[canyouseemenow]

I no longer sleep. For years my body fought sleep, but these past few months have taken a turn for the worse. Long story short, doc put me on 100 mg of Trazodone and four months later it stopped..so I tried taking three melatonin PLUS zzzQuil together and nothing..Doc then put me on 30 mg of Restoril..first night it worked, then nothing..started taking 50 mg of trazodone a day and the Restoril at night..worked for a week then stopped..was told to take the 50 mg of Trazodone together at night with the Restoril..worked once then stopped...For four days I took 150 mg of Trazodone a night, worked some but stopped..finally Doc put me on Ambien, worked the first night, then last night nothing. I get about two hours of sleep at night if I'm lucky, and it's not two hours of straight sleep. I don't know what to do anymore..Everyone is like "stay positive"..it's hard to be positive when you're as tired as I am. I don't drink soda anymore, nor eat candy..I go to sleep the same time every night, before one in the morning. I exercise an hour a day. I don't have a raising mind at night. I'm exhausted, then I lay down and it goes away. I get up move around, get tired and then lay down and it goes away again. Doc said I will more than likely have to do a sleep study..but what I want to know is if it's nothing physical then what else could be wrong with me? I asked my doctor that and all he could say was "well it's nothing mental"...I was like "ok, and you live with me?"..idk.

[Thunder Bow]

Looks like to me you are falling asleep and don't know it!

[canyouseemenow]

I'm not falling asleep, that's the problem :/

[Thunder Bow]

It is possible you "Black Out" for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours and dont even know it while trying to go to "sleep". Caused by all those "Meds" you are taking. Consult with your doctor about cutting them all together.

[Nammu]

I have much the same problem and it's very crazy making. Not getting enough sleep interferes with every area of my life, from moods to being able to type or remember how to spell the most smile words. I've wondered about having a sleep phobia where I'm just too scared to allow myself to fall asleep. I've been on everything for sleep and get used to it very quickly too. I'm now on 15mg of ambian and I have lunesta to alternate with, and still I have to skip both for a few days or they will stop working.

Recently I had a sleep study. It was the regular night sleep study, then they kept me there for additional study where I was awake for 2hrs, then I was suposed to try and sleep for 20 min. Then I would be awake for 2hrs and again try to nap for twenty. I didn't think I had slept at all during the "naps" but according to the machine hooked to my brain I was sleeping for almost 5 minutes each time. I haven't yet seen the doc for the results but I'm hoping there is some kind of help for my insanity. But (((Thunder))) could be right. When I talked to the doc before the sleep tests he questioned whether or not I could have narcolepsy. I didn't see how thats possible but the mind will get sleep, here and there if it doesn't get a long enough period at one go. That doc also gave me Neurontin to try, it has a more calmer less harsh way of working to get a more natural sleep than the other drugs.

Best of luck w/ your sleep.