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Hi Buckeyemama. I can’t give you any useful tips as I’m pretty much in the same boat as you are. What seems to be common among insomniacs is the anxiety that seems to kick in as soon as we start to get ready for the sleep process. At the beginning of the pandemic, my daughter had covid and I was really, really worried and of course any worries are a hundred times worse at night. I got to the stage where I got in such a panic when it was time for bed that I took to sleeping on the sofa with the TV on. This has now caused bad circulation problems in my legs. Vicious circle. I’m trying to calmly take myself off to bed, and telling myself that if I can’t sleep I’ll get up for a couple of hours and then try again, but tonight I slept for a little less than 2 hours and woke up with my heart racing in a hot sweat. I had to put a coat on and stand outside for a few minutes to calm myself down and cool off. I’d love to know if there’s something I could do to get rid of this anxiety and get just a few hours decent sleep.
