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Originally Posted by fitnessNscience2017
I've been having trouble with sleeping for the last 10-15 years of my life, especially starting in my early twenties. The insomnia didn't start suddenly but it gradually got worse until I was not falling asleep until sunrise. I had tried a lot of different home treatments from Chronotherapy, Light-box, deep-breathing, endless supplements, some OTC medicines and a few antidepressants. A bunch of therapists, assessments, blood tests, and "worry journals" haven't helped either. Either I'm a hypochondriac or my past doctors simply don't know what's causing it, a "chicken or the egg" situation as one of them called it. The latest assessment didn't reveal a mental disorder either, which surprised me. There has to be something going on.
Right now I just listen to my body and go along with my random sleep pattern, which is unpredictable. Usually I fall asleep between 3am and 8am on average but other days are earlier and later. Sleep quality varies but it's usually poor and broken. If I do sleep without interruptions, it will usually be between 6-8 hours. As far as the Chronotherapy attempts, I usually held a good daytime wake schedule after completing it (woke up between 6-7am and went to sleep between 8-10pm) from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, but would relapse after that.
I'm wondering if anyone else is in this situation and how is it affecting your life?
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Wait a minute, DID I WRITE THIS???
You have described my situation to a Tee! I'm 55 and my situation began gradually between 19 - 23 years old, and I haven't slept without medication since about 1990. I used to lay awake all night and then suddenly get sleepy very late/early in the morning. When I was about 20 I began to notice that the sun was always just beginning to come up just as the sleepiness came on.
Back then at first I was staying out very late on the weekends, drinking a lot of beer etc, and I thought I was simply throwing my schedule off, but then the "insomnia" took on a life of it's own.
Needless to say doctors haven't been any help and this whole thing has messed up my life quite a bit. I'll write more later if you're still out there, but I'd like to leave you with a couple of ideas. The only thing Medical that I could find that fits at all is something called "Day-night inversion" secondary to liver disease and mentioned only in one peer reviewed medical journal article. It seems that it's caused by things like Cirrhosis and portal hypertension, and can begin at any stage of the disease. In my case it's at least possible because of all the excessive partying... Hey it was the 70's, it's what you did.
Also I have recently had considerable luck with CBD oil smoking. It really does make you sleepy about an hour after consuming and gives me a better "nights" sleep. With it I have been able to turn the clock back a few hours, (say 3-4AM as opposed to 7-8AM) and I'm trying to keep going to bed earlier AND cutting back on medication.
I look forward to hearing from you, you're the first fellow sufferer I've met!
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