[boydisappearing]

I know there's another thread about sleeping anxiety right at the top but the OP posted last in November and I don't want to hijack a thread.

Recently, I've had a few nights where my anxiety has been really bad at night. It's getting to the point that just thinking of trying to sleep makes me anxious, because it feels like it takes forever, and I'm just lying there with my racing thoughts and my anxiety and I start worrying about everything.

About a month ago I was hospitalized (bipolar I disorder) and I lost my job, so all I'm doing right now is working freelance stuff from home - so if I sleep weird hours, nothing is really thrown off, but a proper sleep routine is pretty important for my mental health.

I take a hefty dose of Seroquel and also lorazepam at night before bed, but I've been on Seroquel so long that it doesn't knock me out like it used to. I feel safer sleeping during the day.

I don't even know if there's anything I can do. I've tried exercise, staying away from internet/phone/tv for an hour or so before bed, meditation, listening to music, sleeping with the lights on. Nothing helps.

[it'sgrowtime]

I'm empathize with you. I didn't see 'reading' on your list of things you've tried doing to fall asleep. In the past, I could never fall asleep unless I was reading in bed. my insomnia became even worse because of more life stress, so for days, I was reading for many hours before I could finally fall asleep. One night, I finished my book and needed another. All I had left in the house was the great dialogues of plato. I was so bummed, but I started to read it, and was asleep within minutes. Every night after that I would read that book, and never make it more than ten minutes before I was sleeping. after a couple weeks I could read my normal stuff again and fall asleep.
So, maybe it will work for you....find a book you think is really boring and force yourself to read it; focus your attention on it and hopefully before you know it you can get some sleep.

[pillid12]

I also have sleeping disorder maybe its not actually a disorder but a habit. I am used in staying late and often sleep at 4:00 AM in the morning. Waking up at 9 or 10 then go to work. Sometimes when I want to sleep early I find it hard to do so. I found a method that worked on me. Wake up early and don't take a nap for the whole day and then try going to bed.