[Cassie]

I have been listening to your podcasts Martin and found them to be so encouraging and quickly learned that I have been doing everything that someone with insomnia should NOT do. So I have been doing the sleep restriction as best I can because I had been going to bed at 8 PM. I was able to stay awake until 9:30 and then 10 PM. After only 7 days I am starting to feel change. I have had two nights of falling asleep quickly but waking 2 1/2 hours later and last night I slept 6 hours with no waking. I was amazed! But I do have to work on staying up later so that my sleep isn’t done at 3 AM.
The hard part for me is that i go through days of neck and head pain and that’s what wakes me most nights which is what started my insomnia. So I know that will be on ongoing issue for me but I have had a HUGE attitude change and am accepting that some nights might be a struggle but I don’t have to dread going to bed and that feeling sleepy is everything and that fatigue is not sleepy.
I also have RLS and major hypnotic jerks and hyperarousal during the day. It was impossible to nap during the day. Someone on your podcast was talking about that and it gave me great comfort that I wasn’t the only one. I haven’t had them the last two nights so I’m hoping that is a good sign.
I should mention that I was taking 5 mg of Lexapro for two weeks but it made me so fatigued that I felt it made no sense to continue so my neurologist agreed that CBT-I was better for me and encouraged me which made me feel great to finally have a doctor that didn’t insist that meds were the only answer.
Sorry for the long post?I’m just so encouraged and excited to have a plan!
Thank you!!!!!

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