[amrah23]

I have been suffering from insomnia for more than two years.To get some sleep I have been taking sleeping pills intermittently for several months. While the pill(trazodone) does not make me groggy or give me any side effects I would like to get rid of it and sleep naturally.
I am hoping this forum will be helpful as I will learn from others with similar problem.

Thanks,

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum! Why do you want to get rid of the sleeping pills and how are you sleeping at the current time? Can you think of any ways you might be able to experience insomnia without it feeling as though you are living in hell?

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[hiker]

Hi amrah23, I can relate to your description of insomnia as hell. It can certainly seem like at least an introduction to hell.

But I did learn over time that repeating to myself that “this is hell” tended to perpetuate the experience. I found that even if I did not sleep well, it did not have to mean I was going through hell. Sure, I would have preferred to have slept well, but being tired did not necessarily have to mean being miserable.

And I found that sleep meds could help get over a really bad spot, and they would work for a while until I built up a resistance to it. So on to another med, for a while. But sometimes no meds would work because I would build up the anxiety and frustration to the point where nothing could get me to sleep.

Easier said than done, I know, but it comes down to attitude. Little kids don’t think about sleep, they just conk out. It’s a natural process, which we can overthink and tie ourselves in knots about.

I hope you stick with the forum. You will find there are lots of people going through this. And it doesn’t mean you are condemned to a lifetime of exhaustion.

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