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Question of the Week: Do You Suffer from Insomnia?

Eileen Bailey
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Eileen Bailey

Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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Anxiety is often linked with problems sleeping. Insomnia can refer to problems falling asleep, waking throughout the night or waking up too early in the morning. All of these can severely impact your functioning the next day. My question this week is: Do you have problems sleeping? If so, how do y...
  1. Sandman
    Michel
    Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 06:25 PM

    Hello Eileen

    I have trouble sleeping, I think that our sleep ''pattern's change as we get older in any case I wake up at least two times a night, I use to take hot milk with honey to get back to sleep but since I have diabetes I cant anymore, now its a hot camomille when I really cant go back to sleep, I should have at least 8 hours a night but I'm far from that 5 is more like it.

    To often I wake with the feeling like that I havent slept but it doesnt change the fact that I got to put my shoulder to the wheel and go on with everyday things like all of us.

    A good long vacation would be welcome ( I wish )

    TC

    Michel

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    Rose
    Monday, October 12, 2009 at 03:46 PM

    Hello Eileen, I have suffered insomnia for  many years. I had no probs. sleeping until the age of about 24. I have suffered Anxiety/Dep. for most of my life, even as a child.  Unfortunately, I was put on sleeping Meds years ago and have become somewhat immune to Sedation at night. I have had many traumatic events and live alone. I need to be quite sedated to feel relaxed. ~i practice meditation etc., My typical night would be, asleep relatively quicklly because of Medication, then its a fort of wake, sleep, dream, wake scenario and I have not had 8 or even 7hrs sleep for years.  The odd day that I would get a few hours of deep sleep, I feel marvellous. I have been on antidepressants, more or less constantly because of disabling anxiety with Depression for many years.

    Rose

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