[Veteran]

Hi all, had this 20 years. I can live with missing a few hours but if I am awake all night then i feel v low, depressed, a one off freak. adrenalin about the next night. I can get through the day but adrenaline all day due to anxiety

Tried every method over the years. Has become an obssession. If I knew the bad nights would mean just missing a few hours I would be ok to accept it happens at times. But the threat of an entirely sleepless anxious night is always the ultimate fear and worry it will go on next night and so on. Some nights it’s in my brain and I know what’s coming. Any helpful comments please

[Jess84]

Going through the same thing right now it feels as if I am getting very shallow sleep
the entire night with maybe some rem but very little and never really falling into stage 3 (Delta),I’ve tried a lot of things like sleep deprivation a smaller window and sleep aids like teas and melatonin but I think what it might be is something you mentioned like the the worry
about the next night along with the obsession over the problem itself is what is probably keeping it going but forgetting about the nightly and daily struggle of this is easier said than done.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Jess84.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Jess84.

[Martin Reed]

Everything you’ve described is quite common among people with chronic insomnia, Veteran!

You said you’ve tried every method over the years — does that include cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)?

CBT-I techniques can be really helpful since they get to the root cause of the problem — they help tackle the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate sleep disruption.

I am encouraged that you are able to recognize you can always get through the day, regardless of how you sleep — might there be anything you could do during the day to improve the quality of your days and shift attention away from sleep?

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