[lcs6711]

I have had chronic insomnia increasing in severity for seven years.  I go for days, weeks, a month even – sleeping only an hour or two a night.  Literally.  I only wish this was a case of sleep misperception, but sadly, it’s not.

I love all of these well-intentioned forums/articles that tell you about the importance of getting a good night’s sleep, like somehow I intentionally do this to myself.  Yes, I’m fully aware of the health dangers of sleep deprivation.

My cortisol levels are through the roof, I am hateful and impatient, my brain won’t work, I cry frequently and am always in pain.  My weight is out of control.  I used to exercise everyday, now I am too damn tired to exercise.  “Exercise 30 minutes each day”  Believe me, I would love to, if only I could sleep enough to first maybe – I don’t know – drive a car?

Insomnia cause? Probably anxiety and excess cortisol – which never gets better because cortisol increases with lack of sleep.

I just want to be well and be productive.  I want a life.  Other people don’t understand insomnia.  Yes, there was a time when I slept normally, without pills.  I never asked to be an insomniac.

Pills do not work anymore, any of them.  CBT, sleep restriction – worthless.

Keeping a job and keeping up with my studies – near impossible.

It makes me so hopeless and in despair.  It’s like a terminal illness.  I believe it actually will kill me if it doesn’t stop.

Sorry to be so bleak – I can’t cope with this.

 

 

 

[Bloodshot]

I understand!

[Davy]

i wont to type something but this site reacts so badly on autocorrect i give up

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Davy.

[Davy]

that was wrong of me its all lack of sleep been awake again on a 2 day binge close to 3 because english is not me main lange i have to use google translate and spelling corrector i made a long and constructive post again did copy and paste and this site biggest flaw it becomes unreadable what i want to say you are not alone what you discrife i go to the same thing i know what it is like

[Martin Reed]

I’m sorry to hear about your struggles with sleep. It’s little surprise that your cortisol levels are high when sleep has become such a stressor for you. As you rightly point out, sleeping pills are not a solution.

You mentioned that you found CBT — and sleep restriction, as a component of CBT-I — worthless. It is very unusual to hear someone who has been through a course of CBT-I say this. Can you tell us a bit more about your experience with CBT-I?

Did you go through a structured course or work with a CBT-I therapist? How long did you implement the techniques for? Apart from sleep restriction, what other CBT-I techniques did you try?

Davy — If you paste the content from Google Translate into a plain-text editor then copy it again before attempting to paste it into the forum, you will remove all the styling information and its associated code and your post will show up as intended.

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