Back on the insomnia highway........!

I do deal with it..there are times I can't sleep at night at all an times I sit up all night then stay up all the next day trying to make myself so tired and sleepy that I will fall asleep sometimes it works sometimes not so well..have you tried any alternative medications or supplements? Melatonin? That is what they gave my nephew for his..here is a link..not sure if it will be helpful or not.. : http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/tc/melatonin-overview

I am only bothered by it rarely, but lately it has been a bit of an issue. I am not in as bad a shape as many people I have known both in real life and on the web. Stress does play into it big time.

SOrt of like that I can laydown and then be wide awke til 1 am or longer sometimes I give up trying to sl;eep nd get up

this is one of my biggest problems in life. always has been. sometimes i even feel worse when i get over 6 hrs sleep at night. so by now im pretty used to it. i guess there will be plenty of time to sleep when i reach the "Big sleep" once in a while it will catch up with me and i end up sleeping a lot in one day. about every 2 or 3 months.

No wonder you don't remember your dreams! You are so exhausted when you finally do sleep. I hit the bed and go right to sleep. I had a sleep study done once and they said I never sink deeper than the dream state..I don't fell rested by sleep. I have had trouble sleeping during periods of my life but not to the point that I would consider it insomnia.

Yes, there have been plenty of times in my life when I have been afflicted with insomnia. I haven't had it in a long time but I still don't sleep very well at night. I have a hard time relaxing my mind for one thing. I'm living on SSI every month and I worry about my money situation all the time. I take Tylenol P.M. every night and that seems to help me. I also listen to cds with soft music or natural sounds to help me sleep.

Menopause, so I wake up with night sweats and my body thinks every time I have to get up and go to the bathroom. Some nights are worse than others.

hi celticeagle Ihad been using benadryl to try and break the insomnia cycle but night before last it seemed to make things worse, I just did not sleep all night.so last night I aced the benadryl and just did not take it. I went to sleep a little while after I laid down woke once for a bathroom run, staggered back to bed and slept all night until my roomie woke me up at six this morning.so now am wondering if the benadryl was acually keeping me awake at night. lol.