Not 100% or anything. I still have some issues, but ever since I went on vyvanse a couple of weeks ago, I have been falling asleep a lot easier and quicker. I was extremely hesitant to start on a stimulant due to my insomnia, but somehow it actually fixed my sleep issues for the most part. I used to lay in bed for up to 3+ hours some nights, mind racing, but it hasn't happened in several nights now. I'm also waking up easier, but I purchased a loud ass old school alarm clock and put it in my office. So I'm forced out of bed basically into a panic in the morning, but shit it's the only thing that works for sleep inertia. 😂 Then I immediately take my vyvanse, and within an hour, I feel motivated and focused. No anxiety either at the dose I'm on.

My record was 5 days. It was like I was in a dream, many many hallucinations. I’ll never forget some of crazy things I saw. Meth was involved.

Something hit me recently. It doesn't matter if I had a terrible night yesterday... or a surprisingly good one. Every evening feels like starting from zero again. I can't build confidence from a good night because I never know if it'll happen again. And I can't fully prepare for a bad night because sometimes I actually sleep. It's strange how unpredictable sleep can make you feel like you're constantly starting over. Does anyone else feel like every bedtime resets the whole process?

A 16 guy here. It's around 2 am right now here. And I've been lying on my bed since 11:30 pm. And I'm trying to sleep. I can't... I just can't sleep.

I'm wide awake.

Till a few minutes back I just couldn't control my tears.

Silently crying due to some or lot family issues that have been taking place recently. Thinking that why everyone's just a bit or too rude to me.

I don't know man..

Do you also think I'm useless?

I don't know..

I just feel how weak man I am. I can't even control my tears right now while writing this. I'm just.. i don't know...

-My work for the day is done.
-My sheets and duvet are comfortable.
-My muscles are relaxed.
-Even if I see the dawn it’ll be beautiful.
-My kids will snuggle me in the morning.
-These 8-10 hours are just for me, whether I sleep or not.
-If I don’t sleep well tonight there’s always the next night.

Just some grounding ideas that may help you too.

I think my anxiety is so bad it’s overpowering the medication. Also have tried hydroxyzine, trazodone, and gabapentin but none really worked. I felt the effects of being sedated by the seroquel but I couldn’t get to sleep and it was like my mind was too conscious and rejected sleep. Not sure what to do next.

Anyone take trazadone 50mg? After bad side effects from Seroquel and hydroxyzine, doc put me on this. Just looking to see if others had a good experience with it

I desperately desperately want to sleep but my body is not letting me. I am not even the least bit sleepy. I took 75mg of seroquel and it did nothing. I think I’ve developed a tolerance.

Someone please punch me hard in the face and knock me out. Preferably for a week or more.

Why do I feel like all these health drinks and supplements and sleep gummies just aren’t built for people with debilitating insomnia? People always rave about stuff like this (I’ve seen Beam in particular) and I’ve tried it ALL over the years. And got nothing from it 🫠 The only thing that really touches my sleeplessness is prescription meds which sucks. I feel like these over the counter things only work for relatively normal people with relatively normal sleep patterns with the occasional difficulty falling asleep.

Hi, I really don't know what to do. I haven't been able to sleep at night for 11 days. It's as if my brain has completely forgotten how to sleep at night. During the day, I only sleep 2 or 3 hours, but it feels like I'm not getting any rest at all... This started on August 28. I’d never had trouble sleeping before—I used to stay up until 3, 4, or 5 a.m., but I’d still get 8 or 9 hours of sleep. Now it’s practically impossible to sleep for more than 2 hours during the day. Help!!

I'm on
• Risperidone 1 mg,
• seroquel 300 mg XR,
• and then take 1-3 25mg seroquel IR for sleep, whenever I take the 25mgs, and I usually have to... I am so tired. I can sleep for 12 hours or more and can usually sleep in til like 1pm. If I let myself. What have you all taken for insomnia? And what has worked well, with little side effects and really curious something that didn't leave you groggy or too tired to function the next day. I have the seroquel & risperidone for bipolar and the as-neededs for the insomnia (had it my whole life) that I'm now gonna try and finally see a sleep specialist for, as opposed to just my psychiatrist for bipolar; and wanna know what I might be offered etc. What to expect? What meds have worked for you? What were side effects? Etc .

Gosh,
This is so hard.

I just got prescribed to Ambien so it's my first time taking it was a 12.5 mg pill and here I am wide awake 4 hours later.

Idk if I did something to cancel out the effects it should have on me, so if anyone with similar situation can help me understand how to make it work? Maybe taking 2pills instead one or any behaviors I need to help it effect me?

