r/insomnia

My GP just prescribed me 25mg of Seroquel a night as a last resort for my insomnia. Idk anything about it, and google is only so helpful, (beyond telling me it’s an antipsychotic that shouldn’t be used to treat insomnia 🫠). Didn’t have a sit down appt, so doc didn’t explain any of the effects.

What side effects are those of y’all who’ve taken it getting? How’s your mental health? How’s waking up? How long have you been on it, etc?

Thanks in advance ✌️

Just wanted some advice - my doctor gave me 15mg mirtazapine and 7.5mg of zopiclone. He said I can take them together, is this true? I’m very worried about side effects. I also take 20mg escitalopram

I hate it. My brain feels so fragmented. My chemicals or hormones have changed. I was getting 2-3 hrs/night and it's got up to 5-6hrs. Still can't just crash. Even if it somehow gets fixed, I think a lot of damage was done. The worst right now for me is feeling like all this negativity is living inside me instead of getting processed overnight like it should.

18f going through a really rough phase like really really rough. trying to survive but can't and insomnia has fucked me up. I am really tired but I can't sleep. my anxiety is killing me. I don't want to live like this i hate it I hate it I hate it.

Although if I was, that would mean I was asleep - so that would be quite nice actually.

Worse episode of insomnia i have had so far. Not sleeping more than 1 hour a night and really really losing the will to live. I’m not even sure what’s causing it.

I’m trying Quviviq tonight. Anybody had any success with that?

Can somebody please tell me things get better? I feel incredibly down :(

Anyone else having long-term insomnia that gets much worse if you share bed with someone? is that something you were able to overcome after a certain period of time? I am wondering how other people deal with this as my relationships in the past suffered a lot as I could not stand sharing a bed.

My therapist recently started me on CBT-I. This is the first week I've been on the sleep restriction schedule. I want to keep going as it's only been a few days, but I haven't been able to sleep at a later time without taking a Lunesta. Has this really been helpful for other people? Is it worth it and how soon so you think I'll start actually being able to sleep? I don't like taking Lunesta multiple nights in a row as I develop tolerances very quickly, so if this doesn't work soon I'm not sure if I'll stick with it.

Hello,

I've been battling insomnia and depression as a result of it for 2 years.

It started with t a very toxic work environment as a high school teacher. I started waking up every single morning at exactly 3 AM and started to feel debilitated.

I was prescribed antidepressants like Citalopram and Effexor and I've been on Effexor for most of the time, as well as sleeping pills, Temazepam, Seroquel, Trazodone. Nothing really worked. I had to quit that terrible job and tried different meds and psychiatrists. Then I was prescribed Mirtazapine, which worked for a little while. 7.5, 15, 30, 45 mg., the dosage was adjusted and recently I have seen no improvement.

Another big issue has been constipation. I got so heavily constipated that there was blood in my poop twice. I strained so hard. And my diet was rich in fiber, fruits, daily walks, you name it. Nothing has worked.

I went to GI doctor in October and they did endoscopy and colonoscopy. I don't even know how the laxative prep even worked. They found and removed some polyps but found no blockage.

I have been on Miralax and even tried Lynzess but those haven't helped the constipation.

My abdomen, right under my ribs cage, has become very stiff and swollen and I barely have any appetite.

I have a curved back, hyper kyphosis, which has become more curved and I don't know if this has impacted my constipation issues.

Anyway, back to the insomnia, how long could someone survive with this long lasting lack of sleep?

Honestly, I spend most nights tossing and turning in bed. I barely get 1-2 hours of very interrupted sleep. I do remember some vague dreams, on some nights. But I have this need to turn to my other side (left, right) of my body.

My psychiatrist doesn't know what to do anymore with my meds.

I have been to psych ward two times already and those stays didn't really help me.

Thanks.

this keeps happening and its getting so frustrating

like physically im tired
eyes heavy and everything
but when i actually try to sleep my mind is just loud for no reason

not even always one big thing either
just thought after thought after thought

and then i start thinking great now im gonna be exhausted tomorrow too and that makes it worse lol

pls tell me other people get this too

I had a week of beautiful sleep (6 hrs/night) in the middle of March. One night my wife moved in bed (we sleep separately in the same room) and the fucking mattress squeaked. My wax earplug had fallen out so the noise naturally woke me up at about 2 or 3. I could not go back to sleep and since then, I've been hypervigilant about that bed's noises. If they wake me up I spring up in a state of hyperarousal it takes me hours to get over it, and by then it's time to go to work.

