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This is how my insomnia began. I was put on a blood pressure pill and I must have had an allergic reaction or something because I could no longer sleep. I think I just had that white coat syndrome because I got a machine at home and it was not high. Thank goodness the doctor took me off. I also read on here about a man name Bryan #61 podcast where he got sick and got hives and the medicine is what started his insomnia so I could really relate.
If I have to go on blood pressure pills they will have to find something that does not give me insomnia that is for sure. This is just what happened to me. Maybe get back with your doctor and he can prescribe something else. I hope you figure out what to do soon because insomnia is awful. I have been sleeping good for the last 7 months, waking up a little earlier than I want but overall good. I sleep 12 until 6 with a nap earlier that is not too long. I was tossing and turning all night when I was on medication.
I do not sleep like I use to but I fall asleep at about 9 pm until 9:30 or 10:00 pm. I wake up and watch TV. I am a night owl so I am not going to bed at 9 pm.
I stay up until 12:30 watching tv, sometimes I fall asleep at 11:30 on the couch and then head to bed at 12:30. The couch seems to be good sleeping for me, I guess it takes the pressure off.
I feel great getting my sleep. I remember when I use to feel bad on days I didnt sleep. Well this is working for me but I wish I didnt wake up at 6am. I would love to sleep until 7am or 8 am.
But it is what it is. I tried to make myself stay up at 9 pm but I get so sleepy so I take that power nap for an hour. This is just what I am doing with my sleep. It is not perfect but I guess it is not so bad either. Thankful not to toss and turn.Chee, thank you so much for your honesty and how we struggle at times. I know I was doing really well and got sick and could not get my sleeping back right. Finally, I did thank goodness. But I also know things happen in life and aggravate us and I can expect to have a bad night of sleep at times. Like Martin Reed says we will have good days and we will have bad days.
I am just glad I am sleeping at all during stressful times. There was a time when I could not sleep at all and this would go on for a night or two. I am sure you will get back on track, you have worked so hard on this. You have helped me so much. I know when I cant sleep well I can always rest!
I just have to tell ya I slept until 8am this morning instead of 5 or 6am. Weird, I finally just accepted this is how it is going to be, I am going to wake up early and quit struggling with it and just be grateful I am well, sleep my 6 hrs, etc. Then I slept til 8am. When I can accept and not struggle I slept so good. I slept 12 untill 8. I put a warm electric blanket on my bed and slept so good.
I cant relate to 40 years of insomnia but I know Bronte on here says that happened to her. You might want to read some of her post.
I remember Martin Reed saying it is like a school yard bully. I am getting to the point where I am getting my power back. My husband is over there sleeping away. I am saying I just dont care any more,, I will have time to do other things. If I cant sleep then I cant. I have no control so who cares, get sleep when I can. I dont have to worry about it, it will come back. It always does. So fine I cant sleep, I dont have to worry, it sucks but always comes back in the end.
I just lay in there and rest and if that is all I get, so be it. I am tired of it upsetting me. It is like other things you cant control, so just go live life in spite of it. I know easier said than done but this mindset has helped me. I have slept since April, 7 months with a couple icky nights but just a couple and I did sleep better the next night when sleep drive built up.
Naps might work for you and might not. If I get really sleepy I take me an afternoon nap, especially a 30 minute power nap or even an hour some times. I think everyone is different and you will have to give it a try. I am sure it is best to not take naps but I get so sleepy sometimes I have to and it has not bothered me at all. I go to bed same time and wake up same time. My hours are 12 until 6 and I rest until 7 am before I get up.
Thanks Martin Reed, you have given me things to think about. Finding other sources of peace. I guess you mean being grateful for sleep I am getting and other blessings in my life.
Thanks Bronte, yes I am glad my sleep is so much better and glad it was never as bad as some people have it on here. You had insomnia for 40 years, I had it for 2. There are people on here who cant sleep for days. One time but only one time I went for 3 days without sleep but then got on meds and/or benadryl to get me thru until I found Martin. I didnt work as hard as you thru the years, I mostly worked part time and I had 2 kids. I did work early hours and loved sleeping late on the weekends, yes it was kind of like a reward.
I woke up this morning with a good mindset, saying I am not complaining any more about waking up early, acceptance here. Also grateful I slept my 12 until 6 and not tossing and turning like I use to do. If I have to be a morning lark now it is what it is.
