All content found on the Insomnia Coach TH-cam channel is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
I’ve tried everything I still cant fall asleep. Im having extreme insomnia . I dont feel drowzy anymore its so bizarre. Ive been prescribed 2 types of antipsychotics and theyve been inffective. I honestly dont know what to do.
@@alexlim6300 Have you been diagnosed with chronic insomnia, Alex? If so, the recommended treatment is usually cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
It might also just be metabolic, I was over exercising, under eating and not getting enough carbs which resulted in several nutritional deficiencies after 6 years etc (thought I was being healthy, felt great in the initial years) unknowingly I was putting my body in a catabolic state which will cause the body to stay awake and alert, as it is meant to. Think about what you are doing and what messages you are sending to your central nervous system via the way you eat exercise and live...you might be putting your body in survival mode and its simply doing what its meant to be doing. I cut back and changed the way I exercise opting for more anabolic promoting activities with ample recovery time, ate more frequent balanced meals and also allowed myself to take naps. It has taken a long time for my body to balance out and recover, I now don't even need to bother with or think about sleep hygiene, I get tired and sleep. I hope this helps someone in a similar predicament, the worst part is not knowing what is happening and how to recover.
This happened to me too. I was overtraining and after a few months has chronic insomnia. I kept training and after a year the insomnia left. But it came back two years later even worse so I stopped the gym completely. Now there’s years on my insomnia is still really bad and I have no idea how to fix it. 🥺😭
@@laurenseparovich3714 check your calories and diet, maybe even a hair test for potential deficiencies-that was a game changer for me, (but a very slow and gradual change), I completely stopped exercise for quite awhile too, only gently introducing it back now
@@sodas32 I’ve actually had a full blood test because I was experiencing so much hair loss, I thought it might be due to the lack of sleep. I was extremely low in calcium- what were you deficient in ??
Ive had chronic insomnia for 27yrs. Nothing works for me. 4yrs ago I lost my sleep drive altogether. One day doctors will discover that sleep issues are not always self inflicted and will be able to offer more help to long term insomniacs.
I don't know of any such cases unless you are referring to neurological conditions rather than insomnia. In any case, I appreciate you sharing your opinion!
@@stefaniadecuseara2831 I'd suggest talking to your doctor. Ultimately, when a human being has been awake for long enough, sleep will happen. We never lose the ability to sleep!
@@InsomniaCoach Doubt any sleep-challenged person doubts "we never lose the ability to sleep" … the problem is AMPLE restorative sleep. Anyways TY for the information & resources you’ve provided. Hoping to end my decades long battle, much of which included nightly max. dose of Ambien.
I don't understand how cbti can solve my sleep problems. Ive had chronic insomnia for 5 months. . For a long time I was sleeping every other night. It was consistent and regular enough to be able to keep functioning. But recently something prevented me from sleeping on one of my sleep nights and my pattern of every other night fell apart. Now, I will go several days in a row without getting any sleep. How can behavioral therapy help change that? If I was having difficulty but eventually falling asleep each night I could see how changing behavior could possibly help.But how does behavior therapy help my problem? If your sleep cycle becomes too disrupted and it takes days to build enough drive to sleep for just one night is it even possible to fix it so can recover? My insomnia has become so bad I am starting to wonder if recovering is actually possible.
Thanks for the great questions, Patricia! What happened five months ago to trigger your current issues with sleep? Do you feel that since you have started to find sleep more difficult you have started to think about sleep any differently? Have you found yourself implementing any different behaviors around sleep? Ultimately, CBT-I aims to address the thoughts and behaviors that typically perpetuate sleep disruption. If you recognize yourself in this video, I think you might find CBT-I techniques helpful: "Watch me use my mystical powers to reveal how your sleep issues began and why you now have insomnia" - th-cam.com/video/PTMJ2t4skG8/w-d-xo.html
I'm having trouble trying to reply on my device. I've tried to answer your questions several times but my message disappears before I can send. I will try again. 5 months ago I moved into an apartment with an upstairs tenant that climbed out their window and slammed into my bedroom window the first night I was there. I thought something was crashing into my bedroom. Then they stayed up til daybreak every night making so much noise I couldn't get any sleep. I was able to remove myself from the situation after 2 months but the sleeping problems are still with me and have not resolved. So my insomnia was caused by being deprived of sleep. Before this happened I slept well. I fell asleep quickly and slept all night every night.
