[London123]

Hey, guys, I have been doing CBTI for three weeks and now sleeping 5.5 hours. I used to sleep about 8 hours-7.5 hours a year ago. What’s a realistic time frame to get back to that schedule? Does anyone have experience?

[Martin Reed]

Unfortunately, this is one of those questions that is impossible to answer because nobody can accurately predict the future!

It’s often helpful to focus on the process rather than the outcome — if you implement CBT-I techniques consistently and focus all your attention and effort on implementation, your sleep will almost certainly start to improve. As your sleep improves and you worry less about your sleep, your sleep will likely continue to improve.

Ultimately, as we start to worry less about sleep and continue to tackle the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate insomnia, we give sleep the best chance possible — when we reach this stage, if the body is capable of (and wants) more sleep, it will generate more sleep.

I hope this helps! How are you getting on since you posted?

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