, I was almost completely stable, sleeping everyday at 4am and waking up ~11:30am. I say "almost" because even sleeping like ...

How come people with chronic, anxiety insomnia stay alive for decades? Does the basic biological survival mechanism always, in the end, make sure that the person gets just enough sleep in order to stay alive?

I was wondering this especially concerning chronic insomnia caused by anxiety. I understand that this problem is caused by a vicious circle where a person fears they won't fall asleep and because of that they won't. That's what they say. ...

I wonder if you experience the same. I have a bad sleeping habit and I can't get to sleep at night. I always wake up in the middle of the night. I do not know if I have insomnia. Please help. :?

Hello. This is my first time posting here. I'm 35, and I've suffered from sleep troubles for over 1 year now. I'm a midwife, and I work 24 hour shifts, although I'm not sure if that's the main cause of my problem (obviously affects my circadian rhythm, I'm aware of that) because I've been in my current job for 10 years, and never had this issue before (I could easily sleep 9 hours every night) ...

When I do the behavioral techniques I’m supposed to I usually fall asleep by 3:30AM if I blackout my house at 7PM. I tried this for two weeks but I just got so bored laying in bed for hours every night so I stopped the techniques. Without them I usually sleep every other night. My psychiatrist reffered me to a sleep doctor after 4 different medications she prescribed me didn’t work, and the sleep doctor ...