I’ve had insomnia on and off for 3 years and I don’t think recovering is possible. I went to a hypnotherapist and did fucking nothing, I tried adjusting sleep hygiene and nothing, and all in all I’ve been miserable. The bottom line is however if you are happy you will sleep. I know it’s sounds odd, but the “good” times of sleeping periods the last three years be it lasting a couple days or weeks have always occurred when I was not fixated on sleeping and was in a good mood generally in life. There is no cure or recovery you just have to remove yourself from the situation and realize that some days are going to be worse than others. Believe me I UNDERSTAND
Your videos are so helpful, thank you so much as I have calmed down a lot from watching them. What about if you are able to fall asleep at night, but as a standard wake up after 2-3 hours and then REALLY struggle to fall asleep again? I don’t know how I’m still managing but this seems to be my current pattern and I only manage about 1 or 2 more hours after that and it’s all broken sleep. I don’t always feel anxious when I do, but I feel I have conditioned myself into this pattern now…
Waking during the night is a normal part of sleep. Perhaps you are finding it hard to fall back to sleep because you might be trying to avoid nighttime wakefulness or trying to make sleep happen when you wake at night.
I have had Ambein , Restroil and now Trasadone . I am still not sleeping they work and when I try to do it on my own . Nothing no sleep ..It sucks I have been at this for 15 PLUS YEARS
@@kerriannechilders do you think that covid also it was a reason that affected your sleep ? I had Covid in april and my insomnia has returned Back in my life.
It does but these so called sleep experts will classify them as sleep disruptions and not insomnia. These guys are so twisted in their beliefs that they change the meaning of words to fit their “anxiety” relation to sleep. In their mind insomnia is not being able to sleep because of fear and anxiety based behavior instead of the actual definition of not beating able to fall asleep or maintain sleep for a significant amount of time regardless of the cause. Instead this guy will classify it as sleep disruptions which they believe is not being able to sleep do to something other than anxiety or fear of not sleeping. Same with sleep deprivation. They define sleep deprivation as completely voluntary lack of sleep when sleep deprivation just means insufficient amount of sleep from both voluntary and involuntary causes.
Hie I'm a student, I'm 20 years old, I have not studied for exams, I thought I would prepare at the end like I always do but this time I'm stressing a lot because I don't wanna fail in my collage & I'm facing insomnia, it is drastically affecting my mental & physical health. I don't even sleep a wink at night. Is it okay to take medicine just for one month so that I can be over with exams & I think I'll be fine then? Because of sleep deprivation, I can't focus on my studies & which makes my situation even worse.
I also wake up at around 2 or 3 am but I never get back to sleep after that. I usually just get up and start my day because I'm just wasting time in bed being awake.
Waking during the night is a normal part of sleep, so it's not unusual to wake around 2:00 AM. Sometimes it can be helpful to avoid checking the time when you wake since that can activate the arousal system and make falling back to sleep more difficult. It can also be helpful to ensure you're allotting an appropriate amount of time for sleep to help reduce the opportunity for extended periods of nighttime wakefulness, and - as a longer-term technique - getting out of bed whenever being in bed doesn't feel good might prove to be helpful.
Hai Martin, I have chronic insomnia for 6 months. I didn’t sleep properly and can’t sleep during the day nor night. I’m from Malaysia, how can I counter this? I can’t take it anymore. Please advice. Thank you
Sorry to hear about your insomnia, Halisya. You might want to start by reading about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques. Here's an overview: insomniacoach.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia/
That's not too surprising, since melatonin cannot generate sleep - and people with insomnia don't usually have an issue with melatonin production or regulation. Were you diagnosed with a sleep disorder other than insomnia?
I have been suffering from insomnia on and off for 12 years. At most it would last maybe 2-3 nights. However, for the last 10 days, I have been having troubles again. I go to bed at 10pm hoping to fall asleep latest at 2am, but I am up later and later each day. It’s 5.30am now and i’m just so tired. I wake up at 10-11 everyday. Please help me :(.
If you are going to bed at 10:00 PM and waking up at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM each day, you are spending at least 12 hours in bed each day. This might help explain the long periods of wakefulness you describe. I wonder if spending less time in bed might help shorten those long periods of wakefulness and build sleep drive, making it easier to fall asleep?
