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That's an excellent blog article Martin, you were on to something!

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Hello Martin and Silent Night;

Yes, I have been very active in finding a solution to my sleep problems–and in fact am reaching a point where I feel that I may have been doing *too* much, and this may have exacerbated the problem. There's a lot to be said about dealing with insomnia in oblique ways, e.g. making sure that you're doing something pleasant *when* it happens, and that you spend the rest of your life meaningfully instead of doing endless Google searches on insomnia treatments!

Silent Night, I'm sorry to hear of your persistent insomnia and that the medication did not work out for you. If you have a history of depression, I think it's worth asking your doctor about mirtazapine. It's a newer-generation antidepressant with a hypnotic side-effect–it is also free of the many potentially dangerous side-effects of older antidepressants. It definitely helped me.

Have you looked into any behavioural approaches to the problem?

Best of luck

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Tried that link, but unfortunately all it does is ask you a survey question and then go blank.

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Hello sazmoc,

Welcome to the community.

Like yourself I am a recent joiner from London. If you get a chance, please take a look at my intro post as there seems to be some overlap in our experience.

In particular I would be extremely interested to hear how you practice mindfulness / what form it takes / where you picked it up, as I have had some success with meditation myself and would like to learn more.

I am very musically inclined so would also love to hear how your idea for the radio show goes.

All the best

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