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It is currently 4:00 am as I am typing this and I am still not able to fall asleep. Everyone else in my home is asleep. I just can’t bring myself to sleep. I put my phone down and close my eyes. I try to go to sleep, but my thoughts fight it. My mind doesn’t want to be quiet. My brain doesn’t want to shut off. I’m drained. I’m tired.

I know that it’s taking its toll on my body too. My hair is falling out worse than ever. Some days I can go 2-3 days without showering and it’s like it doesn’t Phase me. When I do shower though it’s amazinggggg.

This insomnia will cause me to sleep all day tomorrow, or most of it anyway. It causes me a great difficulty to get out of bed at all.

It sucks for my 3 year old. I feel so bad for him. I feel guilty. It affects him as much as it does me because tomorrow I will have zero energy to do anything. I think it’s unfair to him. I barely play with him. I am dragging myself out of bed, just trying to make him breakfast and do other things around the house.

I just want to know how do people deal with insomnia....When will this ever stop? It’s a revolving cycle between the depression, anxiety, insomnia, and the loneliness.

I hate depression, I hate anxiety. I hate the factors that are making it all worse for me.

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Hi Raiinbow - you must be exhausted. I am sure you have seen your doctor, but do think with the hair loss, may be you should have other health checks for thyroid disorder. I know you are receiving help for your depression - so perhaps you could ask for other check ups and see if your current medication is right for you. If there are other problems which are affecting your mental health then you can iron them out with your health team.

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I recently had all those test run and bloodwork a couple of weeks ago and thankfully 😅 everything came back normal.

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Good! My hair came out in chunks after the birth of second baby. I promptly put myself

on vitamin supplements - there are some out there for skin hair and nails. Suppose you have not had a change in medication so no reason to think that the drugs may be depleting your vitamin levels. I had a print out of my vitamin levels thinking I might be B12 deficient, and anaemic but results came back that I had at least 2 years 12 in reserve. I use high doses of up to 1000mg of vitamins c on top of fruit an veg allowance

and have a multivitamin tablet if I feel a bit below par. Primrose oil, and starflower supplements are high in omega 6 and are recommended for hair loss.

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