[nevermind92]

Hi,

I’ve been dealing with insomnia for the last few months. I only get about 2 to 5 hours of sleep per night. I normally get 6 to 7 hours of sleep before. I work as an RN and it’s been stressful for the last couple years. I mostly have issue with waking up too early and unable to fall back to sleep. Occasionally, I have problem with falling asleep too. I experience a few zero sleep nights within last 4 weeks. One tip that I found that really helps me was that I should stop making lot of effort to make sleep happens. I used to listen to sleep stories from headspace app which have worked for me in the past. They no-longer help me with sleep and I feel the more I tried, the more awake I’ll be. I found Insomnia coach from an insomnia support group on facebook. My worries is that insomnia will negatively affect my health and work performance.

Thanks for checking,

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing your current struggle with insomnia. Have you tried implementing any cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques to help create better conditions for sleep?

Eileen is a registered nurse of over 30 years — she took sleeping pills almost every day for 15 years and now sleeps well (without medication) thanks to CBT-I techniques. You can listen to her story by clicking this link: How Eileen used CBT-I techniques to improve her sleep after taking sleeping pills almost every day for 15 years (#11).

I hope this helps!

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