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I am going through the same exact thing. This is probably my third bout of this terrible insomnia. It always starts with a couple of consecutive nights of poor sleep and then bam, I cannot fall asleep anymore. Exactly what you describe is what happens to me. I feel like I’m manic, my whole body is racing…and if I do start to fall asleep, my brain wakes me right up. It sometimes feels like a jolt and sends me into a panic feeling. It’s so awful. I feel like I am never going to sleep again. I’m completely exhausted. The last two times this happened to me, I kicked it after about two weeks. Sometimes I take Xanax to just try to get a few hours sleep and remind me how to sleep. I hate taking meds though. I am a 51 yr old woman and wonder if it’s a hormone imbalance that brings it on as I’m going through perimenopause. It is just horrible to not be able to fall asleep. I just wanted you to know that I gave exactly the same thing going on!
Thank you so much for your reply. I really appreciate it. I do feel that mindfulness helps a lot. I actually had decent sleep for a string of nights without taking Xanax, but here I am up awake with a bad night. Trying not to let it get to me, and just accept it. I did have a very high anxiety day, which I’m sure has to do with the set back. The Covid surge with gathering for Christmas is really adding to my worry, as we lost a parent to Covid earlier this year. This holiday season is hard as we are still grieving. I think I need to calm my mind for sure, and the sleep will come again.
