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Hey jaybird. This is exactly whats going on with me at the moment. I cannot sleep till
my wake up time. Always up an hr before i want to wake up. Want to go back to sleep but never can. For some
reason i can’t seem to increase my sleep duration with sleep restriction. Hopefully we can figure something out.Hppositive. Im taking a shot here because your story relates so much to me. Hopefully you will see this message because i would love to ask you a bunch of questions
Thank you for the encouragement AKG. It is a little reassuring to hear that im not alone in this process. So when you get in bed and awake what kind of mindfulness strategies do you have. How long do you start to regain some confidence about not worrying about sleep. So what is your window now. Have you been able to increase your duration and sleep till the wake up time? Im hoping that i will be able to increase my time soon and be able to expand and sleep through my window. Thanks
Hey AKG,
thank you for being posting.
I have a very similar situation. I have been on SRT for about 7-8 weeks now and have mix results. Im hoping you can answers some of my questions. I don’t want to think that it is not working for me. Basically few issues i am dealing with, Do you feel sleepy before the start of your window and then you don’t feel tire going to bed? What was you starting window for going to bed? I have issues sleeping till the wake up time. I always now seem to wake up before my alarm for about an hr to 45 mins. I toss and turn wanting to fall back asleep but it adds to frustration and surge of adrenaline which is super uncomfortable. I get out of bed and there is no point to go back to sleep because is so close to my wake up time. Do you sleep till your wake up time? If not, what do you do? How do you handle nights that are not good? I need a lot of motivation right now. Any support and advice will be much appreciated. I just want to be able to feel normal again. ThanksThank you for replying.
When you don’t make it to the wake up time. Do you just get out of bed? My wake up time is 740 right now but i sleep till 7 im up and i try to go back to sleep until 740 thats when i get an adenaline rush feeling that is not comfortable. You window is almost at 8 hrs. What was your window when you first start it? How much sleep were you getting prior to SRT. It seems like such a huge window in just 3 weeks. Ive been at the 6 hr window for many many weeks now. You have 84 percent efficency so does that mean at 8 hr window. It sounds like you are all healedDo you have onset insomnia or awake insomnia? what is your sleep window? Are you able to sleep till the wake up time? Does your fear lead to arousal in bed? How do you handle your mental/emotional resistance? Im currently on the program too but just want to hear how other people are handling things.
It has been a hard journey and i’m still working through it myself. I really don’t have a lot of answers myself. There were a few nights that I almost felt asleep on the coach but it was not time yet for my bedtime and by the time i got into me I would not feel sleepy. I honestly try to just remind myself in bed what martin said that “Sleep drives will always win”. I don’t really follow much sleep hygene i just try to do right i normally do before i head into bed prior to all this. When i do get better i want to being doing what i usually do before bed. Right now i take trazadone just right before i go to bed and i usually fall asleep within 20 mins. I think that Im actually falling asleep before the meds kick in. Im still unconfident to wean off of it. When you wake up and able to fall back asleep i guess what ever that allows you to fall back should be your strategy. When i wake up i have trouble going back to sleep. I toss and turn hoping to fall back asleep till my wakeup time and i get a surge of adrenaline in my body. I’m currently working on that myself. I am also currently learning to accept the good night and the bad night. Especially the bad nights because they are so defeating. Acceptance is really the key but is so hard. Like i said i have been doing srt for 7 weeks. Results have been mixed. I am still looking for that breakthrough. I really don’t have any other choices so i have to stick with it. Just remember that you are not alone. Hope you will be able to figure something out. Lets beat this together. Believe. We will get better!
Im currently in a similar position. on a pill and been doing srt for 7 weeks now. I still have not gotten that sleepiness feeling back but the arousal level has gone down. I need to be able to get my sleep quality and duration up before i will start weaning off the pills. It is challenging but i tell myself what other options do i really have. It is a journey for sure. Im have been frustrated at this process throughout. Gains have been slow and minimal but it has been better when i was in my major storm of insomnia. You are not alone. I need to stay optimistic myself. Lets share and beat this together.
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Hey Martin Thanks for the reply. Is almost 4 weeks now, I actually had 3 good days of almost filling my window. Felt really good and confidence started to build, but it didn’t last as i had two nights of not so good sleep. I know there is going to be ups and downs and everyone will be different. Im just looking for more consistency like the success stories that i read 4-5 days of good and 1 day of bad. I just heard Sallys story on your podcast and wanting to be able to experience that sleepiness feeling again. When i go to bed at night now I don’t feel that sleepiness. I do fall asleep with 20 mins or so. So i guess it doesn’t matter right? Also, I tend to not make it to my wake up window even though i am so sleep deprived. When im up before that time i toss and turn in bed, i get this adrenaline rush through my body. Should i leave the bed before the wake up time or should i stay in bed until the wake up time?
I just wish that I can see more results. Is been tough but Im definitely going to continue with this. I’m hoping that i can see me sleep through to my wake up time soon, so i can gradually increase my window. Look forward to hearing if anyone has similar experiences. Martin looking forward to your reply. Thanks
