[Ele]

Hi, does anyone have mild CFS symptoms when they enrolled in Martin`s class ? How did they deal with sleep restrictions and what was the result after graduating ? I had it in the past & am on some sleeping pills and afraid to skip a few nights of sleep. Thanks

[Martin Reed]

I can’t comment from the viewpoint of someone with mild chronic fatigue syndrome, but what I can say is that chronic insomnia is always perpetuated by sleep-related thoughts and behaviors. So, if you are able to address these thoughts and behaviors, sleep will improve. In your case, I would suspect that as your sleep improves, your CFS symptoms would improve, too.

Skipping a few nights of sleep isn’t pleasant and is never a goal of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques — however, sometimes there is a bit less sleep in the short-term as you adjust to the techniques. If your goal is better sleep for the rest of your life, it might be worth pushing through in order to reap the long-term rewards.

The alternative, of course, is to continue as before — and I suspect this may not be a viable option for you!

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