Dirty Harry
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I get similar mate, mine can go right through to the next evening (I do take a 10mg full tab rather than half though).
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Insomnia
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heslops barnet
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Fucks your sleep cycle up………im the sameim the same even on my days off, i dont like staying in bed,it give me a sort of hangover if i go back to sleep
denislawsbackheel
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A fan.How's everyone sleeping in this bloody heat..any tips other than a cold flannel rub down through the night
I'e been struggling to get a decent night's sleep for the past few years.
I've mentioned on one of these threads about it a few times.
'Sleep hygiene' is better than it ever has been, in the main brought on by eating earlier and bringing the time I go to bed down considerably.
I train/run most evenings so physically I should drop into slumber....but never happens.
Also tried magnesium glycerinate: this seems to one make me drowsy at first but still had that disco going off in my head. Of late (and hasn't helped with my mother passing away recently) it's worsened. I'd had two nights with not one minute of sleep, so by day/night 3 I'd probably manage to get a little out of sheer exhaustion.
Finally spoke to a Dr about it last week as I felt I need some kind of professional intervention/advice.
Mentioned I didn't want to go down the chemical route if I could help it (melatonin or that aforementioned zoplicone.
I pushed the idea of visiting a sleep clinic and she seemed very. empathetic. But all she could offer at this stage was for me to carry on doing what I'm doing and try having Chamomile tea before bed!!
However, the last two nights have been the first consecutive nights decent sleep Ive had in years.
I grabbed some herbal sleep tablets from the supermarket, taking them alongside the mags and also put on a podcast in bed to help slow down my thoughts.
With the cooler weather too, one (or a combination) of these things may be working. I've ordered some of that tea btw.
Will also order a summer duvet next year (and I may have moved by then so will purchase a new bed with a decent mattress).
Had that sleepy feeling this morning: the soft cloud feeling rather than the jaded sleepiness you get with no sleep whatsoever.
Hoping to make it 3 nights in a row tonight.
I'll be honest, I always thought the herbal tablets were nothing more than placebos, but something has kicked in!
I've mentioned on one of these threads about it a few times.
'Sleep hygiene' is better than it ever has been, in the main brought on by eating earlier and bringing the time I go to bed down considerably.
I train/run most evenings so physically I should drop into slumber....but never happens.
Also tried magnesium glycerinate: this seems to one make me drowsy at first but still had that disco going off in my head. Of late (and hasn't helped with my mother passing away recently) it's worsened. I'd had two nights with not one minute of sleep, so by day/night 3 I'd probably manage to get a little out of sheer exhaustion.
Finally spoke to a Dr about it last week as I felt I need some kind of professional intervention/advice.
Mentioned I didn't want to go down the chemical route if I could help it (melatonin or that aforementioned zoplicone.
I pushed the idea of visiting a sleep clinic and she seemed very. empathetic. But all she could offer at this stage was for me to carry on doing what I'm doing and try having Chamomile tea before bed!!
However, the last two nights have been the first consecutive nights decent sleep Ive had in years.
I grabbed some herbal sleep tablets from the supermarket, taking them alongside the mags and also put on a podcast in bed to help slow down my thoughts.
With the cooler weather too, one (or a combination) of these things may be working. I've ordered some of that tea btw.
Will also order a summer duvet next year (and I may have moved by then so will purchase a new bed with a decent mattress).
Had that sleepy feeling this morning: the soft cloud feeling rather than the jaded sleepiness you get with no sleep whatsoever.
Hoping to make it 3 nights in a row tonight.
I'll be honest, I always thought the herbal tablets were nothing more than placebos, but something has kicked in!
Dreams have started waking me up..sleep definitely gets worse with ageI don’t have insomnia but really mad dreams/nightmares that continually wake me up, when I get back to sleep the dream quite often picks where it finished, it’s like a soap opera, sometimes two or three episodes.
Millwallawayveteran1988
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I read the other day that there is a new drug that has been approved called daridorexant (brand name quviviq) that has been approved for daily use for long term chronic insomnia. Saying thst, I have been on Zolpidem (similar to Zopliclone) for 7 years and still here so can’t be that bad. Whether it will do long term damage though I don’t know. I have had chronic insomnia for more than 10 years.I'e been struggling to get a decent night's sleep for the past few years.
I've mentioned on one of these threads about it a few times.
'Sleep hygiene' is better than it ever has been, in the main brought on by eating earlier and bringing the time I go to bed down considerably.
I train/run most evenings so physically I should drop into slumber....but never happens.
Also tried magnesium glycerinate: this seems to one make me drowsy at first but still had that disco going off in my head. Of late (and hasn't helped with my mother passing away recently) it's worsened. I'd had two nights with not one minute of sleep, so by day/night 3 I'd probably manage to get a little out of sheer exhaustion.
Finally spoke to a Dr about it last week as I felt I need some kind of professional intervention/advice.
Mentioned I didn't want to go down the chemical route if I could help it (melatonin or that aforementioned zoplicone.
I pushed the idea of visiting a sleep clinic and she seemed very. empathetic. But all she could offer at this stage was for me to carry on doing what I'm doing and try having Chamomile tea before bed!!
However, the last two nights have been the first consecutive nights decent sleep Ive had in years.
I grabbed some herbal sleep tablets from the supermarket, taking them alongside the mags and also put on a podcast in bed to help slow down my thoughts.
With the cooler weather too, one (or a combination) of these things may be working. I've ordered some of that tea btw.
Will also order a summer duvet next year (and I may have moved by then so will purchase a new bed with a decent mattress).
Had that sleepy feeling this morning: the soft cloud feeling rather than the jaded sleepiness you get with no sleep whatsoever.
Hoping to make it 3 nights in a row tonight.
I'll be honest, I always thought the herbal tablets were nothing more than placebos, but something has kicked in!
Dirty Harry
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I was sent a link to that a few days ago mate, it seems (the last no I read) you have to go through CBT first before they’ll consider prescribing it which put me off a bit.I read the other day that there is a new drug that has been approved called daridorexant (brand name quviviq) that has been approved for daily use for long term chronic insomnia. Saying thst, I have been on Zolpidem (similar to Zopliclone) for 7 years and still here so can’t be that bad. Whether it will do long term damage though I don’t know. I have had chronic insomnia for more than 10 years.
Millwallawayveteran1988
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Yeah. Probably due to cost. Apparently they sell it in the US at $500 for 30 tabs!I was sent a link to that a few days ago mate, it seems (the last no I read) you have to go through CBT first before they’ll consider prescribing it which put me off a bit.