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Hello!
I am new to Insomnia Land and to insomnia. I have always slept like a baby in my adult life (49 yrs old) until last Thanksgiving. I am excited to talk to some fellow sufferers because I feel very isolated. It is comforting to know that when I'm stuggling to get to sleep, there are others out there going through the same thing!
Welcome to the forum – you are definitely not alone! Did anything in particular happen last Thanksgiving to trigger your sleep issues?
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The knee is better, thanks to physical therapy. At first I was prescribed trazidone, which did not help. Now I am on zolpidem, which helps me get about 3-4 hours a night. I guess zolpidem is another term for ambien. Around mid-January I went cold-turkey and I got to a point where I was sleeping more or less normally, but my problem was falling back asleep after getting up in the middle of the night. Now, I have regressed big-time. My doctor recommended that I see a counselor to help me with my sleep habits. A night before I was to see her I couldn't get to sleep and that's been my pattern for a couple weeks now. Go to bed around 10:30, usually I'm pretty tired, then toss and turn for 2 hours until I take a zolpidem to put me out.
You'd probably be a good candidate for CBT. Have you looked into it?
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