Thank you for replying. I can control the part about staying up late but cant control what time I get up. So I am beginning to accept this. I think I will have peace if I realize I cant control w hen I get up and am grateful I can sleep my 6 or 7 hours thanks to you Martin Reed!
I think a lot of it might be genetics. I enjoy the night time and this is getting complicated because I enjoy sleeping late in the mornings. I certainly get peace from other things, having a good marriage, retiring and having a home paid for and traveling some and love my gym and friends. I guess I need to look at what I have and not what I dont.
I guess I need you to make it simple for me. I guess if I cant wake up early there is nothing I can do about it so find peace in other things, is that what you mean?
Martin, I just feel so much peace sleeping in and love staying up late, I guess it is just I am a night owl and love being one. My husb loves getting up early and going to bed early. He would be miserable staying up late like I do.
I just know I am a night owl and love staying up late and sleeping late in the mornings. A lady in my neighborhood gets out and walks in the morning. That is not for me but I love to walk in the evenings. I guess it is just the way I am wired, my body clock.
Bronte, thanks so much for replying. I have read your other post these past 6 months and learned a lot from you. My goodness, 40 years of insomnia. I have only had it 2 years and it was terrible, before that I slept great. My husb could talk to me in the middle of the night and I could go right back to sleep. I slept really late in the mornings if I wanted to.
As far as medication I kept having to up the trazadone to work, I went on benadryl and it worked great at first then did not help me at all. It was easy to give it up because it was doing nothing for me. I did not want to keep taking more and more.
You know how I feel, retirement would be nice to sleep in but I am thankful I dont toss and turn all night and go back and forth from bed to the couch. Geez that was miserable. Maybe getting older is why we cant sleep the way we want but I sure could do it before getting insomnia 2 years ago. Oh well if I have to accept it, it is what it is. Martin Reed has helped me a lot. those doctors just want to put on you pills. I know I am not alone in this which helps with people who understand so thanks again.
Yes, I try to remember the successful nights. I remember pod cast #61 Bryan helped me with that. Insomnia is a miserable thing to deal with, it made me feel so awful as everyone knows!
I remember him saying that night sucked, next night be more likely to be a better one. No big deal, if it doesnt happen I will sleep again. Sleep will take a back seat to things that do matter. Living my life. Sleep always happens in the end. I go to bed and say goodnight, I will sleep 12 until 6. (still working on this) Now saying I will sleep 1 until 7. If I can not sleep, I will sleep eventually.
I use to be so scared I would never sleep again, afraid of a stroke or heart attack. I definitely catastrophized. Martin Reed encourages me at every podcast, you will sleep again. I have slept since April, which is 7 months, very seldom have a bad night thank goodness. The doctors just wanted me on meds like trazadone. I went on benadryl for a while, then it did not work any more so it was easy to give up. I have been known to take an ibuprofen but very seldom.
Thanks Robb, yes, you know how I feel. I have got back on track the last week thank goodness, but I am sure at times things happen and will upset me. I just have to remember everyone has bad times. Now if I could get my sleep schedule straightened out.
I am retired and would love to sleep late. I get up at 5am or 6am and would love for it to be 7am or 8am. I am trying to stay up a little later each night and see if that helps. I am seeing a small difference already. I sure am better than 2 years ago, Martin Reed is the only one who helped me.
Thank you so much for getting back to me. As you know this is a very scary thing. I also slept until 8 am this morning. I dont know why but I do know I have quit giving so much attention to my sleeping. Like you said sleep will come. Relaxing and letting sleep come and it will come if I just get a life and live it. I know now my response is what was making things bad. I would get so worked up over not sleeping and now I say sleep will come back and it always does. Thanks so much to Martin Reed and his replies that help so much as well as others on here. Sleep is coming back with my patience and almost as good as those benadryl. But with the pills I had to take more and more and then they didnt work at all.
the more we worry about sleep, the more difficult sleep becomes, and the more difficult sleep becomes, the more we worry. This is what Martin Reed says and it has sure been true in my case. I use to worry I would never sleep or I would have a heart attack or stroke if I did not sleep and this kept me from sleeping. Now I know I will sleep eventually which gives me much peace.
