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Deb, mine started in February when I had a thyroid crisis so it has been about 3-1/2 months now. The thyroid issue resolved in 8 weeks but the insomnia rages on worse than ever. My understanding is that often when the situation that initially caused the insomnia is corrected, the insomnia does not always go away.
Steve, it does seem a little long since I am rarely sleepy by 12:00 midnight and have yet to sleep until 7:00 am. I averaged my sleep hours per day for the first 14 days of my sleep log. It was only 5.5 hours. If I really want to get up every day at 7:00 am then I should probably be staying up until 1:00 or 1:30 am for my sleep window for SR. No, this is my first experience with CBT-I and I’m just following a workbook my primary recommended and signed up fo Martin’s free two week program. I’m sort of feeling my way through it. 8 out my first 14 days of my sleep log, I didn’t sleep. A relatively good night is usually followed by two little or no sleep nights.
Hi Steve, thanks for the encouragement. It sounds like if I can just get through this first week (and I will) things may start to improve. It’s a rough go right now for sure but from reading other posts, there are some great successes.
Mac….the first night of SR I didn’t sleep and was in and out of bed for SC but I never did get sleepy. Second night I probably did get some fragmented sleep from 4:00 -7:00 am. Last night I was so tired I barely made it to my SW and as soon as I got in bed I was wide awake. I was in and out for SC until I finally just got up at 5:00 am. I can be dead dog tired during the day and fighting off micro sleeps and the closer it gets to bedtime, the less sleepy I feel. I don’t take naps at all during the day. I consider 3 hours or less an outlier night and don’t count them in my average hours of sleep. My SW is 12:00 midnight – 7:00 am. I’m 77 and this is taking its toll on me for sure. I’ve gone from an active, energetic 77 year old to an “old tired lady”. It’s very discouraging.
It’s so difficult. I’m tired all the time but not sleepy. I also have sleep apnea which is well managed with CPAP. I basically have no apnea on CPAP therapy don’t get the full advantage of it with no sleep. I guess the positive way to look at it would be “no sleep, no apnea”.
