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Ditto. Thank you for posting this. It inspired me. I have found that acceptance works for both anxiety and insomnia. You have validated that this is true.
Martin, fingers crossed, acceptance seems to be working. I have stopped using clonazepam to sleep and I am sleeping fine. I am reading a book called “The Goodnight Mind” and it aligns with your CBTI philosophy and puts a lot of emphasis the same concepts as yours and on how we think about sleep. I look forward to reading your book when you publish it. 🙂
I plan to once again taper off sleep aids two days a week and then three. I know I was able to completely “cure” myself of panic episodes with acceptance. I am going to try that with insomnia too. Martin, I wish you would write a book. If I had that for reference, I think I could do this. Thank you. Regards, Deb
Thank you, Martin. That was helpful. As always, I appreciate your time and conscientiousness. I hope I can live up to that goal.
I would be doing all the same things but not feeling well. If I power through this period of adjustment or rebound insomnia, would it eventually level off or would I be stuck sleeping 4 hrs per night and feeling exhausted all the time?
I have used CBTI for years. Recently I have had issues with sleep when I don’t use sleep aids. If I take 1/2 to 1/4 mg clonazepam when I wake up in the middle of the night, I sleep 7-8 hours. If I don’t take anything, I do not usually go back to sleep leaving me with @ 4 hours of sleep for that night. I understand that this could be a combination of the placebo effect and rebound insomnia. I just want to know how to get through this period so that I do not need this drug any more. Can you help me understand how to power through this process?
Wow! Thank you so much for all your support and for helping me get my confidence back. This forum is excellent. I know I can rely on the clients in this forum to get me back on track when I go astray.
Thank you for all your help and caring, Angeli. I am going to try all your suggestions. I’ll let you know how it goes. By the way, your English is perfect. ?
Thank you for your encouragement, Angeli. I love the way you said it works in reverse. I understand that pills are bad. I know that the only way I can sleep is if I relax my mind. I have tapered down to .25 mg (this time) and will wean off. At that point it is just a placebo. I did sleep until 3:30 am today and believe it or not that is an accomplishment for me. I just sometimes panic when 2-3 hours of sleep goes on for up to 5 days in a row and I feel terrible. I don’t know how this can be good for my health and I still don’t understand how my brain or body “thinks” this is okay. Again, thank you for your advice and I will try peaceful acceptance.
Thank you for sharing. That was really helpful. I am still trying to wrap my brain around not using sleep aids. Every time I stop, I relapse. I am going to try and use these techniques to get past that. For me getting past the “rebound” insomnia after tapering off sleeping aids is the biggest hurdle. I’m sure it’s mostly the “placebo effect.” I guess I just need to convince myself of that.
Additional information: I spoke with my doc and he wants to put me on restoril which is a hypnotic. I am scared of hypnotics and do not want to to that.
