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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.
I have been sleeping since April and it amazes me. But what worked for me was not fearing that I would not sleep. I say this at night, I will live life and if I cant go to sleep I will sleep later. I use to be afraid I would have a stroke or heart attack if I didnt sleep after going 3 nights without sleep one time. Obsessing on this kept me from sleeping. I now say I have had enough sleep or this may be a icky night that sucks but sleep will come back and it always does.
I went two years worrying about sleep and now I took my power back. If I have a bad night of sleep I have one but the next night or the next day I make up for it. Martin Reed said you will have bad days and bad nights, this is life. So far I have not had many bad nights. If something was bothering me I woke up a few times. I now know all that worrying about sleep is what was keeping me up. I know now I will sleep eventually. It is like breathing, something you just do naturally. But you cant control it. I just know it will come back and I will sleep. I watch the videos also which have helped.
I am still amazed myself I have been sleeping. Doing nothing is what worked. I say if I dont sleep I will eventually. I sleep from 12 until 6 or 7 so I am happy with that. It is hard to believe worrying and trying to fix sleep made me not sleep. I listen to Martin’s videos which helped also. I felt so alone with this problem but now I see I am not. Yes, it was quick and I am so happy about that. Once I found I could sleep then I would sleep. It almost seems so simple. I am very thankful for Martin Reed. Once in a while I wont sleep as well but this rarely happens and I say oh well you will make up for it tomorrow and I do.
yes believer there are ups and downs just like life does to us, you understand. Martin telling me to do what matters. Well I did, I have been on vacation and had a wonderful time. I was worried about sleeping but it was not a problem. I did enjoy myself and did a lot of activities and when I went to bed I was exhausted. I went swimming and hiking and got into the hot tub at night and later went to bed and slept so so good. I guess I did not have time to worry I was having so much fun! I slept 6 hours a couple of nights and one night I slept 9 hours so I know sleep is possible.
I usually fall asleep on the couch which is probably not recommended but I am sleeping good. I wake up and go straight to bed or the bathroom and then to bed. I usually dont even know what time it is I am so sleepy so yes I guess that is called deep sleep. I sleep sound until the next morning, My sleep time is 12 until 6. But like I said I usually fall asleep on the couch earlier, about half hour to hour earlier. Anyway it seems like a miracle. I cant believe myself I am sleeping that good after 2 weeks of emails with Martin.
I think it is wonderful you feeling sleepy, drowsy as you say. This is how I felt when I began to recover from isomnia. In fact I ran into someone at the store that was telling me to be careful with benadryl for sleep, it can give you dementia. I said I have not taken anything since April.
My quality of sleep is so much better also. I try not to go to bed if I am not sleepy and then I tell myself to relax, that is my goal. Relaxing feels good if I sleep or not. Sleep will come back eventually. Since I quit worrying about it I have slept for 4 months very good. Before that I had 2 years of insomnia after getting on a medication that gave it to me.
I have been sleeping the last 4 months since I started here. Like chee says you have to be ok with bad sleep. A couple of times I woke up but I have found I have to reassure myself I will sleep later if not now. I say you will sleep later so as long as I can sleep later I dont worry. I use to think I would have a stroke, heart attack if I didnt get some sleep. That fear did leave me, what a miracle.
I say just lay here and relax. My goal is to relax and enjoy my comfortable bed. If I get good and relaxed I go back to sleep but either way I took my power back. It is ok if I dont sleep, dont let sleep bully you, you will sleep eventually.
Martin says my situation is I am wired tired. He is exactly right. I dont feel tired at all when I dont sleep. I feel like I could paint 3 houses. I have so much energy it is crazy. Yes I feel very nervous, I guess nervous energy. Anyway it is a terrible feeling. I have not had it for months thank goodness. Once I relaxed and quit worrying about sleeping I could sleep. I said if I dont sleep that is ok because I will sleep eventually. It amazes me how relaxed I am by just changing my attitude. Yes, our response is what makes us crazy and have all these troubles. It is like saying you are not winning, I dont care if I sleep. It is taking our power back.
Thank you Greenleaf. I have learned your brain can do weird things. Since I have changed my attitude my sleep has been so much better, not perfect but almost.
I got on here in April and now it is almost August and I have not had a night I did not sleep. Sometimes I may wake up a couple of times but I have went right back to sleep after going to the bathroom. I am amazed myself and feel very fortunate to have found Martin Reed.
I just dont have that fear any more. If I dont sleep I dont sleep. I know I will eventually. I really felt at one time I would never sleep again like a lot of others thought they had lost the ability to sleep. 2 years of insomnia was awful, miserable! Something that I had never experienced before.
From the first night I got on here and listed to those 2 week emails I felt so much peace and hope that I could do this. I got rid of any pills and that feels good. I really cant explain it myself but it worked for me. Someone at my church this morning said I did not sleep at all last night and I thought I am so happy that is not me. I told her about this but people do what they want. I remember leaving church one Sunday and going to my gym and swimming to try and calm myself down so I could sleep, those were miserable days. Medicines made me dizzy, no appetite which I thought would be great but it wasn’t. It was really easy for me to get off my benadryl, it quit working, I was not going to keep taking more, that scared me. I am just like a different person now enjoying life and if I cant sleep I will eventually!
I would love to have answers to this also. My sleep time is 12-7 but like you I get sleepy at 9 or 10 pm. I know not to lay down on the cough or I am a goner. It is good to be sleepy though isnt it? I am trying to sit up in a chair or sit up on the couch which seems to work. I also try to take a quick power nap for 30 min but sometimes I dont wake up. Yep, I tend to get up around 6 am and I wish it was 7am or 8 am. Love to hear how others sleep later in the mornings. I am definitely a night owl and happy that way if I could only sleep later in the morning.
yes I am retired so I love to sleep later in the morning. Last night I sat up in a chair rather than lay on the couch and I stayed up an hour later and that helped. I slept until 8 this morning, felt wonderful.
When I wake up I just lay there because if I go into another room like the livingroom it does not work for me. I try to just say relaxing is good, not trying to sleep just relaxing. I try to get myself out of the worry mode which has helped. I think about living life, what I want to do tomorrow and I say You will sleep later! So now I know I will sleep later, I am not going to have a heart attack or stroke or something, sleep will happen eventually. This gives me some peace.
