Chronic insomnia

Hello kez1963 & Welcome

Nothing worse than having sleep problems and lack of sleep makes everything feel so much worse

Getting into bad sleeping patterns is so easily done yet so difficult to break the mind is such a powerful thing

I am not the best sleeper I would say but what I do is I either stay up till I am so tired my eyes are closing or I go to bed and read till I drop to sleep and wake up many a morning with my book on the floor , I try and keep of the internet , TV etc an hour or so before bed as well as I find a shower or bath seems to help relax me to

This one you may struggle with but if you could try it then it just might help , when your alarm goes of and I know you will be feeling shattered but make yourself get up , as soon as you hear it don't reach out and switch it of but get out of bed and make sure you are awake and ready to go downstairs before you switch it of so you are not tempted to go back to sleep

Now you will feel tired and for a while you will feel rough but after a while you may also find you start sleeping better as well as breaking the bad sleeping pattern you have got into

If you are still struggling after trying a few things that speak with your Doctor as you do need to get this sorted

If you need a chat you know where we are and knowing someone is listening can feel like a weight has been lifted of your shoulders

Remember the more you worry over sleep the more you will feel anxious which will feed the fear and help to feed the Insomnia

Take Care x

I have just bought a "sleep light" from Avon cosmetics It's a little battery operated light that shines a beam on the ceiling It slowly goes on and off and you breathe with it You have to keep at it but after about 10 mins my brain totally stops racing the breathing takes over and I drift off It turns itself off after 30 mins I'm thrilled with it I've bought one for a friend as a birthday present as she suffers from depression and it says it's good for that too

It was £10 and I know you can get it online

With regards to the nightmares are you on any medication only some can have that as a side effect I was put on some a couple of years ago for my bad hayfever I get with the grass pollen and I felt really black and had terrible nightmares I never thought to look at the leaflet but it was listed on it

Good luck 😊

Thank you for the suggestion of the sleep light. I didn't know such a thing existed! I'll look into it. I'm on antihistamines and an inhaler. I've a disagreement with pollen. I'll have to dig out the drug information sheet. Never even gave it a thought.

The other night I was Princess Eugene on her wedding day!?

Thank you for your kindness.

Today I managed to get up at 07:45 despite not switching the light of till close to midnight.

To be honest I really didn't want to get up and it was a real struggle not to climb back into bed. I felt groggy and rough for about 45 mins. Despite this I chose to do some much needed washing up and the groggy feeling went plus I was dead chuffed with how much I got done.