News of Sleep Disorders

Ive had insomnia for awhile now, im 16 and ive suffered from it since i was little, Noone where i live suffers the same problem as me. I feel so alone at night because i have noone to talk too, What should i do? why do i feel so alone?

Hi, I am looking for people that also have insomnia, that would maybe be up in the middle of the night that I could chat with.

I still haven't solve my problem,visited many neuropsychiatrics.No matter when I go to bed like last night around 00:30 I wake up around same time 3 a.m.
I'm currently taking antidepressants paxil early in the morning around 8 a.m. Tried to switch,split the dose half of pill around 8 a.m. and other half around noon.That way for a week it worked I managed to sleep til 5 a.m. without waking up,but every second night I ...

A few times I've woken up during the night covered in sweat and feeling very scared, paranoid, confused, dizzy, terrified. Over the past year I've developed anxiety and depression and have a hard time every so often with what I think is a dissociative disorder. Anyway I have a lot of fears such as losing control of my mind. When I wake this panicked state I feel like I'm crazy or about to detach from ...

Hello everyone,

as the subject says, I am new to this forum and new to insomnia. Out of nowhere, 12 days ago I completely stopped being able to fall asleep. I am terrified to put it mildly.

I don't quite understand how I could've gone from no issues and 8h of sleep to ZERO almost from one day to the next. I've only ever had 1-2 nights with the inability to fall asleep maybe once ...

I've been taking a melatonin supplement for a week and it has helped me so much to get enough sleep and wake up on time but I am afraid it is making me get depressed again. My depression had improved greatly over the spring and summer to where I didn't even remember what it was like. On the label it says to consult a physician if you have a depressive disorder but I was not ...

I'm don't know what is happening to me, or if it can even count as a nightmare experience. At around 1 o'clock this morning, I woke up very suddenly, breathing very fast, and overcome with this crippling feeling of dread. I can't explain it. I wasn't actually dreaming of anything scary when I woke up, and rationally I knew that nothing was actually wrong or happenin to me, but I was uncontrollably breathing rapidly and ...

Hi all,I've become pathetic about my current problem and hope there is cure for everything including this,or I have to live with it.
I work in shifts,and my problem with insomnia started around 4 months ago,when all employees went to first shift including me.I work in shifts not so much,4 years.I began waking up like in 4:30 am which was not case before.That was not so bad,because I had like 6 hours of sleep.I started ...

After trying so many other sleep medications to help treat my insomnia, my doctor has prescribed Quetapine. I've had the prescription for a few days now but am scared to take it because it hasn't directly been developed for insomnia. Has anyone else been on this? How do you feel after you take it? Any bad side-effects? Thank you.

After trying so many other sleep medications to help treat my insomnia, my doctor has prescribed Quetapine. I've had the prescription for a few days now but am scared to take it because it hasn't directly been developed for insomnia. Has anyone else been on this? How do you feel after you take it? Any bad side-effects? Thank you.