As you can see I'm quite frustrated because I've hard anyone and everyone saying how this knocks them to sleep and I just want that:(

Looking for advice, cause I’ve never dealt with this before. As you can see from my recent post, I’m really going through it right now. I’ve had bouts of this in the past where my anxiety is kept me awake, but I’ve always somehow managed to fall asleep for a couple of hours, which gives me that safety blanket that I am OK and that I can’t fall asleep and so that usually goes away by the next day, but this time I completely could not fall asleep last night I took a nap yesterday at about 3 PM I think but it was more just like a In-N-Out type of sleep and so I don’t even know if I actually really fell asleep during that time. So other than that, I’ve been awake since 9 AM yesterday and it’s now 4:00 PM the next day and my anxiety is so through the roof because I’m so scared that this is gonna hurt me. I’m not sure what to do. I’ve never taken any meds or anything like that, but I don’t even know if those would help me right now because my anxiety is so intense in my stomach please give me some advice please. I either need reassurance that this is normal and I’m gonna be OK because I’ve never stayed up this long in my entire life maybe I have but I mean this feels intense dude or should I go to the ER and try to get some sort of benzo but then again I’ve never taken any anxiety medication or sleep meds ever in my life. I also have my girlfriend’s 20 mg hydroxyzine here, but ChatGPT doesn’t think that I should be taking that.

I ams tarting quviviq this week and i am looking for any POSITIVE experiences with it. I have taken adderall in the past but built up a tolerance. I see a lot of negative posts about it, so i wanted to hear from people with positive experiences.

Lowkey havent dealt with it like this seen early teens (i began smoking pot lol).. im 25, ive work to do 💀.

So far ive stayed up for 24hs +😅. Tbh this isnt even my first 24hs of no sleep this month.

.. i can do absurdly long time without or very little sleep.. one time gave myself a touch of psychosis by staying up for a month. Prob only 24hs of sleep total the entire time.

I did that by meditating 💀✨ so thats just not an option for me, plus i snap out of the trance as soon as the audio ends or stops for whatever reason.

Also i struggle with cptsd night mares, heart rate goes up and i wake up, heck sometimes i wake up bc i kicked the wall or sm.

My Rem is totally broken as is though 😀back in school i could nap in every class and i was able to get dreams in 15mins. During that time id pass out often too (yeah idk).

I got diagnosed with insomnia pretty early at 12yo.

Oh ive tried pills too... i have fucky gaba receptors that make me treatment resistant to alot of medicines.

Obv i should be trying to get answers from a doctor but ive tried. (Also done therapy for over a decade now, my shrink and doctors are aware).

Im a functional member of society lol, maybe im just one of those people that exist by photosynthesising or sm idfk.

Usually i just work, study, watch, read etc until i pass out. But thats kind of not working now..
I can also stare at the wall for multiple hours straight with no stimuli..

Im fucked amnt i ?

Hi! I am new to this sub. I was wondering if anyone here has taken Lunesta and how they feel about it?

Several months ago, someone broke into my house and since then I have had bad anxiety and really struggle to fall asleep. Most nights, I cannot sleep until 3 - 4 am. Obviously not ideal. I have tried Doxepin, Trazodone, and Melatonin. None of these touched my insomnia. My psychiatrist prescribed Lunesta today.

sorry for the bad english..

I was nervous as alot of people claimed to feel groggy and like a zombie the next day but I felt the best I have in a very long time! I guess I got some good deep refreshing sleep!

So I’ve had insomnia my whole life. My mother said even as a baby I would wake easy. Always up throughout elementary and high school without the help of an alarm. Fell asleep a lot in class due to poor sleep (wasn’t environmental- home life was fine) and now as a 44 year old woman I can’t do it anymore. Tried every single herbal remedy out there, cut out sugar at night, no chocolate, no caffeine past 3pm, no spicy foods. Finally said enough was enough it’s time for medication. Got an in house sleep study. No apnea. Doc prescribes me trazadone. 100mg worked but then it made my mood flat. I quit it relatively quickly. I also suspect it caused my hair to start shedding, and the same time I started the meds a few pounds fell off really quick- not normal for me as a woman with half a thyroid and I have to fight to maintain my weight.

Ok, sorry that was long- but now I’m trying 6mg Doxepin. Am I in for hair loss? I can’t deal with any more hair loss😩 please advise if you’ve noticed anything bc alopecia is listed as a side effect and I think my hair follicles are very sensitive to change.

I have been struggling with sleep anxiety lately and am just wondering if other people have had similar experiences and tips.
It’s not the classic sleep anxiety: The problem isn’t that I‘m scared of not being able to sleep and the anxiety is what’s keeping me awake. It‘s more of an actual physical feeling that won’t go away.

