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Hi I'm a new member. I have a bad case of insomnia and I am seeing a sleep therapist. I am a man and live in NYC I found out about insomnialand by surfing the web. I hope to share my experiences as an insomniac and learn what has worked for others. Some people tend to dismiss insomnia as a minor problem but when you experience it you find out how devastating it can be. One thing I am trying is a “sleeptracks” CD called “Insomnia Buster” which claims to help enhance sensory motor rhtymns in the brain towards sleep by use of certain sound patterns on the CD. I have not used it long enough to know if it works but I was wondering if anyone else has used it and if it helped them or if they thought it was waste of time.
Welcome to Insomnia Land! How long have you been seeing your sleep therapist for, and how helpful are you finding it so far? I'd love to know more about that as normally we get members who have had a sleep study done, but not gone down the 'sleep therapy' route.
If you could start a new discussion thread about it in the insomnia forum, even better!
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I have only been seeing the sleep therapist a few weeks. When I first met her she went over various problems that could lead to insomnia and then asked me to do a sleep log. The next time I met with her, she reviewed the sleep log, and then recommended sleep restriction as my sleep tended to be scattered (I sometimes fall asleep for an hour in front of the TV). She wanted my sleep time to be more consolidated. I am currently keeping another sleep log and have had mixed success with sleep restriction (I don't fall asleep in front of the TV anymore; getting up is another story).
I am currently using Unisom which gives me a groggy 4-5 hours of sleep. I don't use it every night but when it is 3 or 4 in the morning and I can't sleep I use it. The night before last I got 4 hours sleep without it but last night I only got about 1 hour of sleep without it as I decided not to use it. If I have problems getting to sleep tonight I will probably have to use it.
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