Insomnia -- Let's Have a Discussion That's Exciting Enough to Keep Us Awake -- Or So Boring That It Puts Us to Sleep! :)

Lol!!



When I was in school, I had this exact same print -- except on a yellow sweatshirt.

"Education: The Strongest Tranquilizer You Can Buy Without a Prescription!"

THAT is hilarious Did you ever wear it to class?

I'm so sorry your ex did that to you! Have you talked to someone about it or a therapist? I think you have ptsd or an extreme anxiety disorder that's keeping you up.

Do you worry a lot at night? That's typically when it comes out anyway.

Don't sleep with a light or TV. Light keeps you from getting to the deep sleeping part.
If you need the noise try a sound machine.

Exercise is great for anxiety and limit caffeine. Drink a lot of water (but not before bed obviously), keep temp cool 72 or lower, invest in comfortable mattress, blankets, pillows.

Are you still lutheran? Thats where i started out.

Thank you so much. 🙂

My divorce was many years ago and I did go through a lot of Christian-based counseling... Sometimes I still have a few rough patches.

Thanks very much for all the great tips. ❤️

I'm trying to cut caffeine completely -- I've gotten down to less than one cup of coffee per day before 10 AM and no other caffeine -- but it's just been too comforting to give up just yet. 😍

Hey Everyone,

I've noticed several people on the forum have mentioned sleeping problems, so I thought it might be helpful to talk about.

I've been an insomniac for years. It seemed to have been triggered by my divorce. I came home from a typical day at work to find the house empty -- he had moved out to be with his girlfriend without telling me. I would stay awake for days at a time, hoping he would call to say he'd changed his mind, but he never did. And so, I started working all the time, both to pay the bills and to keep myself from constantly dwelling on a now half-empty house.

I also started working every shift there is -- early mornings, late nights, and finally overnights (10 PM to 6 AM), as well as in different time zones. But no matter where I am, my natural body clock always wants to sleep early, just for an hour or two at most, then wakes up in the middle of the night, staying up and wanting to sleep again -- usually about 2 hours before I have to get up anyway. I might sleep through the night 3 times a week, but even then, I'm constantly waking up.

I've worked with several different doctors and have tried a few prescription remedies like allergy pills -- and one that literally made me feel like the words were melting off the pages when I tried to read -- so I stopped taking that after a few days.

Right now, under doctor's supervision, I use Unisom Sleep Tabs (for some reason, they have to be the tabs, not the gels, and it has to be Unisom -- the generic and store brands don't work for me) and a small dose of melatonin. It's definitely not a perfect solution but it's been enough to help me get by.

A while back, I also came across a video about a woman who talked about having a Non-24-Hour Circadian Rhythm, and this made a lot of sense. Her system doesn't work on a 24-hour wake/sleep cycle like most people are assumed to be. I started watching videos about people who have shorter and longer cycles than "normal" -- for instance, someone with a 40-hour circadian rhythm -- and they all talked about how hard it is to live in a 9 to 5 world.

I haven't done as much research about it as I'd like, and I don't know yet if there are effective treatments -- but I wanted to mention it in case it might help anyone else. It does sound like something I could have, as my system seems to only want to sleep a full night once every 3 or 4 days.

What about you?

* Do you have problems sleeping? Was there anything in particular that seems to have brought it on?

* What have you done in order to try to diagnose, treat, and cope with your lack of sleep? How long have you been struggling?

* Does living with/around other people make a big difference? Do you think you'd sleep better if you lived alone? Do you have a spouse with sleeping problems that literally keep you awake?

* What things have you tried that both have and haven't worked? Were there any times when you felt God intervened to change or heal your sleeping?

I would really be interested in hearing how this affects other people, and how they've found ways to deal with it.

i go to a non denom myself and find its the best church ive found around me so far. They do have a thing about healing for me which i no wont come until the Lords perfect timing. (I have cerebral palsy)

Oh, and as for the daytime sleepiness, He has also shown me helps like changing when I eat what and possibly drinking A2 milk since some brands of dairy products are like taking an opioid for me. It was cool being able to swim without feeling a need to breath, though, but kind of scary.

seolsearch how was your sleeping last night?

Is there a way of knowing/intently purchasing only A1 or A2 milk and dairy products?

I had never heard of this before and did some quick Googling last night. It said that here in the USA, most dairy is a combination of both, and the only way to know which one you were consuming is genetic testing.

After reading your posts, I'm wondering if I would see any difference between consuming one or the other -- if I could figure out how to isolate them.

Thanks for your post!