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Any fellow insomniacs or any neurologists have some obscure wisdom? I truly don’t sleep. Since 2015, likely earlier, my sleep latency is forever, I keep waking up if I do fall asleep, and I wake up too early. When I do sleep, according to an inpatient sleep study, I barely get to stage 3 sleep for a few minutes and hang out in stage 1 & 2. There is no REM sleep happening. I have limb movement multiple times a minute. I was prescribed a CPAP a few years ago and it hasn’t helped, even with strict adherence to use. The AHI is only between 0 and 0.4 any night of the week. You name a medication, on and off label use, and I’ve tried it. My sleep hygiene is impeccable. I keep thinking one good night’s sleep will fix me, but at this point, I’ve lost hope.
I've been there, people just telling "go to bed and close your eyes", etc etc, finally solved it with Seroquel 25mg (50mg on the first nights) taken at 20:30, works like wonders
if you haven't tried it, suggest it to your medic
I have tried seroquel, and it’s a great drug for a coma. Unfortunately I started powering through it somehow at multiple strengths. Thanks for the suggestion though!
it actually happened to me as well, but it turns out it was because of another med I was taking for ADHD (Zoloft)
If you are taking other stuff besides the one for sleep, see if they counteract each other
Besides that, good luck!
I'm the opposite of an insomniac - I'm a rabid sleeper and love sleep. I usually hit 9 hours a day, sometimes more.
Here's what works for me - most obviously won't work for you, but give some another try if you haven't done them yet -
Great suggestions! This is known as “sleep hygiene” and I follow it religiously, but still can’t quite get sleep unfortunately. My spouse thought I was crazy when I taped over all the little lights lol
That last one I heard from a psych. They also said: if you're in bed and you can't sleep, get up. Go back to bed only when you feel tired again. That way you train your brain that bed=sleep.
This is also true. I was told to do something unpleasant like clean bathroom grout with a toothbrush to make your brain hate being up. My go-to is tidying up the dining room table.