Hello, out there;
Once again, it is 4:14 a.m.,and I just woke up, with all sorts of thoughts, negative and positive, racing through my head.
This has gone on for a week now.
It doesn't matter if I go to bed at 10:00 p.m., or 12 a.m., I always seem to wake up detween 3:30 and 4:00 a.m.
I am soooo tired.
Also feel very nauseated, quite probably from lack of sleep.
I can usually fall back asleep in about an hour, but not all the time.
Do NOT want to take sleeping pills, does anyone have any advice?
Thanks
Dave
need sleep!!!
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hi, ive also had problems sleeping. Past 4 days I have woken up with tingling in my hands and legs and constant dizziness throughout the day. I went to the doctor yesterday and he told me its anxiety and prescribed sleeping pills, but i also dont want to take them. Ive had problems sleeping for the past 2 years at least, but the dizziness and tingling are new symptoms. Does anyone else also experience these symptoms? They are very scary and its hard not to think that there is something worse wrong with me and that its not just anxiety. Thanks
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Hello there. I hope this may help, it helps me. God Bless!
Practice "Good Sleep Hygiene." Here are some tips for you to try:
No reading or watching TV in bed. These are waking activities. If your insomnia is chronic, it is not a good thing to do, says Dr. Alex Clerk, head of Stanford Sleep Disorder Clinic in Palo Alto.
Go to bed when you're sleepy-tired, not when it's time to go to bed by habit.
Wind down during the second half of the evening before bedtime. 90 minutes before bed, don't get involved in any kind of anxiety provoking activities or thoughts.
Do some breathing exercises or try to relax major muscle groups, starting with the toes and ending with your forehead.
Your bed is for sleeping, if you can't sleep after 15-20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing.
Have your room cool rather than warm.
Don't count sheep, counting is stimulating.
Exercise in the afternoon or early evening, but no later than 3 hours before bedtime.
Don't over-eat, and eat 2-3 hours before bedtime.
Don't nap during the day.
If you awake in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep within 30 minutes, get up and do something else.
Have No coffee, alcohol or cigarettes two to three hours before bedtime.
If you have disturbing dreams or nightmares add an ending that you want.
Schedule a half-hour writing about your concerns and hopes in a journal every night to free up your sleep from processing your dilemmas as much.
Listen to calming music or a self-hypnosis tape for sleep.
If sleep problems persist, contact your physician or mental health professional. Let them know what is happening in your life. Your problem may have either organic or psychological contributors. Sleep disorders are classified as chronic if they persist more than one month. There are of two major categories of sleep disorders. They are Dyssomnias -- when there are problems with the amount, quality or timing of sleep and Parasomnias -- when there are abnormal events occurring during sleep stages.
Sleep difficulties can mean that their is an underlying problem that needs treatment. J. Christain Gillin, M.D. states that most patients that have a sleep disorder have an underlying psychiatric disorder. The different kind of sleep disorders include insomnia, hypersonmia-excessive daytime sleeping, Nightmare Disorder, Narcolepsy-irresistible attacks of sleep, Sleep-apnea and Sleepwalking. Let us know if these tips help you and also if you have one that works for you and is not listed here.
Practice "Good Sleep Hygiene." Here are some tips for you to try:
No reading or watching TV in bed. These are waking activities. If your insomnia is chronic, it is not a good thing to do, says Dr. Alex Clerk, head of Stanford Sleep Disorder Clinic in Palo Alto.
Go to bed when you're sleepy-tired, not when it's time to go to bed by habit.
Wind down during the second half of the evening before bedtime. 90 minutes before bed, don't get involved in any kind of anxiety provoking activities or thoughts.
Do some breathing exercises or try to relax major muscle groups, starting with the toes and ending with your forehead.
Your bed is for sleeping, if you can't sleep after 15-20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing.
Have your room cool rather than warm.
Don't count sheep, counting is stimulating.
Exercise in the afternoon or early evening, but no later than 3 hours before bedtime.
Don't over-eat, and eat 2-3 hours before bedtime.
Don't nap during the day.
If you awake in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep within 30 minutes, get up and do something else.
Have No coffee, alcohol or cigarettes two to three hours before bedtime.
