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They happen… I had a night of poor sleep also despite having a fantastic evening with friends. Take the good with the bad I suppose. Tonight is a new night and you will likely sleep well with the sleep drive last night added. I am remaining positive on my evening as well. And if its another rough night, so be it.
I am about the same age and so never had issues until about a year or so ago. I will tell you your story is inspiring to me… I have been taking an OTC sleep aid about 3-4 nights per week and I am struggling to just be done with it. 10 nights is awesome and shows some good discipline.
Perhaps its just because its just different and you’re looking to see if there is a difference? The change itself caused a sleep disruption.
I also HATE getting out of bed. That said, if I feel myself tossing and turning or getting upset, sometimes even just ten minutes sitting on the couch literally looking into the dark room resets my brain. Then I return and its a fresh start. Best of luck.
Then stick to it, enjoy your news if it makes you happy- that’s important!
With time, sleep drive should build. I sometimes have three nights of little sleep, then I feel confident Ill get some good sleep.
I have been told yes. I typically only need it 2 to 4 times per week and I feel shameful taking it. I do think my use of them is purely psychological. I feel they better my ability for sleep but if I could go back I NEVER would have taken them. I understand its a personal choice but I would say work the program without. Its made it worse for me. I fear if I dont take them on tough nights I won’t sleep at all. That’s the last part for me is tossing them and working through the program without the crutch.
At one point I had a dr tell me to take 10mg melatonin, magnesium glycinate, and doxylamine succinate (unisom). They said i could take them all together…. I never did that but that was before I understood all of this.
Good luck to you. We will all get through this. The toughest battles are the ones we fight (or accept lol) alone.
I like to read– recently got a kindle and that’s been great. Amazon sells some nice dim reading lights that clip to your book. I also sometimes just lay there comfortably and try to enjoy resting. Life is chaotic at times so I remind myself that there are times I would live to just lay somewhere quiet and comfortable. I only get out of bed if I am uncomfortable.
I am far from recovered and still need to work on full acceptance but I will say I never panic anymore if I cant sleep. My issue is with stopping reliance on taking a OTC sleep aid. I cave and take it by midnight if I am not asleep – – this still happens a few nights per week.
I didnt need one last night and today marks the start of a new month… going to give it go. Perhaps implement some sleep restriction with it as I could be yo-yoing and killing off my sleep drive on those difficult nights.
Thanks for that! I would say I use it 2-4 times per week now. I have even gone a full week without. I know I can sleep its just certain nights I wont shut off my brain– not even about sleeping, just anything.
My wife suggested something like this but only taking it on the third night. I want so bad to be done with them.
Thanks for replying. Sounds like we are quite similar. I wonder if as I have gotten a little older (I’m almost 40), my need for sleep has decreased. I used to regularly sleep 8 to 9 hrs. Now I feel pretty good on 6.5 to 7. I will have a few good nights not needing anything, and will sleep 7 to 8 hrs then have a tough night. Makes me think I really need to restrict my sleep so I get a consistent result. Perhaps I’m too rested and my body has no sleep drive. I have not because its just so different from my routine. I need to fully commit.
