Feeling stuck and insomnia

[Free2Be]

Feeling stuck and overwhelmed by my job, the upkeep of my house, living alone, insomnia…my life isn’t terrible but am struggling with frequent feelings of being stuck and overwhelmed. Which makes it so difficult to not only get through the day, but also to get anything done or enjoy myself.

Anyone else dealing with this insomnia and or feeling stuck in life? I’d like to know what others have done to combat this. Such as certain self help books, types of therapy, techniques, resources etc And or others experiences with this.

[compasnet]

I do various anxiety and stress management/ reduction techniqueshart that seem to work very well.

[Lovelydeppresion]

i have really bad insonia to i get may 2 to 3 hours of sleep each night meds that work or zzzquil and melitonit i cant spell im sorry but tricks are ready outloud but only calming books i do poems it works meditation music helps to or even a fan at night when trying relax sounds like wind it makes me sleepy but remember these tricks wont always work the meds will work for awhile but dont stay on them they will not work bc ur body gets used to it they are all natural meds

[Free2Be in reply to Lovelydeppresion]

Yeah, I’m on trazodone only on work nights and hasn’t been working like it once used to. The fan some nights does work. I think I may need to come up with a wind down routine with meditation or other relaxing activities after work.

[Lovelydeppresion in reply to Free2Be]

What is that pill for b4 i say anythis with it or to mix it with bc some pills like that cant be mixed with some over the counter ones

[Free2Be in reply to Lovelydeppresion]

it’s an antidepressant that can also be used for insomnia. If I were to ever try anything else I wouldn’t take it with it. I’m also on escitalopram for anxiety and depression. My therapist would like for me to find out how to sleep without the trazodone eventually, just it’s taking a long time to figure out how to get there.

[Lovelydeppresion in reply to Free2Be]

first try to get off of it but slowly then try the over the counter meds thats what i did and it truly helped me

[Anxiety585 in reply to Lovelydeppresion]

what over the counter meds do you take

[Free2Be in reply to Anxiety585]

In the past I tried melatonin but it gave me extremely intense/vivid dreams as if everything was playing in fast motion. As well as valerian & passionflower, which I think left me super groggy. There’s a magnesium for anxiety/sleep that worked briefly. For allergies I take AllerTec and a few vitamins. Potassium/ magnesium/ D/collagen/flint stone multi

[Anxiety585]

what over the counter meds

[Lovelydeppresion]

melitionet i cant spell but its all natural and zquil both are very natural and work amazing