Unless I really crank up my brown noise or hibernation rumble (I try to avoid high volume), I hear that mattress every time she moves. My wife sleeps 7-8 solid but she is an active sleeper and that mattress is killing me. I've been up since 1:30 or so after that mattress destroyed my night again. Luckily I go to bed at 9:30, so there's that.

I bought some sound dampening ear muffs but they are difficult to sleep in. All my solutions are built around covering up the sound but my next step is trying to tackle the source of the squeaks. I'm rambling but I feel like shit and this fixation (which is about 95% of my insomnia) if making me the most unhappy goddamned person right now.

This weekend WD40 is on the shopping list.

3am again. Been dealing with the usual — lying there running through tomorrow's to-do list on a loop, checking the time, hating myself for checking the time.

The one thing that's been kinda working lately is just putting on rain sounds. Not music, not a podcast, not guided meditation (those honestly stress me out more). Just steady rain. Something about it gives my brain something to latch onto that isn't my own thoughts.

Curious what everyone else uses. Is it rain for you too, or something else — fan, white noise, brown noise, thunderstorms? And do you find looped tracks work or do you need it to be continuous for hours?

Would love to hear what's actually worked for people who've been at this a while.

Ciao a tutti, avevo scritto un mesetto fa o poco più per raccontarvi della mia insonnia di come è nata e di come la stavo vivendo. A distanza di tempo posso affermare che è accaduto ciò che temevo di più È PEGGIORATA drasticamente. Le notti completamente a 0 stanno diventando sempre più frequenti e hanno un peso sulla mia pische sempre maggiore... Ho passato 3 ore questo pomeriggio a piangere nel letto in quanto ero arrivato al limite della sopportazione, ed è accaduto lo stesso settimana scorsa. Ho contattato vari psicologi - psicoterapeuti per cercare di avere supporto tramite la CBT-I, ho provato ad adottarla da solo e stavo avendo anche ottimi risultati per tutto marzo ma poi di colpo è andato tutto a farsi fottere negli ultimi 10 giorni. Mercoledì ritornerò a parlare con il medico di base per avere un supporto farmacologico, sono stanco di lottare da solo contro questo demone. Sono 3 mesi ormai che vivo in funzione di come e quanto dormo, non riesco a non pensare ad altro è la mia ossessione quotidiana e quando non dormo divento anche depresso, drasticamente depresso. Scusate lo sfogo, ma sono davvero stanco e disperato, inizio ad avere problemi a lavoro e nelle relazioni quotidiane. È uno schifo. Spero di uscirne quanto prima (se c'è modo di uscirne).

Un abbraccio a tutti gli insonni, vi sono vicino ❤️.

For some reason 9 months ago, I started to wake up at the same time every single night. About 2 am. And I think I have had two nights where I haven't woken up.

I tried to think of causes but I cant, at first I thought it was stress, then thought its possibly a side effect of the adhd meds but I had been on those for two years no problem. Then I thought maybe its a side effect of my nexplanon implant starting to wear off, it was due for a replacement.

But months went by, I tried not taking my drugs for a few days, I went onto non hormonal birth control, tried sleep hygiene, whatever you can find online, I've tried it. I think I gave up on that stuff when I tried the 'get out of bed and do a calming activity' and despite multiple attempts, was awake the rest of the night. After that I said fuck it and just used weed.

I've tried magnesium, melatonin, l-theanine, cbd, even magnesium baths and none of that helped. I finally asked my doctor and I've tried three different medications, one not doing anything and the other two just made me fall asleep but I still woke up. Although I do miss that wonderful, too tired to keep my eyes open feeling.

The only thing that helps is weed. And even then it doesnt work every night, it just makes me not feel so stifled and upset anymore so I can at least lie down in bed comfortably.

I dont know what to do, sometimes I wake up and I just cry because im so tired and just want to sleep.

I am a hot sleeper but even on nights im not hot, I wake up.

I dont know what to do, im honestly tempted to just stay up until 2 am and then sleep, at least on the weekends, normally I have to be up at 6am for work.

i go to bed REALLY resonably NO phone. I lie in bed and just fucking think. I wake up tired. i go to sleep tired. but i still cant sleep. the longest ive been. with a proper routine. and going out during the day to try and make my self tired. is 2 days. I took meatonin and it did a little for like 3 days and then all of a sudden it just stopped working.

