anyone have issues sleeping?

[Phaded]

for the past 2 years i've had the hardest time ever sleeping.. i can't fall asleep till 5 am or later and when i do fall asleep i wake up many many times throughout the night causing sleep paralysis and all other sorts of issues.. anyhow i went to the dr about it and he prescribed xanax which worked fine but i really dont want to become chemically dependant on that..

just wondering what people who have issues sleeping take and have they helped you.. i'm currently taking tylenol pm every night.. dont really have issues waking up and only wake once or twice throughout the night.. i have my buddy who owns a pharmacy in brazil shipping me a ton of ambien gonna give that shot..

any insight on this problem of mine.. i think i might die soon..

 

[velvett]

I feel your pain.

I only sleep because I pass out from exhaustion and when I do it's only for 3 or so hours and I'm up again.

I have not tried anything accept melatonin to sleep - eh, it's ok, good to start but after a while nada.

Have you been tested for sleep apnea?

 

[myway]

Don't even get me started about sleep...

 

[Phaded]

I feel your pain.

I only sleep because I pass out from exhaustion and when I do it's only for 3 or so hours and I'm up again.

I have not tried anything accept melatonin to sleep - eh, it's ok, good to start but after a while nada.

Have you been tested for sleep apnea?

have not been tested.. melatonin actually keeps me up later.. 6 tylenol pm's and i'm out like a light in about 2 hours.. but i dont think its healthy..

 

[jackangel]

fuck, sleep is never easy for me. the worst are nights like sunday...went to bed around ~1...didn't fall asleep until...well, i didn't. got out of bed around 6:30 to go for a run, because i intended to do that and i love to say 'fuck me.' somehow, i didn't start to crash at work on monday until it was just about quitting time, but it's usually torture.

i'd be happy to get four solid hours. it's not always that bad, though. i use tylenol pm, benadryl, sleep aids on occasion...they can help. although i don't want to get used to those, if they gave me 6 hours a night, i'd fucking do it.

 

[dirty~d~]

I've suffered insomnia for the last 14 years. Like Velvet, the only GOOD sleep I get is out of sheer exhaustion. I've never tried taking anything. I think I'm still clinging to the hope that one day I'll be able to snap out of it.

 

[Phaded]

fuck, sleep is never easy for me. the worst are nights like sunday...went to bed around ~1...didn't fall asleep until...well, i didn't. got out of bed around 6:30 to go for a run, because i intended to do that and i love to say 'fuck me.' somehow, i didn't start to crash at work on monday until it was just about quitting time, but it's usually torture.

i'd be happy to get four solid hours. it's not always that bad, though. i use tylenol pm, benadryl, sleep aids on occasion...they can help. although i don't want to get used to those, if they gave me 6 hours a night, i'd fucking do it.

tylenol pm works for me.. i guess i dont have as much issues as you fellows.. but i'm with you on going to bed at 1 and laying in bed for 5 hours.. happened to me many a times..

 

[Sub-Zero]

i used to be like this but not anymore

 

[PBR]

yes...........i sleep alone. its starting to suck.

 

[heatherrae]

My problem now is that I can't stay awake. I'm ALWAYS SLEEPY and yawning.

When I lived with my ex, I used to wake up exactly at 3:30 a.m. every night. I haven't ever done that before or since living with him. It drove me NUTS. I think it was a premonition of sorts.