[Ben Turner]

Hi all
Well after a week of not being able to sleep properly I decided to look for information and videos on insomnia and came across the Insomnia Coach’s content, which has now brought me here. I have been very impressed with the informative and easy to understand content and so wanted to take this further.
I have never been involved or written anything on a forum so hoping for some advice and encouragement that this doesn’t last! I have signed up to the free 2 week course too.
I have suffered some very poor health recently which has unfortunately left me feeling very traumatised by everything at the moment, creating a lot of anxiety and depression.
This has now manifested into insomnia and I am only getting about 4 hours of sleep a night. This has been going on for about a week now and is driving me to absolute despair. Can’t even stand to be in the bedroom!
I have just been prescribed Flouextine (Prozac) to help me cope with the anxiety and depression but want to also address the insomnia.
Looking forward to hearing from anybody that could give me any insight into their experiences and ultimately give me some hope!
I appreciate you taking the time to read this, and please feel free to comment.
Many thanks!

[Martin Reed]

Hello Ben and welcome to the forum.

Health challenges are common triggers of sleep disruption — and that makes sense because sleep is sensitive to our overall level of well-being. If we are worried about something, stressed about something, or if there is any sudden change (or upcoming change) to our life, sleep will always be affected. That’s just a normal part of sleep, and life.

Usually, sleep recovers as soon as the initial trigger is no longer relevant, or we have adapted to whatever that initial trigger was. If it doesn’t, that’s usually because the way we think about sleep changes and because we might have implemented new behaviors in a bid to improve our sleep (such as spending more time in bed, modifying our days, spending time researching sleep, canceling plans, experimenting with teas, supplements, and pills, etc).

That’s because these new sleep-related thoughts and behaviors can perpetuate sleep disruption because they can weaken sleep drive, disrupt the body clock, and increase arousal.

Since your sleep has become disrupted relatively recently and due to what seems to be an obvious cause, the best reaction may be no reaction — in other words, if you can continue to go about your day as though you are sleeping just fine and if you can avoid the temptation to start spending more time in bed or to put effort into sleep, you give your sleep the best chance possible to get right back on track all by itself.

I hope this helps.

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[Ben Turner]

Thanks Martin, I appreciate the feedback.
I will try to not dwell too much on this and just accept that this is just part of the course.
Although fatigued when I get to a certain time of the evening it seems that my body is at least getting the minimum amount of sleep that it needs to at least function.
I just hope that in time my sleep will return.

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