Anyone have Insomnia with another mental health issue here? Mine was depression...

[MoiveMarcus]

heya just curious to know if anyone has another mental health issue that accompanies sleep? I really found having bad sleep exaugurated the symptoms of the other? does this hitting close to home for any body?

[secrets22]

it does hit close to home as i suffer depression and anxiety badly.

[MoiveMarcus in reply to secrets22]

i hope you can move towards long lasting self healing, remember to not be to hard on yourself and any progress is great progress and should be celebrated x

[secrets22 in reply to MoiveMarcus]

i am hoping i can move forward ,even if slowly,but i get thwarted with memories of the last few years,which were dreadful. Take care.x

[welly10]

Yes I get sleep anxiety.if I don't sleep the next day my m health is depleated.

[MoiveMarcus in reply to welly10]

i remember i used to do all nighters to try and fix my sleep pattern, was pretty brutal and only really worked short term, for like a week and then i felt like a zombie for the time being anyway, you ever done this? it is pretty crazy....

[welly10 in reply to MoiveMarcus]

I was on sleep therapy for 7 weeks through sleepstation.use sleep reduction then build sleep up slowly.used zopiclone regular but been off them now over a year.insomnia sucks 😴 😑

[MoiveMarcus in reply to welly10]

did the sleep therapy work at all? and year i agree it does suck! what kind of insomnia do you have, cant sleep when you go to bed?

[welly10 in reply to MoiveMarcus]

Yes sleep restriction did work doctors referral in uk.dont have insomnia at the moment over a year now I have a lot better sleep hygiene less caffeine etc wind down.but I couldn't switch off so no sleep through the night the every other day used zopiclone.