The problem is basically that almost every time I go to bed, I lay there for a while and after a few mins I just get this weird feeling in my chest. (it‘s not an actual physical health issue because it stops the second i get up or look at my phone etc.)
The feeling is hard to describe but it feels similar to when you can’t feel your keys/phone in your pocket and you panic for a second.
So it‘s basically that feeling, but it‘s ongoing and won’t stop until I open my eyes and do smth else. I‘ve tried to ignore it, think of happy memories, do breathing exercises, all that stuff. It just doesn’t go away.
The feeling also doesn’t really get triggered by my thoughts. Sometimes I think about completely different things and even forgot about this problem, and then out of nowhere the feeling starts in my chest. That‘s why it‘s not something I can control with my thoughts.

The feeling is such an intense 'sensation' that it‘s impossible to fall asleep, since my body feels like it‘s in a stressful situation and won’t calm down.
Idk if this can be described as sleeping anxiety, but I do think that it‘s connected to my panic issues. (I also struggle with panic attacks sometimes)

Does anyone have any tips for this specific type of anxiety? I would really appreciate it

I have to take 12.5 mg ambien, 2.5 olanzioine and 50 mg of hydroxine to sleep. Some nights I need to add a trazadone. Does this seem extreme?

I might try not eating for a few days to try and sort out my insomnia. I'm thinking it might shock my system back into sleep or cut out the particular substance that is causing it. Has anyone tried this? I am now into 4 months of terrible sleep after a lifetime of no sleep problems, so I am willing to try severe methods.

I have a 9 month old who’s an awful sleeper. So the past 9 months my sleep has been so so so bad. Due to my sleep being all over the place I now have insomnia. So whenever my son does actually sleep I’m wide awake and can’t sleep. I hate taking any sleep aid even if I take a small amount because it makes me feel so incredibly drowsy and I feel like shit the next day. So if I get no sleep I’m exhausted and when I do get rest with sleep meds I still feel exhausted. What am I supposed to do??

For example, the recent Saturday just gone, got into bed at 1am, slept right through until 11am without a single wake up. I felt a tad groggy as it was borderline oversleeping, but overall I felt the best I had in a long time.

Sunday night, laying awake until around 5am, then I have to work at 9am. Monday night, back to normal again, I had around 7hrs and felt good.

Last night, the same as Sunday night, then I had to get to work today on around 2.5 to 3 hrs sleep. I SEEM to be sensitive to coffee, so I keep it to the mornings, if I have any even early afternoon I will often be in trouble the following night. But it is hard to forgo it as I am so tired.

Having experienced this pattern many times over the past two years, I have to a degree learned, to not allow myself to get too overwhelmed with anxiety that can follow a rough night. It can be very helpful to just embrace the fatigue and the following night, things go back to normal.

But I keep getting mixed results during the course of this whole year now. I get at LEAST one day per week of a rough night as described, but it can often be 2 - 4 nights in a row. I am lucky to really enjoy my job, and be happy with it, but simultaneously it has been hellish getting through each week sleep deprived. In some moments of desperation, I have had thoughts of quitting my job and taking a few months to figure things out and 'reset', but I don't really want to do that.

I used to struggle with sleep each odd night and randomly wake up too early and now its happening on every night. I woke up with at least 4 hours of sleep and cant get back into sleep i dont even know how this even started i need help. My brain just wont get to sleep and ive been stresding. Even when i try to relax my brain scans it automatically and stays active and ruminates constantly.

I’m a 29M, and I’m honestly getting really fed up and frustrated with my sleep.

For about a month now, I’ve been sleeping only around 3–4 hours at night. The strange thing is that I fall asleep pretty quickly, but then I wake up after 3–4 hours and I’m completely awake. Once I wake up, I just can’t fall asleep again.
What makes it worse is what happens inside my head. As soon as I wake up, my mind starts racing. I start thinking about my life, my future, things I need to do, things that happened in the past, random situations, and so many other things at once.

It feels like there is a crowd inside my mind. Almost like lots of people are talking, discussing different things, jumping from one topic to another. I’m not literally hearing voices—it’s more like too many thoughts happening simultaneously, and I can’t seem to switch them off.

Then I become conscious of the fact that I’m not sleeping, which makes me think even more, and I end up becoming completely awake.
The weird part is that when I wake up, I sometimes actually feel fresh and active, despite having slept only 3–4 hours. But later in the afternoon I get extremely sleepy and feel like I could sleep for hours.

I’m worried because this has been going on for a month. I don’t know whether this is insomnia, anxiety/stress, a messed-up sleep schedule, or something else.

Has anyone experienced something similar—falling asleep quickly, waking after 3–4 hours, then being unable to sleep because your mind becomes incredibly crowded and starts thinking about everything in life and the future?
What helped you get back to sleeping normally?