@@InsomniaCoach it would be better if I've discovered CBTi at the time when I wanted to end my life because of insomnia. I am now in a better place and you really helped me a lot. My only problem now is getting back to sleep when i woke up very early or in middle of the night because it seems like my drowsiness is gone after thinking how'd I fall back to sleep and it's making me anxious. I know it's not the first time I've experienced this and I fall back to sleep sometimes in a short time of sleep or even longer and my digestive system always react to that because I have GERD and whenever I have an insufficient sleep, it causes me heartburn. Would be glad if you recommend me some tips or encouraging words to not be anxious whenever i woke up very early. Thank you coach.
@@kesterjohnpalarao6861 Glad to hear you are doing better! Waking during the night is actually a normal part of sleep - often, it's how we react to the awakenings that determine how easy it will be to fall back to sleep. Allotting an appropriate amount of time for sleep can help reduce the amount of time spent awake at night, and getting out of bed whenever being in bed doesn't feel good can help make nighttime wakefulness a bit more pleasant and prevent you from reinforcing a negative association between your bed and unpleasant wakefulness.
Iv smoked a joint that was cut 13 years ago did me a paranoid trip since then havnt been able to sleep without pills do you reckon it could have caused PTSD ? keeping me in fight or flight while trying to sleep ? Iv tried everything nothing has worked. any advise ? Thanks all the best I tried CBTi also and no success
Since that happened 13 years ago, it's more likely that the ongoing sleep disruption you're experiencing is down to a change in your approach to sleep since then. Usually this change of approach involves putting effort into sleep, attempting to get rid of wakefulness, and trying to fight or avoid the difficult thoughts and feelings that often come with insomnia. The more we do these things, the more difficult everything can become.
I’m practicing the sleep restriction but I get so sleepy at work. Usually between 10a and 3p. I catch a second wind at 3p that will last until 7p. What am I supposed to do between 10a and 3p? The urge to sleep is as strong as it is at night. I’m dosing off at work and making mistakes. If I drink a caffeinated beverage it’ll disrupt my sleep that night. So what am I suppose to do?
Are you able to stand up, stretch, and/or maybe go for a short walk around the office at times like that? Sometimes a little movement like this can be helpful.
It might have some influence, but using electronics all day isn't a behavior that perpetuates sleep disruption. In other words, I am yet to come across someone with chronic insomnia who started to sleep great as soon as they eliminated daytime electronics!
I'd suggest looking into evidence-based cognitive and behavioral techniques since these can help address the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate sleep disruption. Here's an overview you might find helpful: insomniacoach.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia/
I am 100% sure you are not dependent. Its a psychological thing. You believe in medicine. I suffered insomnia since childhood. Now I am 37. And sometimes it goes, sometimes it comes again due to stress. Just don't be afraid of your insomnia.
@@rowelllaurente802 first of all i switched on antidepressants for 3 months just to forget about all my worries and stress. I was taking paroxetine. And started reading the book on CBT techniques. It really works. But I couldn't completely go away from medicines. Sometimes I get to much worried of something, my nervous system is very sensitive, i take small dose of sleeping pill. But i dont use them every day. Sometimes. I advice you to follow strictly the advices of this coach. If you need support, ask your doctor to prescribe antidepressants for a period of time. And belive you can sleep naturally. Its just a mind set that you can't sleep without sleeping pills. And after gaining control on yourself, don't be afraid if you have a difficult time and the problem will return again, you can use sleeping pills for the few days to gain strength of your mind, and again you can sleep without them according to cbt techniques.
Please give me a reply My question I feel extreme sleepy and when I go to bed and close my eyes the sleep goes away suddenly like I wasn't felling sleepy just a few seconds ago
That is a classic symptom of conditioned arousal, and it can be addressed! Here's a link to the video mentioned by rawane me - th-cam.com/video/_o-y80hs16c/w-d-xo.html
nothing helps, i have arousel of higher than 35 per hour while i am asleep, but i am only able to sleep once every few days with medication that doesnt work on most days. i got my insomnia from a virus and no doctor was able to help or wants to help. antidepressants are not working, therapie, sports, .. nothing is really working. i think there are two types of insomnia and i wish i didnt belong to the incurable one. i agree with the other commentator, its better to die than to live like that. all i can do is to wait for a legal way to end my pain. and no, there is no help that can make it better, talking doesn't make it go away. in the end no one cares that chronic insomniac just want to rest in piece.
