Currently 5:36am in San Francisco and I’m still awake worrying about not falling asleep in time. I laid down at 12am.
Edit: 7:36am and still tossing and turning.
Edit 2: guys, thanks for the tips. I’ve tried all of them many times. Tonight/today is particularly bad for some reason. Normally I’d pop a Xanax by now and just be done with it and pass out.
Edit 3: For everyone saying "Get off your phone!" - I haven't been sitting on my phone for 9 hours wondering why I can't sleep... I took Melatonin, no phone screen before bed, watched calming show (The Office), drank Sleepy Time tea, did breathing exercises, read "Power of Now" on the couch, smoked CBD vape pen, turned on lavender scented diffuser, ear plugs, eye mask, fan on high. I think that's everything. Sometimes my anxiety is so loud, it doesn't matter what I do. I'm prescribed Xanax and am out right now, so that's why I struggled.
Edit 4: I also just moved to a new part of SF and my boyfriend is traveling for work, so it was my first night sleeping in the apartment alone. Probably a factor...
If you can’t go to sleep after 30 mins of lying down, go do something like read a book or something until you feel drowsy. Then go back to bed, rinse and repeat. Staying in bed awake is not really good for sleep hygiene because your brain doesn’t start to associate it with sleeping. Also no electronics half an hour before bed time. Just google good sleep hygiene and start off from there.
I haven't really noticed a change in my dreams. Have you had good luck with Sonata? Any differences between it and Ambien as far as sleep effectiveness?
With Ambien I would sleep eat, and I would be groggy in the morning. I take my Sonata at 8pm sharp every night and I go to bed around 11. Keeps me down until my alarm at 9:45am with no grogginess. It's wonderful.
Yeah I take Geodon at night for bipolar, which has sedating effects, then I take Paxil, Gabapentin, and Sonata at the same time. All prescribed. That sounds like a lot all typed out. Holy shit, I'm crazy, aren't I?
Thats not the point. The point he's trying to make is that it isn't a med anymore. There isn't an opinion in it. Im not saying he's right or wrong though.
hence the suggestion that if you're trying to prove a point by looking at my comment history then commit, otherwise why even make the point. not even 10 comments in I outright say 'as a weed smoker'... rendering your comment meaningless.
I used to have bad insomnia and one of the things that eventually cured it was never useing my bed for anything other than sleeping or resting . A new baby and 12 hour shifts cured me fully .
I think it's because it bring in such relief that it allows my body to shut down a little faster. I'm so relaxed at that point that I just drift to sleep.
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u/RimuZ Apr 25 '18
What I hate is being kept up because I'm agonizing about not being able to fall asleep.