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Hi Martin,
Thanks for the encouragement and yes my earliest time would be 10:30 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. but sometimes I don’t get really sleepy until late and when I do feel like sleeping, I get sleep anxiety which as trying to control with deep breathing exercse. I hope that with practice and consistency, my sleep improves in due time.Cindy
Thanks Scott and I do agree that it’s the way we deal or respond to that restless will determine the outcome for the longterm. Lastnight I had an extremely bad night however I am determined to stay on track with what I have learnt in regards to CBT.
Thanks for your feedback and I will keep this in mind. It’s good to know that with a large enough sleep drive, I will definitely be able to fall asleep and overtime my sleep will improve. I was just wondering because there has been times when I would go for about five (5) to seven (7) days with extremely bad sleep and feel so horrible the next day. Overtime my sleep/wake will improve.
Hi Scott,
Glad to hear from you and to know that CBT has helped you to successfully restore your sleep. Well there are days when I don’t sleep too well but to be honest I have more “good” days than bad days. This happens when I would reduce the mg of my medication but tend to improve overtime. At this moment am at 12.5 mg and most nights sleeping fine given I have introduced CBT only based on what I have read but often times I wonder whether my sleep is as a result of the medication or the CBT. I tried to taper off a year ago and was succeasful and was sleeping fine for about 2 weeks but after my insomnia came back. Believe this was part of the withdrawal side effect. At that time I was not doing the CBT so I went back on my medication. Am now ready to taper off again and it’s going good but that’s my only concern but I guess I will only know if I try. Do you believe it’s a good idea to do CBT even though am on medication and tapering off slowly?