I certainly care about people with chronic insomnia! You said that nothing you've tried helps - have you tried cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)?
@@InsomniaCoach yes of course, thats the first thing to try and i still do, but this never worked at all, like all the other things that follow usually with this condition. i dont see hope anymore, i only wish for it to end. please dont reply further
@@endless1ox i feel for you, i have tried basicly everything also, the only ting that ever worked was Xanax 2mg. 1 pill before bed. BUT it only works for so long as you need to up the dose
Thanks for your feedback. It's hard to offer all the answers in a four-minute video - my intent here was to offer more of a starting point! For more detailed "fixing" ideas, I invite you to check out these two pages: 1. ACT for insomnia: insomniacoach.com/acceptance-commitment-therapy-insomnia/ 2. CBT for insomnia: insomniacoach.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia/ I hope this helps!
Please reply me I'm 18 y old and I don't know if I have insomnia or something like that but I can't sleep like sometimes I just sleep 1 hours and Im a wake and just close my eyes but can't sleep I have to try really hard to get sleep like I won't feel sleepy like very sleepy in these 3 days I just got 1 hours sleep and wake and half hour sleep and wake and 1 hour sleep like literally just 2 or 3 hour of sleep but before I also got anxiety sleep but its started from agust but I'm cure like Nov October and Des 25 I got that again But I never take medicine 💊 I just want to cure do you know what's happened to me. SORRY FOR BAD ENGLISH
I would suggest talking to your doctor. If you are diagnosed with chronic insomnia, you might want to ask about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which is usually recommended as the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.
It looks as though CBT-I can be helpful for insomnia in Parkinson's disease. Here's a link to a case series published in the NPJ Parkinson's Journal: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533748/
All content found on the Insomnia Coach TH-cam channel is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
I’ve tried everything I still cant fall asleep. Im having extreme insomnia . I dont feel drowzy anymore its so bizarre. Ive been prescribed 2 types of antipsychotics and theyve been inffective. I honestly dont know what to do.
@@alexlim6300 Have you been diagnosed with chronic insomnia, Alex? If so, the recommended treatment is usually cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
It might also just be metabolic, I was over exercising, under eating and not getting enough carbs which resulted in several nutritional deficiencies after 6 years etc (thought I was being healthy, felt great in the initial years) unknowingly I was putting my body in a catabolic state which will cause the body to stay awake and alert, as it is meant to. Think about what you are doing and what messages you are sending to your central nervous system via the way you eat exercise and live...you might be putting your body in survival mode and its simply doing what its meant to be doing. I cut back and changed the way I exercise opting for more anabolic promoting activities with ample recovery time, ate more frequent balanced meals and also allowed myself to take naps. It has taken a long time for my body to balance out and recover, I now don't even need to bother with or think about sleep hygiene, I get tired and sleep. I hope this helps someone in a similar predicament, the worst part is not knowing what is happening and how to recover.
Thanks for sharing - I'm glad to know you are feeling happier about your sleep these days!
@@InsomniaCoach very happy to be sleeping again, just hope this may help others, who are stuck for answers as I was for a few years
This happened to me too. I was overtraining and after a few months has chronic insomnia. I kept training and after a year the insomnia left. But it came back two years later even worse so I stopped the gym completely. Now there’s years on my insomnia is still really bad and I have no idea how to fix it. 🥺😭
@@laurenseparovich3714 check your calories and diet, maybe even a hair test for potential deficiencies-that was a game changer for me, (but a very slow and gradual change), I completely stopped exercise for quite awhile too, only gently introducing it back now
@@sodas32 I’ve actually had a full blood test because I was experiencing so much hair loss, I thought it might be due to the lack of sleep. I was extremely low in calcium- what were you deficient in ??
Ive had chronic insomnia for 27yrs. Nothing works for me. 4yrs ago I lost my sleep drive altogether. One day doctors will discover that sleep issues are not always self inflicted and will be able to offer more help to long term insomniacs.
Nope I’d not think so unless they find it is profitable to treat insomnia in that case all kinds of pills
I've had chronic insomnia for years and I think it stems back to a tragic event in my life.
I'm sorry to hear this - many people can trace the start of their insomnia back to a specific trigger. I hope things improve for you soon.
