[Amadeo Neil]

In February I decided to change my sleep schedule by brute forcing the time I woke up at. I was waking up at 11:00 am and wanted a fresh start at 5:00 am. It obviously didn’t work and it spiraled into a whole insomnia problem where I would not be able to sleep for several days in a row, and it created a host of emotional problems, such as anxiety and depression.

The sutiation forced me to pause my studies and go back to my parent’s house. There I would find it quite eaier to sleep. And although I had some sleepess nights and some other not so great nights I was able to consistently sleep and regain confidence.

But when I returned to my apartment things didn’t go so well. The first night was atrocious, and was barely able to sleep, due to me being anxious all the time. I then started taking medication. I started taking 0,25 mg of Clonazepam. A very little but effective dose of the pill. I was able to find peace and sleep consistently.

The problem began now 2 months later. I have run out of pills, and although mine is a very low dosage I started to feel the absence right away. The first night without Clonazepam was terrible. I slept 4 hours, The next night was a sleepless night and now, three days after no medication I find myself at 3 in the morning unable to find sleep. I feel I can’t sleep I lay in bed for hours but no sleep. Im terrified.

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum. What you are going through sounds really difficult.

It sounds as though your experience is telling you that you cannot directly or permanently control your sleep — and that continuing to try to control sleep pulls you away from living the life you want to live.

If that is the case, perhaps a different approach might be helpful? An approach that doesn’t involve trying to control what your experience suggests cannot be controlled? Perhaps that might help make things a bit less difficult?

One starting point might be reading this page on ACT for insomnia. Hopefully there’s something helpful there and please feel free to post any follow-up questions here.

I wish you all the best. You are not alone.

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