[Labsnooze]

I am very new to the world of sleeplessness and my life has done a 360 in a matter of months. The day after Easter I had a tooth removed and was put on antibiotics and had a severe reaction to them and they wipes out the flora in my stomach. 3 months later, many hospital visits, 42lbs lost due to severe diarrhea, bed ridden and my sleep starting to deteriorate. At this time I would fall asleep immediately only to awake at 3am and take OTC medication to get me through until morning. It is currently 5 months later and I have had insomnia since Sept 11/21. I am on my third trial of prescribed sleeping pills and am getting a max of 5 hours, that was last night my third night on a new Rx. The previous two nights were 1.5 hours and 3 hours, I seem to be able to fall asleep but I have a hard time staying asleep.
I am still trying to recover from my gut issues and I am very weak as I lost a lot of muscle. And with covid my stress levels have been through the roof, which is what I believe triggered the insomnia. I try to exhaust myself physically during the day so I will be tired, I don’t nap during the day, I practice meditation, I go in the hot tub, I’ve even tried salt and baking sofa detox baths. I only use the bed for sleep, limit my exposure to electronics at night, don’t drink, and if the sun is out so am I. Please any tips for this newbie are welcome

[Chee2308]

Greetings!
No, you are not new to the world of sleeplessness. Everyone must have had some periods where they slept much less or not at all such as moving to a new house or neighbourhood, becoming first time parents, starting a new job, taking a long haul flight crossing multiple timezones, staying up all night studying for an exam and etc etc. Some periods of sleeplessness are very common for everyone, way more common than you think and this is completely normal! So what makes you think your sleep is broken or you are “damaged goods”? Also, question why you think having some degree of insomnia is so frightening that it keeps you up at night. You must address this source of stress to get ahead. Or slowly regaining confidence that nothing is wrong at all, if ever. Only by doing those or both will you be able to leave insomnialand behind forever. I also stress that being recovered doesn’t automatically mean sleeping much better or that you won’t get insomnia again, because as I’ve just said some sleeplessness is pretty common in everyone, it just means you are no longer afraid of it! That said, I hope you find relief soon and best wishes!

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by Chee2308.

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