Stephanieann Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 So I always used to picture insomnia as being wide awake staring at the walls all night, yet that's not the way I really experience it. It's more like my body will go back and forth between being drowsy, that first stage of sleep where you are unaware of everything yet aren't in a deep sleep, then being awake over and over until after about 2 am. Then I'll go into a deeper sleep for a few hours. Almost like my body won't let go all the way. It tries but fails. Anyone else experience this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urkittenme Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I don't have anything very helpful to say other than I definitely experience this. It does not happen all the time, though, and I haven't been able to pinpoint a trigger (other than every time I drink alcohol) but I almost feel as if it comes in "waves" (a few days or a week..then goes away for weeks..) The only things I've found to be helpful are yoga and a heavy dose of benadryl. It definitely happened more often when I worked retail and got off late and had so much adrenaline that I couldn't get to that point of sleeping soundly before I had to be up in the morning. Sorry you're going through this. Doesn't help at all with the fatigue we already have to deal with. I hope it gets better for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemons2lemonade Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Yes, it happened to me and for me an ssri helped with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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