Anyone having trouble getting any sleep?

Oh well , sorry it didn't help. Maybe count to 15?

I hope it works out for you. I took a bendryl and it doesn’t always help me sleep.

I'm having more problems than usual with sleep pattern.

I fall asleep with music on the radio, then wake around 1am, switch it off and go back to sleep. Forward to 3-4am when awake again and trying to process things that have infiltrated my brain. Up to an hour later, fall asleep again. Then the "fun" starts.

Vivid dreams, almost nightmares. Not necessarily about people I know, as I dreamt about a younger member of the Royal Family the other morning. How she got into my psyche I don't know, but very relieved she hadn't really died

Have heard it could be a result of the pandemic situation.

I been having some really weird dreams and nightmares mainly about past trauma

Ditto.

My T said that there are many parallels to this pandemic and our past traumas, including feeling powerless.

In former psychological studies, I could see how such memory nodes are connected, and perhaps why our unconscious plays out in our dreams.

It's hard to stay asleep and return to sleep after a nightmare.

I have interrupted sleep from nightmares all the time.

Last night I, being a disabled veteran during this traumatic pandemic, dreamt that a few of us were at war with the Middle East, and we captured a few terrorists in our private homes. We were waiting on authorities to come pick them up and send them to Guantanamo or something. Meanwhile, they were largely unvaccinated and unmasked, and they decided to start coughing while we held them captive. Although we were all masked, we didn't have proper eye and ear coverings, so I think it worried me about being exposed. They tried to weaponize the virus and/or use fear to find some way of escape. We didn't allow them to escape, but I woke up feeling worried that they tried to kill us with the virus. This was my dream last night/this morning.

Mind you, I never served overseas, nor have I ever fought in a war. I was trained, and I am a veteran, but I never deployed. I have no idea why I had that dream.

I also felt bad because I have friends from all over, including Pakistan and other parts of that world, who I think are refugees here. They are peaceful people trying to escape the terror of their land, and some have even experienced warzones. I recall meeting my friends in college, as I had very little knowledge of what transpired back there, apart from some of the stories that fellow OEF/OIF veterans have told me. Perhaps vicarious trauma ensued after hearing their stories months back, but I have no idea why. I don't believe in torture, and I don't know much about how our laws work for suspected terrorists. At any rate, I had some strange nightmare about it. I feel somewhat racist for having that nightmare, too. I don't know why I would have such a nightmare, but it felt very real to me.

Also, given my OCD, I would never reside with other people. In this dream, however, I did. That was also an odd phenomenon.

I will try out the sleepy tea.

You can also try kava tea to help relieve stress. I wonder if kava can be taken before chamomile tea though, or even together?? Does anyone know? What's in sleepy tea?

It might work.

My sleep is improving. I'm not tossing and turning nearly all night.

Waking less frequently during the night, woke for first time at 5am this morning. No nightmares, instead a feeling I was not alone (I was!). In my subconscious a hand was holding mine from behind. When I woke, didn't feel panicked by the experience. Just the opposite. Calm, peaceful, relaxed.

Buffy, did you try it?

I’m sorry to hear that. Lauren Fenton has great meditation for sleep as well as other different meditation.

I urge everyone here to consider a sleep study. If nothing else to rule some things out. The usual sleep meds thrown at us generically dx'd "insomniacs" arent the only ones out there. Im learning all about a new receptor that is targeted by a newish sleep med for me. I can share a link but only if you all want me to.

I still have trouble sleeping. I think I have circadian rhythm disorder, but that requires a few days of sleep study, not just the overnight sleep study that the VA gave me before they diagnosed me with sleep apnea. I also have been diagnosed with insomnia, but I think it's more than the issue with having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I have trouble finding a routine sleep pattern.

I also have nightmares and occasional night terrors.

Lunesta never worked for me, and ambien mixed with ativan sometimes worked and sometimes made me feel more dissociative. I stopped those meds years ago! I now only do the holistic thing through chamomile tea on occasion, melatonin on occasion, chamomile and melatonin together, Tylenol PM (but only when I'm NOT using melatonin, as I don't want a reaction) on occasion, or something nothing at all - esp. if I'm naturally tired.

I still wake up anywhere between 2 hours and 6 hours after finally falling asleep. It takes me anywhere between 2 hours to 3 hours to fall asleep. Essentially, my sleep routine would have to be for about 10 hours, due to the length it takes me for me to fall asleep, my dealing with interrupted sleep and then having to try to fall asleep again, etc. It's not fun.

And I'm almost never refreshed, due to my chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). I deal with post-exertion malaise (PEM), so any exertion hours or a day before will cause me to have more unrefreshed sleep and sleep problems.

I was prescribed trazodone for sleep when I was 14 and for most of my life I couldn't sleep without it. Luckily, I didn't have to keep increasing the dose though. I'm still on the minimum dose, 50 mg, and I sleep well with it. Without it, I'm usually up all night.

I did do a sleep study. I didn't think I had apnea, but was wondering about restless leg. The results were normal though. There are sleep clinics in my area, but most of them only deal with apnea, not other sleep issues.

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Originally Posted by downandlonely I was prescribed trazodone for sleep when I was 14 and for most of my life I couldn't sleep without it. Luckily, I didn't have to keep increasing the dose though. I'm still on the minimum dose, 50 mg, and I sleep well with it. Without it, I'm usually up all night. I did do a sleep study. I didn't think I had apnea, but was wondering about restless leg. The results were normal though. There are sleep clinics in my area, but most of them only deal with apnea, not other sleep issues.

That’s a bummer because the logic is if your study is more than 5 years old you should have it redone. I’m a miracle worker finding resources so if you want you can pm me your state and I’ll look around

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I took the study a little over a year ago, so I don't think I need another one at this point. I am obese, which I know can cause apnea, but I'm a pear, so the fat is in my lower body, not around the chest and neck area where it can obstruct breathing.

I live in Texas.

I used to be on trazodone, but it didn't work. At the time, I had a really adverse reaction to my psychotropic meds, which made me more suicidal. I overdosed on trazodone. I cannot use that drug at all!

But I hear it works for other people.

You guys ever try a little wine? I don't use it but heard it works for people who can't sleep.

I’ll try that out.

Thanks Buffy for your response. Holding your breath and counting in a comfortable way works, and its natural.

My mom drinks a little wine before going to sleep for the night and she snores and snores. NyQuil helps me sleep and so does getting regular exercise and going to bed around the same time every night.

I almost had one but I had to cancel the appointment. I wonder if I have sleep apnea or something else.

Your welcome

Assuming if I can get any sleep at all. Im having some really weird dreams of Vin Disel in Fate of the furious or Im dreaming about ghost or past family fights.

i'm schedule on April 12 to have a sleep study done at home.