I have tried everything . I’m 32 years old male who has been waking up at 2-3 am every night for years now. As long as I can remember. Yes I have tried magnesium glycinate , melatonin, unisom, seroquel, any stupid otc supplement you can think of . They have made little to no difference. I took a sleep study and don’t have sleep apnea. And I even use a mute nasal dilator and mouth tape while sleeping which gives me even better air flow. I’ve tried ear plugs and eye masks. I’ve tried not looking at screens or devices before bed. Going to bed earlier. Going to bed later. Everything.

I do take lamotrigine for BP2 but even before I was taking it I had sleep issues for years.

What I believe (and I could very well be wrong) is my cortisol spikes middle of the night and wakes me up. Obviously , I cannot control this. There is no off switch.

I don’t want to take medications for sleep. Unisom for example didn’t help and made me exhausted the next day.

I pretty much run off life with 3-4 hours of sleep a night daily. I’m in good shape and have a clean diet and exercise about 5 days a week. My testosterone levels are low at about 300 range most likely due to sleep problems

I need to perform at a high level for my sales job. I also am relatively ‘weak’ and don’t have a lot of energy. I am at a point to where I have given up on trying to fix my sleep and go on TRT instead to at least help me perform in life off little sleep.

I don’t know what to do anymore

No matter what it is, if i have an appointment or event scheduled in the day time I can’t sleep at all and I have to go to it with zero hours of sleep.

How do I stop being so anxious about not sleeping and missing things to the point I stay awake for days at times?

this is probably the most annoying cycle ever

ill be tired all day and think okay maybe tonight ill finally sleep right
then i get in bed and suddenly my brain starts jumping from one thought to another

nothing huge even
just random worries, tomorrow stuff, old memories, dumb little what ifs

then i start thinking about how i need sleep
and that just makes me feel even more awake

idk if this is anxiety or overthinking or both but its exhausting

if u deal with this too what is it like for u.

I’m on 10 mg of ambien and 250 mg of trazodone, which is already a lower dose from what I was taking before. It makes me so exhausted the next day and I can barely function. I’ve been like this for months and I feel like I’ve tried every other sleeping pill out there. Is there anything that’s worked or some advice? Thank you.

Have had sleeping issues / insomnia the last 12 years. It was really really bad in the beginning and I got it under control for year’s with the assistance of partial dose of Ambien and Seroquel.

A little over 2 years ago I suffered a mTBI (brain injury) from slamming my head directly on the ground when mountain biking with friends. A few small brain bleeds and really really bad concussion that caused autonomic dysfunction everything from heart rate variability to temperature control, digestive issues, and many more debilitating symptoms. One of the main ones was relentless insomnia again even with taking meds.

I finally got 90% better over time and also sleep improved to where I was getting 7+ hours every night.

A little over a month ago I had a bad flu with fever and a horrible crushing pressure headache which then re inflamed a lot of my original issues from my brain injury. Most of those have subsided but once again I’m stuck with crappy sleep averaging from 3-5 hours a few nights I did manage 6-7 but over all not great.

This entire week I’ve been going to bed 11pm and waking up 2:30 like on the dot.

How do I break this? Any tricks? Or is it just suffer until I heal again? I hate this, just looking for any insight or reassurance.

Thx 🙏

As a child till my teens I always got amazing sleep actually could easily drift off anywhere anytime. As I started to near 17 I developed social anxiety disorder and after a few events PTSD. This led to me unfortunately abusing things like cannabis, alcohol, opiates to sleep. This cycle went on for years further worsening my sleep till I was 23, then I decided to quit and have been sober now for 3 years! Thankfully I’ve held true to my word after all the destruction it’s caused, but the insomnia is now worse than ever. I’ve done plenty of work internally to be where I am now and while my PTSD and depression is in remission with the help of psychedelic therapy I still suffer mildly with anxious throughts daily. I’ve tried everything from meditation, to yoga, to medications. I’m currently on Zoloft.

As for sleeping medications I’ve trialed trazadone, mirtazapine and doxepin. All of which barely affect me enough to really get deep sleep. I have another appointment coming up in a week to discuss further options, she spoke of stuff like seroquel and z-drugs being last resort options.

I just don’t know what to do, I’ve tried melatonin, unisom, even obscure stuff like Muscimol GABAA agonist found in Amanita mushrooms I was so desperate for sleep even then maybe 3 hours on a given night. I’m just barely dragging through my days and constantly feel prickly skin, I’m irritable and very fatigued. If anyone has any insight or just someone to talk to I’d very much appreciate it! Take care💙