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I would think acupuncture could help, as that will also treat the IBS as well. Homeopathy could also be useful for the same reasons. Both of these therapies can also help sleep, so maybe worth a try! Especially as the insomnia started with the Crohns disease, treating all of your symptoms holistically would be my advice. Good luck
This is really interesting, I had no idea that LED lightbulbs did this, luckily I don't have any and can save myself the bother of trying them. I cannot use the low energy lightbulbs with the flourescent lights inside because I react badly to the flicker from the bulb. Before I realised that these low energy bulbs were actually flourescent lights, I had one in by bedroom and could not get to sleep at all. When the traditional bulbs no longer exist I think i will end up using candles!
I have tried acupuncture and found it did help, but it took a few weeks. Sadly I really could not afford to continue treatment, but my sleep was much improved for quite a while. I will go back for more acupuncture, when I've cleared the pile of bills! I also think that the practitioner is important, some are better than others.
I can relate to that. My sleep was disrupted by my son as a baby and at various times through his childhood and has never returned. This was 24 years ago. Now when I don't sleep I feel like there is a switch inside that will not turn off, and the only thing that works is the sleeping pills, but there are some nights even they don't kick in. I have been reading up on the higher body temperature and secretion of adrenaline and cortisol which feature in hyperarousal, trying to really understand the physiology. I am a reflexologist, we supposedly work on the glands of the body that regulate the stress hormones, but I personally don't find this works, so it is not that simple, so maybe I am not fully understanding the process yet. Or maybe reflexology is not as good as it is made out to be. I haven't come to a conclusion yet. If I could get a good run of sleep it may help the thought processes!
Have you had much success so far with resetting your body clock and walking first thing in the morning?
You are certainly going through it, and I am so sorry that you are struggling so much at the moment, hopefully it will ease a bit soon . Not sleeping just makes it so much harder to come to terms with grief as well as your health problems. I have days when leaving the house is difficult through feeling so spaced out from sleep deprivation. So like you I have not been able to sleep well since having a baby. What I don't understand is why, now he doesn't even live with me, I still don't sleep!
Do you think that insomnia made you more vulnerable to developing Parkinsons and acromelagy? What have you tried over the years to help with sleep? It sounds like your trip to Thailand has helped you a lot, well done for going!
In answer to your question about Sussex I live in Brighton, and work in mid Sussex. Does your friend and relative live in this area? How long is it since you have lived in England?
I can relate to that! I find that I can't hold a coherent conversation because my memory is so bad, which is not good at work. I have to take days off when it is at it's worse because I feel so spaced out. Driving some days is not an option. Even when I do drive after a few bad nights I am a menace on the roads and make the most stupid mistakes it's frightening. And I think the anxiety about sleeping cycle is a complete nightmare. I sometimes feel that to be diagnosed insane would be a relief, because then you could slip into a drug induced coma and not worry about coping with work and the real world that is full of people who sleep well! Sleeptracks did not help me much either. I have listened to the whole lot and still been wide awake several times and ended up turning it off because it was getting on my nerves.
Still looking for an answer………………
Anyone had any success with the doctors answer to everything, CBT?
Stress is certainly a trigger, no doubt about it. But when I think back to my pre insomnia days, I would find certain social situations very difficult, such as making small talk at parties where I knew no-one. But I would say that the insomnia started with being kept awake by a baby and the stressful years that followed. I wonder what percentage of people who would be classed as suffering from social phobia are insomniacs?
I was taking 2 tablets 188mg each, which the bottle said is the RDA.
Just bought a different make which says 300mg is the RDA, so will be seeing how much that helps.
I am fairly sure magnesium is helping. My sleep has improved recently. I have just run out and have had a couple of days with no magnesium, and the insomnia has got worse again.
When I am working I take a half sleeping tablet, which doesn't always work, but it seems to work much better while taking magnesium.
If it is helping, then it needs to be taken daily.
Will keep monotoring the situation, but would recommend giving it a try!
After a particularly unpleasant bout of insomnia I decided to try magnesium supplements. It was only 2 weeks ago that I started, but it is possible that it is helping, I have noticed a slight improvement, so I will continue with it for another couple of weeks to see how it goes. Sometimes it is hard to tell if the phase of very bad insomnia is just passing on to a not so bad phase, or if something is working. I have only been using a cheap supplement from a local chemist, and do not know if the stuff in health food shops is any better.
I have also tried cherry active, for over a month but that does not help at all. I still take it because I think it may be beneficial overall but still would not llike to say yet.
Manicmacca, Mike and Martin, thanks for your replies, I am really pleased to have found this community of insomniacs, it really does help to know there are others out there, it can be a very isolating condition. I look forward to sharing my experiences with everyone in Insomnialand in the very near future.