There is also the rare case where the mechanism in the brain that triggers sleep is simply dysfunctional. CBT cannot help that
I don't know of any such cases unless you are referring to neurological conditions rather than insomnia. In any case, I appreciate you sharing your opinion!
@@InsomniaCoach i had a psychosis in 2020 and today i can't sleep at all ,this is the cause of my insomnia? I am afraid… What can i do???
@@stefaniadecuseara2831 I'd suggest talking to your doctor. Ultimately, when a human being has been awake for long enough, sleep will happen. We never lose the ability to sleep!
@@InsomniaCoach Doubt any sleep-challenged person doubts "we never lose the ability to sleep" … the problem is AMPLE restorative sleep. Anyways TY for the information & resources you’ve provided. Hoping to end my decades long battle, much of which included nightly max. dose of Ambien.
I don't understand how cbti can solve my sleep problems. Ive had chronic insomnia for 5 months. . For a long time I was sleeping every other night. It was consistent and regular enough to be able to keep functioning. But recently something prevented me from sleeping on one of my sleep nights and my pattern of every other night fell apart. Now, I will go several days in a row without getting any sleep. How can behavioral therapy help change that? If I was having difficulty but eventually falling asleep each night I could see how changing behavior could possibly help.But how does behavior therapy help my problem? If your sleep cycle becomes too disrupted and it takes days to build enough drive to sleep for just one night is it even possible to fix it so can recover?
My insomnia has become so bad I am starting to wonder if recovering is actually possible.
Thanks for the great questions, Patricia! What happened five months ago to trigger your current issues with sleep? Do you feel that since you have started to find sleep more difficult you have started to think about sleep any differently? Have you found yourself implementing any different behaviors around sleep?
Ultimately, CBT-I aims to address the thoughts and behaviors that typically perpetuate sleep disruption. If you recognize yourself in this video, I think you might find CBT-I techniques helpful: "Watch me use my mystical powers to reveal how your sleep issues began and why you now have insomnia" - th-cam.com/video/PTMJ2t4skG8/w-d-xo.html
I'm having trouble trying to reply on my device. I've tried to answer your questions several times but my message disappears before I can send. I will try again.
5 months ago I moved into an apartment with an upstairs tenant that climbed out their window and slammed into my bedroom window the first night I was there. I thought something was crashing into my bedroom. Then they stayed up til daybreak every night making so much noise I couldn't get any sleep. I was able to remove myself from the situation after 2 months but the sleeping problems are still with me and have not resolved.
So my insomnia was caused by being deprived of sleep.
Before this happened I slept well. I fell asleep quickly and slept all night every night.
I’ve had insomnia on and off for 3 years and I don’t think recovering is possible. I went to a hypnotherapist and did fucking nothing, I tried adjusting sleep hygiene and nothing, and all in all I’ve been miserable. The bottom line is however if you are happy you will sleep. I know it’s sounds odd, but the “good” times of sleeping periods the last three years be it lasting a couple days or weeks have always occurred when I was not fixated on sleeping and was in a good mood generally in life. There is no cure or recovery you just have to remove yourself from the situation and realize that some days are going to be worse than others. Believe me I UNDERSTAND
@@patriciahardin4012 has is got better?
@@davida.9534 do you have chronic insomnia? I have it for 6 months and can’t sleep during day/take naps/sleep at night.
Your videos are so helpful, thank you so much as I have calmed down a lot from watching them. What about if you are able to fall asleep at night, but as a standard wake up after 2-3 hours and then REALLY struggle to fall asleep again? I don’t know how I’m still managing but this seems to be my current pattern and I only manage about 1 or 2 more hours after that and it’s all broken sleep. I don’t always feel anxious when I do, but I feel I have conditioned myself into this pattern now…
Waking during the night is a normal part of sleep. Perhaps you are finding it hard to fall back to sleep because you might be trying to avoid nighttime wakefulness or trying to make sleep happen when you wake at night.
What a champ, under two minutes into the video and I can identify the source of my issue
Perfect 👌🏻
Thanks for letting me know you found this helpful!
I have had Ambein , Restroil and now Trasadone . I am still not sleeping they work and when I try to do it on my own . Nothing no sleep ..It sucks I have been at this for 15 PLUS YEARS
Sorry to hear about your struggle, Tiffany. If you find the sleeping pills truly work, then why make any changes?
This arousal system is kiliing me. I have chronic insomnia for 5 years and its not a condition to live with.
