Worst insomnia pattern in a loooong time

For the last few months, my normal insomnia (super late second wind until 1am followed by broken/variable sleep for 4 days, then crash - thankfully - for 1 day, then back to the 4 days of terrible sleep, rinse and repeat) has been replaced by being absolutely exhausted but can't sleep then being awake from 1-4am, and waking up at 6am on the couch. Often, I don't remember coming to the living room, or I can remember that I walked to the restroom for a midnight wee break, but still wake up in the living room! Everyday I feel like I fall asleep for a bit at my work desk. It's driving me insane an I have tried everything: supplements, hot baths, herbal teas, exercise, no electronics, music, changing food, ear plugs. And when I don't sleep, I have more pain/anxiety which increases my fibro symptoms and it's one big chicken or the egg (non sleeping) nightmare. I am starting to really worry

Does anybody else go through this? My concentration is totally shot and my quality of work has tanked considerably.

Any suggestions? I don't believe I have sleep apnea although my husband has noticed an increase in snoring.

I have had sleep difficulties for a long time. When working if I had a lot of stress I would have insomnia. Oddly, the day after a night of no sleep I could be very productive. Luckily I did not have insomnia for two days running. I, too, wake up in the night. Sometimes around 2 and sometimes around 4. I get up and go to the washroom and go back to sleep. I have also walked in my sleep. It is not good as I have hurt myself walking into walls and had a bad fall.

I attended a sleep lab. I only slept for about 3 hours. Had a hard time with all the wires and had an A/C blowing into my head. I was told also that I stop breathing some but did not yet require the machine to help with breathing. The Doctor said that sleeping pills would make the matter worse for me. I tried 5-HTP and Melatonin. I stopped using it as I am now on Nortriptyline. Nortriptyline eventually puts me into a deep sleep. I have a hard time falling asleep. Often it is due to pain. I sometimes get up and go downstairs to have a glass of almond milk with some honey. I then can fall asleep.

I have read that the waking up is a hormonal problem. There is a hormone that wants you to stay awake when all you want to do is sleep.

I am not working but when I did I would have times where I would be nodding off at work. We are not well so it does stand to reason. I had a boss that had blood infections and would fall into a deep sleep sometimes.

A sleep Doctor may be able to offer suggestions for insomnia and snoring. My Husband is quite a snorer. I had a time when I was snoring and it was because I had a blockage. When I released what my Doctor said might have been a ball of dried mucous the snoring stopped. Snoring really bothers me but my Husband can sleep while snoring.

Loring

Osteoarthrtis in Multiple Joints, Fibromyalgia, Neuralgia, Chronic Daily Headaches, I.B., Hard of Hearing...

Post Edited (Loring) : 2/19/2015 9:46:29 AM (GMT-7)

You sleep over in a facility, mine was like a hotel room. A super comfy bed, and a big screen tv on the wall. They hook up a bunch of wires onto you and you sleep, they will have you sleep on your back part of the time as that is when most of the sleep apena happens, I"m a tummy sleeper myself so it was hard for me, but I managed to sleep on back some. If you have sleep apena they will hook up the cpap machine half way thru the night to monitor you and to set it to the right air dose.

It's nothing to be scared of, just think of it as staying a night in a hotel away from home for the night. It's easy pesy as pie. :)

If you normally take sleep medication then yes, I don't take anything though. Yes it was hard to fall asleep, I think out of the 8 hours I was there I only slept 3 or 4 hours, but it was enough for them to test and say I had sleep apena. Yes it was weird to wake up with the machine on my face. AND, it took me about a year to be able to sleep thru the night with it on, I'm highly claustrophobic and hate anything attached to my body, especially my face so it took me along time to get used to it. I have no problems now though and can't sleep without it.

As just something to investigate, my husband had some sleep apnea and saw a dental specialist, who gave him a dental device, that relieved the condition, without the cpap.

Lj

Wow Joy, I can't remember the last dream I had. I usually dream around my period, but my husband NEVER dreams. Also snores.

Interesting, ladies, thank you very much!

My mom is a diabetic with insomnia she also has sleep apena. She sleeps alot during the day, probably 2 to 4 naps a day. She probably sleeps about 4 hours a night although she is in bed probably at least 6 hours.

Just a FYI, Lyrica can raise blood sugar and it's a side effect for it to develop into diabetes. That reason alone along with weight gain is why I haven't tried lyrica yet. My blood sugar is already high and it is only a matter of time before I become diabetic I don't want it to happen any sooner.

Hope your test results come back good. Did you talk to your doctor about a sleep test?

I'm a borderline diabetic. My A1c is on the edge.

It runs in the family with me. Mom and sister are on meds for it.
if I take steroids it shoots up.

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Funny!