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Gina · 03-02-2008, 07:06 AM

Hi Gwen and welcome for 4wt!

I will give you some advice that helped me. I went through that period about 15years ago. My was due to many issues that I had going on in my life. I would walk the floors and look at the clock and that drives you more crazy. I would go to bed much earlier that didnt help either. I just constantly dwelled on not sleeping. I tried ambien but I to was young and didn't want to get addicted to sleep medication, at the time all these side effects were not so well known with ambien.

Not sleeping made me feel like I was in a vicious cycle and I couldn't get out of it, like a mouse running through its cage. So one day I just stopped the ambien, and my phycian precribed a medication that was not addicting and relaxed me at night. I found out later on the problem was not me sleeping but I would get aniexty attacks where everything would pulsate in my body and my heart would pound and that is why I didn't sleep.

Try this do not look at the clock in your bedroom turn it away from you, when you are tired your body will sleep. Take a little benadryl before going to bed its not addicting and it has the same ingredients as the over the counter sleep aids. During the day keep busy and do NOT think about if your going to sleep at night. Eventually you will train your body to sleep, its very difficult and a horrible feeling, you will get aggiated and one feeds the other... It will pass , sometimes if I can't sleep I just get up and do something. The worst thing for you is to toss and turn and dwell on not sleeping, get up and do something to occupy your mind.

Are you having anixety attacks,? when this happens your body is racing and that feeling makes you not sleep. The other women gave you good advice, try some of them and learn to relax , before going to bed take a nice bath, put on some music and just let yourself drift . Do not lay there and worry about not sleeping, just to reiterate say if I don't sleep no big deal and don't think of anything you will see you will start sleeping..

Good luck!

03-02-2008, 07:06 AM	#12
Gina Donating 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,025	Hi Gwen and welcome for 4wt! I will give you some advice that helped me. I went through that period about 15years ago. My was due to many issues that I had going on in my life. I would walk the floors and look at the clock and that drives you more crazy. I would go to bed much earlier that didnt help either. I just constantly dwelled on not sleeping. I tried ambien but I to was young and didn't want to get addicted to sleep medication, at the time all these side effects were not so well known with ambien. Not sleeping made me feel like I was in a vicious cycle and I couldn't get out of it, like a mouse running through its cage. So one day I just stopped the ambien, and my phycian precribed a medication that was not addicting and relaxed me at night. I found out later on the problem was not me sleeping but I would get aniexty attacks where everything would pulsate in my body and my heart would pound and that is why I didn't sleep. Try this do not look at the clock in your bedroom turn it away from you, when you are tired your body will sleep. Take a little benadryl before going to bed its not addicting and it has the same ingredients as the over the counter sleep aids. During the day keep busy and do NOT think about if your going to sleep at night. Eventually you will train your body to sleep, its very difficult and a horrible feeling, you will get aggiated and one feeds the other... It will pass , sometimes if I can't sleep I just get up and do something. The worst thing for you is to toss and turn and dwell on not sleeping, get up and do something to occupy your mind. Are you having anixety attacks,? when this happens your body is racing and that feeling makes you not sleep. The other women gave you good advice, try some of them and learn to relax , before going to bed take a nice bath, put on some music and just let yourself drift . Do not lay there and worry about not sleeping, just to reiterate say if I don't sleep no big deal and don't think of anything you will see you will start sleeping.. Good luck!