[Jk174526]

Hello,

I began having severe sleep issues around 3.5 months ago after a nervous breakdown. I was working with a psychiatrist who was completely inappropriate / irresponsible and wrote me prescriptions for ever sleep medication you can imagine, including benzos. I have been completely off all sleep medication for about a month and just started sleep restriction with a sleep psychologist. I have pretty significant sleep anxiety and will have multiple days in a row where I don’t sleep for more than an hour or so.

I am on day 5. My sleep window is 11pm-5am. I have trouble both falling and staying asleep. The first night I fell asleep quickly but woke after about 4 hours or so. I’m not looking at the clock, so not sure about actual sleep times.

The second night I only slept an hour
Third night and fourth night I slept most of the night, then last night I maybe slept for 45 minutes to an hour.

I am trying to stay positive, but this is such a lonely experience and I feel like my entire life is on hold.

I would love to get input from people who have been through sleep restriction. When did it get better / when did you start seeing results. Anyone else have nights where they are awake the entire night?

Is getting out of bed when you can’t sleep necessary? I have found that part extremely challenging and haven’t implemented that practice yet.

Any encouragement / advice would be so appreciated. Thank you

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