[Claudiaellen]

Hi – i developed bad insomnia a few months ago. It came out of nowhere. Possibly due to poor sleep habits due to the Pandemic. I gained weight, I slept later since I was working from home, I drank lots of cola during lunch time and in the evenings, my gym was closed so I couldn’t exercise. One day I woke up earlier than normal – 4:40am. I didn’t think much about it (my alarm is set for 6:00am). That night I went to sleep and only slept for one hour. Future days weren’t much better. It was like all my sleepiness chemicals were dried up. I wasn’t under any stress at all. We were all still working. We were all healthy. No problems in my life at all. I think my sleep habits just got sloppy. I panicked and asked my doctor for an anti anxiety medication to calm me down so I could work on improving my sleep habits. I was doing very well for awhile and almost finished tapering off the medication. I was off the medication for 4 days and then the sleeping stopped again. I went back on it again the end of August and it started to work again. Then sometime in October it stopped working. I don’t want to increase the dosage. I know that’s not the answer. I am currently sleeping an average of 4 hours with the medication. My goal is to improve my sleeping to at least 6 hours while tapering off the medication. Tomorrow I start acupuncture. We’ll see if that works. Any suggestions or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. I’m trying the sleep restriction therapy: 12am to 5am, but I usually wake up between 4 and 4:30. Thank you.

[Gods_kid]

I too am restricting my sleep time from 11-6am AND week 1 of weaning myself off Ambien. This is week 2 of sleep restriction.

Listen to the podcasts- they will encourage you. Watch his You tubes for tips, they are very helpful.

Im believing this will work eventually and to trust in the Lord to use this process.

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