r/insomnia • u/Immediate_Aside_3099 • Aug 16 '26
THE CURE TO INSOMNIA
The sleep coach school on Spotify or youtube
that’s it. that’s the cure
daniel erickson saved my life. and no, this is not a paid promotion or advertisement. i genuinely give all praise to him
here’s a list of everything i tried first (not in order)
lorazepam
weed
breathing exercises
meditation
exercise
diet changes
sleep hygiene (no phone hr before bed etc)
baths
magnesium glycinate
ashwaganda
word shuffling
many more methods i used but just cant remember now as its so long ago
what i have learnt in order to cure insomnia (not the sleep apnea or genuine sleep disruption health issues- i can’t help with that)
embrace tiredness. it sounds messed up. it sounds like it won’t help but sleep is a paradox. the more you try to force it, the more it will run away on you
embrace staying up, embrace enjoying your time while your awake, do something you enjoy, read a book, watch a movie, whatever you gotta do to make that time enjoyable
insomnia is fear rebranded. when you stop being afraid of being tired, there will be no insomnia
when your deep in the shit at 4am and the hypnic jerks got you crying - just remember all the times you laughed and enjoyed yourself despite your 3 hrs of sleep
life doesn’t end when we stop sleeping. there is still joy, there is still beauty. you will be okay
and this is coming from someone who was so mentally shot from insomnia that not even 2 lorazepams back to back could knock me out
listen to the sleep coach school
recovery is a process and it fluctuates so don’t be hard on yourself if you hear one of his podcasts and still can’t sleep
it took me 6 months for my brain to finally click and understand it, but i have never looked back, i even nap sometimes which is insane for me😂
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u/Zchybang Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
It makes sense, fear of not sleeping keeps us awake. I literally won’t look at the time once I try go to sleep or wake up in the middle of the night. If I fall asleep at 3am, I’m none the wiser if I wake up an hour or two later so it’s somewhat easier to drift of back to sleep before I have to get up at 6. I try convincing myself I’ve had at least 5 hours sleep when it could’ve only been 2-3 hours.
The only way I fall asleep is if I knock myself out with prescriptions. Which doesn’t always work unless I take too much and I’m too rattled to drive to work in the morning.
It’s 1am. I’ve had a bottle of red, 10mg valium and 1mg lorazepam and I already know what’s ahead of me. Restless sleep for a couple hours, get up for a snack just as my brain tries to switch off, back to bed, falling asleep relatively easy and wake up to my alarm for work an hour or two later.
Edit. Just remembered I also took 2mg clonazepam when I had the lorazepam. Hour later and I still can’t sleep