It can be very difficult. No doubt about it.
12 years now and I’m only 24. I have COVID currently and still can’t sleep.
@@kerriannechilders do you think that covid also it was a reason that affected your sleep ? I had Covid in april and my insomnia has returned Back in my life.
Okay but what about hormone imbalances? Does that not cause sleep issues?
It does but these so called sleep experts will classify them as sleep disruptions and not insomnia. These guys are so twisted in their beliefs that they change the meaning of words to fit their “anxiety” relation to sleep. In their mind insomnia is not being able to sleep because of fear and anxiety based behavior instead of the actual definition of not beating able to fall asleep or maintain sleep for a significant amount of time regardless of the cause. Instead this guy will classify it as sleep disruptions which they believe is not being able to sleep do to something other than anxiety or fear of not sleeping. Same with sleep deprivation. They define sleep deprivation as completely voluntary lack of sleep when sleep deprivation just means insufficient amount of sleep from both voluntary and involuntary causes.
Hie I'm a student, I'm 20 years old, I have not studied for exams, I thought I would prepare at the end like I always do but this time I'm stressing a lot because I don't wanna fail in my collage & I'm facing insomnia, it is drastically affecting my mental & physical health. I don't even sleep a wink at night. Is it okay to take medicine just for one month so that I can be over with exams & I think I'll be fine then? Because of sleep deprivation, I can't focus on my studies & which makes my situation even worse.
Only you can make that decision! I wonder if studying might have more of an influence on exam success than sleep alone?
How are you now?
Just started your program. I feel so hopeful.
Wonderful!
I have a problem. I wake up every day at exactly 2 am. And unable to fall asleep after that till 5-6 am.
I also wake up at around 2 or 3 am but I never get back to sleep after that. I usually just get up and start my day because I'm just wasting time in bed being awake.
Waking during the night is a normal part of sleep, so it's not unusual to wake around 2:00 AM. Sometimes it can be helpful to avoid checking the time when you wake since that can activate the arousal system and make falling back to sleep more difficult. It can also be helpful to ensure you're allotting an appropriate amount of time for sleep to help reduce the opportunity for extended periods of nighttime wakefulness, and - as a longer-term technique - getting out of bed whenever being in bed doesn't feel good might prove to be helpful.
Same happening to me after my dumbass listened to subliminals...i regret it very much ... I'm not able to sleep properly
Hai Martin, I have chronic insomnia for 6 months. I didn’t sleep properly and can’t sleep during the day nor night. I’m from Malaysia, how can I counter this? I can’t take it anymore. Please advice. Thank you
Sorry to hear about your insomnia, Halisya. You might want to start by reading about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques. Here's an overview: insomniacoach.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia/
My doctor prescribed melatonin for me but I still couldn't sleep.
That's not too surprising, since melatonin cannot generate sleep - and people with insomnia don't usually have an issue with melatonin production or regulation. Were you diagnosed with a sleep disorder other than insomnia?
I have been suffering from insomnia on and off for 12 years. At most it would last maybe 2-3 nights. However, for the last 10 days, I have been having troubles again.
I go to bed at 10pm hoping to fall asleep latest at 2am, but I am up later and later each day. It’s 5.30am now and i’m just so tired.
I wake up at 10-11 everyday. Please help me :(.
When did you discovered CBTi? Because 12 years is way too long
If you are going to bed at 10:00 PM and waking up at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM each day, you are spending at least 12 hours in bed each day. This might help explain the long periods of wakefulness you describe. I wonder if spending less time in bed might help shorten those long periods of wakefulness and build sleep drive, making it easier to fall asleep?
@@kesterjohnpalarao6861 Unfortunately, I have had clients who lived with insomnia for significantly longer before learning about CBT-I :(
@@InsomniaCoach it would be better if I've discovered CBTi at the time when I wanted to end my life because of insomnia. I am now in a better place and you really helped me a lot. My only problem now is getting back to sleep when i woke up very early or in middle of the night because it seems like my drowsiness is gone after thinking how'd I fall back to sleep and it's making me anxious. I know it's not the first time I've experienced this and I fall back to sleep sometimes in a short time of sleep or even longer and my digestive system always react to that because I have GERD and whenever I have an insufficient sleep, it causes me heartburn. Would be glad if you recommend me some tips or encouraging words to not be anxious whenever i woke up very early. Thank you coach.