If you have disturbing dreams or nightmares add an ending that you want.
Schedule a half-hour writing about your concerns and hopes in a journal every night to free up your sleep from processing your dilemmas as much.
Listen to calming music or a self-hypnosis tape for sleep.
If sleep problems persist, contact your physician or mental health professional. Let them know what is happening in your life. Your problem may have either organic or psychological contributors. Sleep disorders are classified as chronic if they persist more than one month. There are of two major categories of sleep disorders. They are Dyssomnias -- when there are problems with the amount, quality or timing of sleep and Parasomnias -- when there are abnormal events occurring during sleep stages.
Sleep difficulties can mean that their is an underlying problem that needs treatment. J. Christain Gillin, M.D. states that most patients that have a sleep disorder have an underlying psychiatric disorder. The different kind of sleep disorders include insomnia, hypersonmia-excessive daytime sleeping, Nightmare Disorder, Narcolepsy-irresistible attacks of sleep, Sleep-apnea and Sleepwalking. Let us know if these tips help you and also if you have one that works for you and is not listed here.
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I have had over the years insomnia both not being able to get to sleep and also waking up in the middle of the night. While coming off paxil back in January and February 08 the insomnia was beyond anything I had ever experienced and in research dealing with that withdrawal I learned that magnesium helped me along with melatonin. Right now I just take magnesium at night and have stopped using the melatonin and am doing well. Also I learned that the B-12 Complex vitamin might have caused some of my anxiety at night so I discontinued them and it helped much. The doctor did give me Ambien and I used it maybe two times but after learning more about it I decided the rebound insomnia when you discontinue it would not be helpful. I am still on session 3 and am taking an extra week or two with it because it really hits home for me, but I can already tell how much help the tools of this program has given me. I know for myself the insomnia created more anxiety due to tiredness and also the extra worry about whether I was going to be able to sleep or not.
Hope you can find relief soon. That first night of true sleep can make a world of difference the next day both physically and mentally. Sweet dreams!!!
Hope you can find relief soon. That first night of true sleep can make a world of difference the next day both physically and mentally. Sweet dreams!!!
I am struggling too with the same issue. I've been using a natural sleep aid product called New Chapter Tranquilnite that has helped along with magnesium at night. When I wake up in the night I soothe myself with journaling or positive self talk which usually helps.
ATTITUDE -- The mind is like a parachute...it doesn't work unless it's open!!
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Hello, from the land of nod;
Thank you all for your imput, I will try some (or all!!) of these ideas.
I should also mention that I have sleep apnea, and use a cpap machine for sleep. When not having anxiety episodes, it works great, when I am having episodes, not so great.
I just find it quite hard to put away the thoughts going through me at what seems a million miles a second.
I am also on session 3, and have been going over it, and over it.
Think I will spend a couple more weeks on it also.
Once again, thank-you one and all.
Dave
Thank you all for your imput, I will try some (or all!!) of these ideas.
I should also mention that I have sleep apnea, and use a cpap machine for sleep. When not having anxiety episodes, it works great, when I am having episodes, not so great.
I just find it quite hard to put away the thoughts going through me at what seems a million miles a second.
I am also on session 3, and have been going over it, and over it.
Think I will spend a couple more weeks on it also.
Once again, thank-you one and all.
Dave
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Something I have found that I resort to occasionally is over the counter remedies. Kava kava 200mg/60mg kavalactones with 500mg valerian root really works for me and helps me get 7 to 8 hours if I really need it. I usually only use this when I am having a tough time adjusting my anti-depressants. I bought a 60 capsule bottle last June for the first time and still have 15 or 20 caps left. I was surprised that it actually worked and without any side affects.
There are other herbs like passion flower and things like gaba and a few otherss. There are also other remedies mentioned on this board several years ago but I can't remember them now. If you do a search you might find something.
If you're on any other meds, be sure and run this by your doc before trying it. I didn't but that's me.
There are other herbs like passion flower and things like gaba and a few otherss. There are also other remedies mentioned on this board several years ago but I can't remember them now. If you do a search you might find something.
If you're on any other meds, be sure and run this by your doc before trying it. I didn't but that's me.