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Thanks for your advice and words of encouragement! It gets so hard to deal with this every day! Like Lauren mentioned, it makes me mentally drained also. Just dealing with this throughout the day is mentally draining, so dealing with it and not sleeping makes it so much worse!! Shockingly, I slept good last night. It seems like I can always sleep on the weekends but come Sunday night, it comes right back. Sigh...... :confuse: This has become my main reason for panic the last few weeks. It makes me angry because I have always loved to be in bed. It's always been my sanctuary so to speak and now it's my main source of panic. Oiy - I really hope this goes away soon!!!
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Dear Vickers, I am so sorry to hear about your insomnia, I also have trouble sleeping, it takes me a while to fall asleep and then I tend to wake up 2 or 3 times a night to go the bathroom, so I feel like I have not slept! This seemed to coincide with your new job, you had mentioned when you started it the sleep problem started, as the job goes on it will probably right itself again, a change in routine does it to me also. I take a Klonopin at night and that relaxes me, when I took over-the-counter a few years back it seemed UNISOM worked the best it put me to sleep and I did not feel bad the next day, also I have a "white noise machine" which has waterfalls or rain etc....That really helped and I put on a fan at night, it seems to lull me to sleep. I am praying that you start sleeping well again, this will pass Vickers, and I know its uncomfortable and so darn annoying! I am sending prayers, and the sleep angels to you, I hope you feel better real soon. God bless, Debbie.
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I wish I could turn off the thoughts at night. Everyone says "Just try not to think about stuff before bed" Haha, yeah, right. Impossible. Sometimes, I am thinking of other things but those other thoughts are still in the back of my mind. I am dreading tonight. I am worn out from being so down. Do you ever get that way, mentally exhausted?
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Don't give up! You will get better. I am also having a hard time with sleep. I can go to bed and go to sleep, but I am waking up at 4 or 4:30 in the morning. I try and go back to sleep, but to no prevail I just toss and turn. It is making my anxiety peak and I am depressed easily, I feel like I could cry easy. I work and have teenagers so,the days are long. I will go threw cycles like this and I just have to remind myself that. That this cycle will change and I will be okay, I am just depleted.I will try and get a rest period during the day that seems to help. You should talk with your doctor about sleep-aids. The over the counter ones could actually have the opposite affect. You could try a walk in the afternoon if your our active to late in the evening it could wind you up. A warm bath can do wonders. If I read something it will make me sleepy. You are not alone. Keep writing.
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I have been suffering with insomnia off and on for the last four weeks. Every night I lay there for hours trying desperately to sleep but can't get there for what feels like forever. Once I get to sleep, usually around midnight, I sleep good and have to struggle to get out of bed and get through the day because I'm so tired. But, when I go to bed, I just lay there! I am so frustrated!! I am starting to have panic attacks in bed now, which I've never done before. I've had panic for 12 years but never in bed. I'm even starting to have panic attacks during the day when I think about going to bed. I am so tired and so frustrated and getting so depressed over this! I have taken Tylenol Simply Sleep twice, which worked well but made me feel like **** the next day. I've tried Chamomile tea a few times, which also worked pretty good. It doesn't put me out, just makes me relaxed so it still takes awhile to get to sleep. Why can't I sleep? Everything sleeps so why can't I?! Any advice on how to turn off the thoughts at night? I feel so worthless and stupid and drained this morning! I feel like giving up!

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