Hello everyone

[Hollick]

Hi, just joined, looking to share and gain insight on sleep issues. Have suffered from bouts of insomnia off and on. Wishing everyone well. Thanks.

[BonnieSue Dream Team]

Hi Hollick,

I think you'll like this community. There's plenty of sharing and good ideas about what's helped and what hasn't. I'm a work in progress when it comes to insomnia. To answer your wondering about what success others have had, I have a CPAP which definitely helps me sleep without stopping sleeping/breathing in the middle of the night. I still can't seem to get more than 3-4 hours of sleep in 1 night. I am researching a new medicine, tiagabine, to help me stay asleep, so we'll see how that goes. Trazodone at 100 mg & quetiapine at 800 mg already do help me sleep until the 3-4 hr. mark. Hopefully the tiagabine will safely allow me to get several more hours' rest! That would be so much help!!

How about yourself? Any successes so far? I surely hope so! I hope this problem of ours gets conquered and isn't so bad just a few weeks down the road for us. Wouldn't that be great? I'm still hoping! 😉 Take care!

[Rubymurray25]

Welcome. I suffered from terrible sleep patterns until someone suggested I was checked for sleep apnea and I indeed had severe SA when tested and now sleep like a baby with the aid of my CPAP.

[RAGurl1]

Hi Hollick. Unfortunately, insomnia is a huge problem for many of us. In my case it can be caused by a lot of things, but some of the things I do help:

- First, I take Lunesta. Without that I would never sleep.

- Second, I take Clonidine (it is a blood pressure med with a one off use for Restless Leg Syndrome.) I will also use Voltaren gel for RLS if the Clonidine is not enough

- If I am still having issues (like during a full moon), I take L-Tryptophan, Melatonin and or Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc

- I take most wireless electronics out of my bedroom - no cell phone, handheld landline, no tablets, etc.

- I keep the blinds closed and the curtains are room-darkening to keep it as dark in there as possible

- Try to keep my covers and clothing consistent with whatever I am feeling... I tend to perspire a lot, so much of the time I have to keep everything cotton and light

- As Ruby says, I also found out that I have severe sleep hypopnea, and was actually getting really sick until they found it. This alone has been a constant battle to get the masks right, the ramp right, etc. After 9 months I am almost there now 😊. But this is something you might research and talk to your doc about if it looks like that might be an issue for you. I really do sleep much better now.

Most of that helps quite a bit. Good luck with getting yours under control!

[foxglove]

I find Bach night rescue helps Keep by bed and can be used to top up if ness.!