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Old May 19, 2013, 03:07 PM
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No ideas ... just empathy. I went through several months when I was so anxious my sleep tanked. I was sleeping very little at night (even with Klonopin) and could not nap in the daytime. I felt wrecked and desparate. If someone had told me eating cow patties at bedtime would help, I probably would have tried it.

I happened upon some tapes on anxiety and evidently lots of people with mood problems have this issue because the topic on one tape was sleep, or lack thereof. After a lot of discussion about sleep and fears of not sleeping, the speaker said finally 'your body will sleep when it gets tired enough'. Somehow that resonated with me and I let go (a little) of the worry about not sleeping.

It took some time and treatment, but today I sleep like a champ.

(By the way, I am from the US and vsiting Budapest this summer. I hear it is beautiful.)

Last edited by Little Lulu; May 19, 2013 at 03:09 PM. Reason: addendum