[dolsen]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Dave Olsen and I have had some insomnia issues for 6 or more months. It all started with my sinus surgery and the physicians prescibed me to much ativan, which my body grown addicted to. Well, I went to two detox centers to get detoxed, but all these meds they gave me (e.g. trazadone, ambien, etc) worked for a while, but then they didn't work and the affer affects were awful. I finally got off all the sleep and anxiety meds and I'm getting 5 or more houirs of sleep most nights. Sometimes 4 hours and then I go back to bed and get another couple hours. It certainly beats not getting any sleep at all. I'm using I-rest, which is a CD one listens to to relax oneself and had some i-rest sessions with a specialist. It helps calm one down.

The only thing I'm working on is getting 7 or 8 hours of straight sleep, which someday I hope to see.

I'm also open to other suggestions to get a sound sleep through the night….that would be wonderful

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forums, Dave. Your story about the sleeping pills is all too familiar. Glad to hear you managed to wean yourself off them – getting 5 or more hours of sleep each night is nothing to be sniffed at; you're close to getting your core sleep (which is 5 and a half hours) each night.

Remember not to put too much pressure on yourself to fall asleep or sleep for an arbitrary amount of time – quality is far more important than quantity.

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