[Marie72]

Hi,

It’s great to find a forum for people struggling with the same insomnia problems. I’m in with 8th week of insomnia and it’s really starting to have an impact on my job, family and general outlook as I feel very anxious during the day.

I’m currently at the stage where I’m falling to sleep at 10.30am quite easily however waking at around 1am, it’s then off and on I never know exactly the amount of sleep as I don’t look at the clock and try to stay in bed. I’m usually calm and can just stay relaxed until I fall to sleep again. I tried the restricted sleep for a week but it really made me very anxious with little result. But I’m thinking I should give it another go. My worry is that my best sleep comes at beginning of the night so I will miss this window.

I go to bed quite relaxed and during the night I stay the same it’s just the day that brings anxiety and worry about how I can function and health implications.

Any advice or share experiences greatly received.

Thank you

[Martin Reed]

Glad to hear you’re not checking the clock when you wake during the night! It will take longer than a week for you to notice any impact of sleep restriction on your sleep — so I would encourage you to give this another try.

At the end of the day, we can’t stay awake indefinitely. The longer we are awake, the stronger the drive for sleep becomes. So, if you are restricting sleep to a specific (and appropriate) window during the night, you will start to fill that window with sleep as long as you don’t sleep outside of that sleep window.

It’s not surprising that your best sleep comes at the beginning of the night since we get pretty much all of our deep sleep in the first third of the night. The sleep you get after the first two or three hours is going to be lighter sleep.

I hope this helps!

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