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Hi all
I have been struggling with extreme insomnia the past 3 weeks and it has turned my life upside down. I have just been through 3 nights of zero sleep and only finally slept for a few hours on the 4th night by taking promethazine. I have lost all confidence I will be able to sleep by myself and am already panicking about tonight. Can anyone give me hope that they went so long on zero sleep and were able to sleep again by themselves as I dont want to take the medication again as it makes me feel drugged in the morning but I am beyond exhausted

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I had insomnia for 2 years. I was on trazadone and then got off that and went on benadryl but after a while I built up tolerance and that did not help. I like you went 3 nights and days without any sleep and was scared to death. I found this website and it made such a difference in my life. I listened to the podcasts on here and got the 2 week emails and learned that I would sleep eventually, I was not going to have a heart attack or stroke and die which I did catastrophize but I was just so miserable.

I started just living my life and not leaving places because I had not slept the night before. I told myself I would sleep eventually and I just went to bed and relaxed. I do feel very fortunate, I slept from 12 until 6am and sometimes 7. I have been sleeping good for almost a year which it will be in April. I know now my sleep drive will build up eventually and I will sleep but I cant control it. In the beginning I took an ibuprofen if I woke up but this only happened a few times. I sleep really good now, I was such a mess for a long time but there is hope because I cant believe it myself how good I am sleeping.

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