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Before i developed insomnia I used to go to sleep around 1:30 to 2:30 and slept for six and a half to seven and a half hours. I never been a great sleeper though.
When insomnia came I then started to sleep earlier and stayed in bed longer. I decided to follow cbti and i implemented a sleep window of five and a half hours. from 12:00 to 5:30.
It helped me build a big sleep drive and most times I slept within five minutes. The thought of the alarm clock I think is what caused me anxiety and woke up earlier. I followed this sleep window for three weeks and the pattern became stable. five nights of the week I slept for four or five hours and two nights no sleep at all. I then decided not to use an alarm clock and slept better. For twenty days I slept for five or six hours with some poor nights of four hours. no sleepless nights.
Then I had a sleepless night and my sleep became a mess again.
I now have a sleep window of seven hours, From 12:30 to 7:30. But I am not very consisted and sometimes when I am very sleepy I go to bed earlier
When I wake after five hours of sleep I try to relax and fall asleep again. But I just can’t.
I guess I have a lot of anxiety.
The thoughts that are going through my mind is that if I don’t sleep I would be a mess tomorrow. If I don’t sleep it will be another long and agonizing night. That insomnia will ruin my life etc.Thank you dgeitner for the reply.
I started taking Lexapro 5 days ago but my tinnitus unfortunately have spiked. Tinnitus is a side effect of this drug so today I decided to stop taking it. I don’t think I can handle both insomnia and tinnitus. That’s to bad though because I think that Lexapro did help me somewhat to not overthink about insomnia and the last few days I slept quite well.Hallo everyone!
My name is Panos and I have been suffering from insomnia the last three months.
Tinnitus, which was caused by either stress or anti inflammatory drugs, trigered my insomnia. And although tinnitus doesn’t bother me so much anymore, insomnia became chronic.
As everyone I’ve tried everything to resolve it. I found Martins videos very helpfull and i enrolled in the free cbti program.
Unfortunately it didn’t work for me. When I sleep, I sleep deep for a solid 4 or 5 hours but I always wake up very early before the alarm goes on. I also have many sleepless nights. And although I seem do be mostly functional with little or no sleep, anxiety and depression is getting hold of my daily life. My psychiatrist prescribed me tranxene for twenty days and lexapro to ease my anxiety. I am very skeptical about taking these drugs.
Has anyone tried these drugs?
I am currently thinking of trying ACT as my last resort.
I am reading dr Meadows book. I understand that acceptance is the key to ease anxiety about sleep.
The difficult part for me is to stay for hours in bed accepting sleepiness and trying to relax. How do you handle that?
I’m trying to remain positive by reading this thread and how it worked out for you all. I understand that it will take time and practice.
