Help Do you also have trouble sleeping?

[struggles_inc]

I get 2-3 hours of sleep a day and I literally cant make myself sleep anymore. I toss and turn and get nothing.
And even when I sleep, I wake up like every freaking hour.
I seem to get nosebleeds. Today I almost overslept exams at uni and I got so stressed out I thought I would finally faint and get some rest, but no.
For some reason I only sleep when my brain just completely collapses of exhaustion.

Do you get this too? I know depression and sleep issues are connected but it has never been that bad for me.
Forgot to mention insane headaches, memory loss and overwhelming anger for no reason whatsoever. I feel like my brain is melting. I dont know what to do, I just cant calm down and anxious thoughts are in my head 24/7.

 

[thealteredmind]

yep. severe insomnia. now it's calm though... but still... I'm super weak because if I have only TWO days with poor sleep (5hs) then I react like you.

 

[Myforevercharlie]

Yes. For over 15 years now.

I want to say you get used to it...but not really

 

[Alltheywanted]

For me it's the otherway around. I sleep for 14-18 hours a day and still when I wake up the only thing I think about is to go to my bed and sleep for some more hours.

Previous friday I was awake for only 3 hours and it's not that rare for me.

 

[neversleep]

I almost lost the ability to sleep - that is the primary reason i am here.

 

[ClownWorld2023]

Same, chronic insomnia here.

 

[alltoomuch2]

Yes. I get to sleep ok but then wake every hour and have to give up around 2-3am. I"ve just started the Sleepio app so i"m hoping it will help.

 

[DeIetedUser4739]

Not really, I just hate waking up to the dreadful feeling of being alive in this world.

 

[N3UR0T1C]

No, I actually sleep pretty well. Feels like basically every other user here has insomnia though, guess I'm the odd one out.

 

[sserafim]

I keep waking up really, going back to sleep for a few hours, and then waking up again. It's been a pattern of 3, 5, and 8 am. I guess I never got over jetlag…I'm so tired and I never sleep well

 

[Worndown]

I went through that during stressful exam time.
Relaxing is not so easy these days but is required. Are you done with exams?

 

[qw3rty259]

I never got over jetlag…

How many times zones are there between your bedroom, kitchen and bathroom?

 

[sserafim]

How many times zones are there between your bedroom, kitchen and bathroom?

Lol what? I got back from Europe earlier this month and I don't think I ever recovered from jetlag

 

[lamargue]

i live a nocturnal life. i rarely sleep, and when i do it is mid-day. i usually wake up when everyone else is just going to bed.

 

[TheLastBoyOnEarth]

Yeah, I do, because of my chronic pain condition, my muscles get very tense and everything hurts making it hard for me to sleep.

 

[Cress]

Yeah I do it's terrible I either sleep too much or not enough. I started taking decently large amounts of tramadol I can't say it's helped very much.

 

[Metalhead]

More often than not I require a sleeping tablet but my doctor won't prescribe anymore than 7 at a time.

 

[KillingPain267]

Yes! Especially in summer, because I live so high up in latitude that it gets dark at 11pm first and light at 3am already. The birds start singing and when I hear them my mind gives up trying to sleep. I've finally had it and bought some real sleeping pills from the street since my doctors refuse to prescribe anymore.

 

[SoDone]

I have the opposite problem, I sleep just fine but then feel sleepy the whole day and have trouble staying awake. Have you tried sleeping meds (consult with a doctor ofc)? Getting no sleep will really mess you up long term specially in university.

 

[yellowjester]

I can sleep for 8 hours, but never feel replentished after waking up. Dreaming saps all the energy from my brain and I always need some time to recover.

 

[F@#$]

For me it's the otherway around. I sleep for 14-18 hours a day and still when I wake up the only thing I think about is to go to my bed and sleep for some more hours.

Previous friday I was awake for only 3 hours and it's not that rare for me.

I'm like that too,unless I have shit to do the next day. Then I can't sleep for shit.

 

[F&Inside]

Hello.
I remember in my childhood when my parents would send me to bed and I couldn't get to sleep for hours.
The insomnia is exasperating, especially when you are forced to sleep for whatever reason like to go to work/study the next day.
I have tried many medications during all this time and I always end up stopping them, you are not supposed to take them all the time you know, so back to insomnia.

For example I was taking Lormetazepam for a long time and it helped me a lot, but I progressively became more tolerant to it and it was no longer as effective, so I either increased the dosage or stopped taking it, and I stopped.

 

[Daryl72]

I get 2-3 hours of sleep a day and I literally cant make myself sleep anymore. I toss and turn and get nothing.
And even when I sleep, I wake up like every freaking hour.
I seem to get nosebleeds. Today I almost overslept exams at uni and I got so stressed out I thought I would finally faint and get some rest, but no.
For some reason I only sleep when my brain just completely collapses of exhaustion.

Do you get this too? I know depression and sleep issues are connected but it has never been that bad for me.
Forgot to mention insane headaches, memory loss and overwhelming anger for no reason whatsoever. I feel like my brain is melting. I dont know what to do, I just cant calm down and anxious thoughts are in my head 24/7.

Yes most of the time. Severe depression has insomnia like effects in my mind and body. It's truly awful how days and days with inky a few hours at best.

 

[sugarh1gh]

I have been suffering from sleep deprivation for a while. There usually are causes for me: stress, lack of food, and just natural habit. I don't/can't sleep for long hours in general, but when I get stressed, I don't eat much and that combination definitely doesn't help with my sleeping situation.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Lol what? I got back from Europe earlier this month and I don't think I ever recovered from jetlag

What's jetlag?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

What's jetlag?

That happens when you travel many time zones ahead of you or backwards too fast and your natural sleeping schedule is fucked up. It takes time to adjust.

 

[JenX]

Magnesium is great for sleep. I use an inexpensive high absorption magnesium lysinate glycinate 100% chelated. An addition to help calm racing thoughts while trying to fall asleep, valerian root works great.

 

[Not a Cylon]

Sleep is so hard for me to achieve. I fixate on the past, worry about the future and mourn everything I've lost.

 

[lizzywizzy09]

Sleep is so hard for me to achieve. I fixate on the past, worry about the future and mourn everything I've lost.

Fucking same.

 

[Cruelhearted]

Sleep is so hard for me to achieve. I fixate on the past, worry about the future and mourn everything I've lost.

Silence is one of the worst enemies. Exactly what happens to me, I'm tired, I want to sleep, I shut everything off. Close my eyes and my brain never shuts the the fuck up. Just when I think I can finally sleep, my brain will find something coming up to worry about or something from the past to agonize about, it sucks.