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Hey Daf, Zopiclone gives me a night of 7 hours and it’s amazing. But I only took it once as I read a lot of negative stuff about it on the internet. I feel like this forum helps me not to dispair and that I’m not alone. Thank you guys for that!
Hello daydreamer
Sorry to hear about that. Maybe somehow processing your loss could help your sleep?Maybe a therapy group, arts, sports, socialising…
Just an idea. I wish you all the best!
Hey aquarius740, I am happy to be able to give you some positive thoughts. Yes you’re right, it started with me being worried about my work performance. But now I quit my job and will start a new one in May. Might be that all the change made my insomnia worse. But shouldn’t I be happier now that I quit, as i wasn’t happy at my current job? I’m a bit annoyed because my sleeping issues are getting worse, if anything. What I do:
- I stopped drinking coffee on a regular basis
- I banned my phone from my room and now get woken up by an old-fashioned alarm
- I try to not watch TV one hour before bedtime
- I tried CBD and a sleep tea. They help me to fall asleep but not when I wake up too early
- I try to stick to 11 to 6 sleeping frame
- I even forced myself to get up at 6 on the weekends, which led in me waking up too early again (4 or 5)
- Now I wanted to try sleep restriction. But I’m now super tired at 10 already. So I went to bed at 10.45 but woke up at about 4 again.
I feel like now that I don’t sleep on the weekend either, I can’t catch up my sleep. Also for sleep reduction, how can I know my efficiency, if I shouldn’t look at the watch?
I’m a bit stuck.
Thank you Aquarius740 for your help! Only thing is, I don’t worry about that I won’t be on time when I wake up. Sometimes I start worrying that I won’t be able to fall asleep again, but other times, not even that. That’s also why I struggle to get out of bed and read a book, because often, I am tired and don’t worry about anything, but still can’t fall asleep again. Sometimes I get very warm when I wake up and start to sweat, and I have learned that getting up when this happens does help me. What helps me also a bit is thinking about that I should just accept what comes, like if I sleep it’s ok, if not then it’s also ok, I will be able to deal with it. That takes the tension about it a bit, but until now hasn’t solved the problem.
Thank you Martin for your advice!
Yes Switzerland is beautiful, I prefer the summer though cause I love hiking in the mountains. Now it’s snowy and cold but you can go skiing which is also nice 🙂
Yes I understand what you mean with the sleep restriction approach. I guess what is most hard for me is getting up at 6 on the weekend, as I use it to catch up with sleep. My bf is sleeping in until about 8 or 9 and it’s still dark outside. But I will try to be persistent!
Greetings to US from me 🙂
