I Have Insomnia

For the past 3 months I have struggled with insomnia. I use to love sleeping, and I still do, but I can rest in the same way. I know last year was tough and I struggle with anxiety, but I miss being able to sleep for hours without waking. Maybe sometime I will be able to again..

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SoFine · 46-50, F

The best gift that you can give you is to daily meditate, to rest the mind, is freedom from worry. At bedtime use healing music meditation, then visualize a river or stream flowing soft water over and in your body. On YouTube are many to use. Try Relax River, there are many.

If you go to bed with electronic gadgets, then cut out this....far to much mental stimulation. Have a bath with lavender, also use this oil on your pillow.

Walks in parks or beside water is soothing, you need daily sunlight, it helps your brain, also movement, gives more blood flow to the brain.

Fresh vegetables will give you the nourish your tired body needs, avoid sugar and processed food, lower the toxins, avoid sugar drinks (up your water intake)

Peace is possible. ..

DanielChristensen · 46-50, M

I'm suffering a bout of manic high phase. Severe anxiety. I had about 3 hours of troubled sleep, full of hellish dreams.

I hope you will find rest soon

adipinmydaydream · 26-30, F

[@DanielChristensen Hope you can find rest as well

Tatsumi · 31-35, M

Have you tried melatonin? Exercise? Diet changes? Staying up for a long time?

adipinmydaydream · 26-30, F

@Tatsumi I was taking melatonin every night and it stopped working.. maybe cause I took it every night? Sometimes it works but mostly it never does. :(

Tatsumi · 31-35, M

@adipinmydaydream Yeah, I experienced that, as well. Melatonin seems to be a bit habit forming. If you take it too much, you can't sleep without it. And sometimes it'll make me wake uo after 2-4 hours.

Any luck staying up for 24+ hours to try to make your body really craving sleep? That works for me when the melatonin makes it impossible to sleeo through the night. It blows, but it works.

BiasForAction · M

alas, you must cure the anxiety first.

adipinmydaydream · 26-30, F

@BiasForAction how can I cure anxiety? please do tell..

BiasForAction · M

@adipinmydaydream If only i knew the secret. I had insomnia for ten years and only recently have I overcome this problem (I think!). What happened? I no longer worry much about what others think about me.

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