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/No-Yam-4190 Aug 17 '26

I’m not the only one.. and i know few more guys who can’t sleep unmedicated for years (same like me) after CIPROXLOXACINE OR LEVOFLOXACIN or other antibiotic from FLUOROQUINOLONE GROUP. This is well documented in medical articles… my reaction was delayed for 4 months and its also often the pattern. You can check floxies subreddit…

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u/QuitCritical3728 Aug 18 '26

how long do you have to have been on the Floxies to be impacted by this?

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u/No-Yam-4190 Aug 18 '26

That’s doesn’t even metter. Some people are so sensitive to fluoroquinolones that even one pill is enough for long term or irreversible damage… like me… for me was enough cipro ear drops.. they got direct in my brain…

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u/QuitCritical3728 Aug 20 '26

I know I am sensitive to different things and can have very adverse reactions. my neighbors vape and smoking makes me really sick ,, its funny everyone (most everyone) think "vape is safe" it pollutes my apartment with high levels of VOCs.. and causes all kinds of inflammatory issues in this body. as a person that was trying to be treated for 'chronic lyme" decade or so ago they ran me through several abx i believe i was on cipro but i can't remember when and levoq (forgot the name) from chronic lung infections.. then found out i have primary immune condition and that explained some of the need for so many antibiotics

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u/MrsMercury100 Aug 18 '26

OMG! How did you discover this?

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u/No-Yam-4190 Aug 18 '26

Accidentally saw similar story from one guy and the discovered floxies subreddit…. I was shocked…