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I’m not sure what a new approach might be. I haven’t come up with anything. For a while, I would get out of bed and try to sleep in my recliner. That was working but then the troubles started there as well. So I moved the recliner to a different room. Again that worked for a bit but then trouble started again. Now I’m starting to associate both places with insomnia and anxiety.
It’s a vicious cycle that I haven’t been able to solve yet.Hi Martin,
I stopped wearing mine to bed last night. And sure enough, one of the first things I thought of checking this morning was the app showing my sleep from last night. So yes, the urge and obsession is certainly there. Just need to figure out how to let go of that now.I’ve seen a couple of articles now warning of them becoming an obsession, mainly when dealing with tracking sleep. If you get good numbers then fine. But if you get bad numbers it becomes one more thing to fret about, consciously or subconsciously. I’m going to stop wearing mine at night and will only wear it during the day to track walking, exercise, etc.
I am curious as to the reasoning behind the checklist here says no sleep diary or sleep tracking device as well if anyone knows.
Update. So I posted this before I got to sleep window part 1 and sleep window action plans.
Very first thing on the checklist is that I will not use a sleep diary or tracking device. So now I know. 🙂Hi Nevergiveup,
To be clear, I’m only using these as a crutch to get me through the rough patches and
not every night. I’ve tried Melatonin, GABA and several others and have had limited success.
So this was the next and last on the list. I don’t want it interfering with the course. My goal is to not need supplements of any kind once I feel things are getting under control.I have never had sleep issues in the past. When my insomnia first started 6 months ago I went to the local clinic. The doctor gave me a prescription for Xanax (10 Pills) I tried it but didn’t care for how I felt the next day even though I did sleep. I also don’t like the fact that this stuff can be highly addictive. I decided to ration them out by cutting them in half and only using them when I was absolutely desperate. After a while, anxiety attacks started up at night and would jolt me awake. Plus I would get one occasionally during the day. This is another thing I have never dealt with before. So when I had another bad week at the end of May I went back to the clinic. This time they gave me Hydoxyzine which is, as usual, a potent antihistamine. However, it’s supposed to be good for anxiety symptoms too. But once again I felt like crap the next day and a half, and I’m certainly not going to use it during the day like you supposedly can. My latest has been CBD oil with and without low level THC. That had mixed results. So I am now trying CBD gummies with a little higher dose of THC in them. I started this last night. I cut one in half as a precaution to see how it would make me feel. No hint of a high from the THC (and I don’t want one) and it did help take the edge off before bedtime did help me to sleep more than a couple of hours. So this will be my backup as I work through the course since ALL of this is new to me.
Thank you Martin.
Well I have to confess that I’m not totally smoke free just yet, though I never had a full relapse. Due to the struggle of overcoming the nicotine addiction and just the basic habit, plus the sudden onset of the insomnia, I tried to come up with a way that seems to work for me. I tried nicotine replacement lozenges and to be honest I think they actually made things worse. Then there are too many problems that seem to come with prescription meds for smoking cessation. I know a few people that tried them. I’ve even heard that quitting cold turkey can actually be a bit dangerous.I decided to try an idea of my own. I still light up here and there but I don’t inhale the smoke. I puff and blow it out. I also don’t smoke the entire cigarette. I still get the taste and go through the motions which is part of the addiction, but I’m not getting the smoke into my lungs. I guess there is still the chance I absorb some nicotine, but nowhere nearly as much, and no smoke going into my lungs. I know this may sound weak to some and the chance of falling off the wagon is still there, but so far I think it’s working. It has cut my cravings by probably 80%. I will get to the point soon where I don’t crave them at all and will be done with them completely. I expect this to be in the next couple of months.