@@kesterjohnpalarao6861 Glad to hear you are doing better! Waking during the night is actually a normal part of sleep - often, it's how we react to the awakenings that determine how easy it will be to fall back to sleep. Allotting an appropriate amount of time for sleep can help reduce the amount of time spent awake at night, and getting out of bed whenever being in bed doesn't feel good can help make nighttime wakefulness a bit more pleasant and prevent you from reinforcing a negative association between your bed and unpleasant wakefulness.
I’ve had insomnia for over a year now
Thanks for sharing, Phil. Have you tried any of the techniques I talk about on this channel?
Iv smoked a joint that was cut 13 years ago did me a paranoid trip since then havnt been able to sleep without pills do you reckon it could have caused PTSD ? keeping me in fight or flight while trying to sleep ? Iv tried everything nothing has worked. any advise ? Thanks all the best I tried CBTi also and no success
Since that happened 13 years ago, it's more likely that the ongoing sleep disruption you're experiencing is down to a change in your approach to sleep since then. Usually this change of approach involves putting effort into sleep, attempting to get rid of wakefulness, and trying to fight or avoid the difficult thoughts and feelings that often come with insomnia. The more we do these things, the more difficult everything can become.
I’m practicing the sleep restriction but I get so sleepy at work. Usually between 10a and 3p. I catch a second wind at 3p that will last until 7p. What am I supposed to do between 10a and 3p? The urge to sleep is as strong as it is at night. I’m dosing off at work and making mistakes. If I drink a caffeinated beverage it’ll disrupt my sleep that night. So what am I suppose to do?
Are you able to stand up, stretch, and/or maybe go for a short walk around the office at times like that? Sometimes a little movement like this can be helpful.
Conditions arousal yes .... very informative....
Glad to know you found this video helpful, Emmy!
Do you think using electronics throughout the day can affect sleep quality later in the night ?
It might have some influence, but using electronics all day isn't a behavior that perpetuates sleep disruption. In other words, I am yet to come across someone with chronic insomnia who started to sleep great as soon as they eliminated daytime electronics!
This is taking its toll 😩
It's difficult, Steffany. No doubt about it.
I am 74 and tried so many things but my body is tired but not enough to fall asleep.
Have you tried CBT-I techniques, Suzy?
I have chronic insomia and im taking sleeping pills for more than 3months. How to escape and not being dependent on sleeping pills?
I'd suggest looking into evidence-based cognitive and behavioral techniques since these can help address the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate sleep disruption. Here's an overview you might find helpful: insomniacoach.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia/
I am 100% sure you are not dependent. Its a psychological thing. You believe in medicine. I suffered insomnia since childhood. Now I am 37. And sometimes it goes, sometimes it comes again due to stress. Just don't be afraid of your insomnia.
@@scaderia what you did? You take also sleeping pills?
@@rowelllaurente802 first of all i switched on antidepressants for 3 months just to forget about all my worries and stress. I was taking paroxetine. And started reading the book on CBT techniques. It really works. But I couldn't completely go away from medicines. Sometimes I get to much worried of something, my nervous system is very sensitive, i take small dose of sleeping pill. But i dont use them every day. Sometimes. I advice you to follow strictly the advices of this coach. If you need support, ask your doctor to prescribe antidepressants for a period of time. And belive you can sleep naturally. Its just a mind set that you can't sleep without sleeping pills. And after gaining control on yourself, don't be afraid if you have a difficult time and the problem will return again, you can use sleeping pills for the few days to gain strength of your mind, and again you can sleep without them according to cbt techniques.
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My question I feel extreme sleepy and when I go to bed and close my eyes the sleep goes away suddenly like I wasn't felling sleepy just a few seconds ago
he has a video talking about it scroll in his channel and you will see it
That is a classic symptom of conditioned arousal, and it can be addressed! Here's a link to the video mentioned by rawane me - th-cam.com/video/_o-y80hs16c/w-d-xo.html
nothing helps, i have arousel of higher than 35 per hour while i am asleep, but i am only able to sleep once every few days with medication that doesnt work on most days. i got my insomnia from a virus and no doctor was able to help or wants to help. antidepressants are not working, therapie, sports, .. nothing is really working. i think there are two types of insomnia and i wish i didnt belong to the incurable one. i agree with the other commentator, its better to die than to live like that. all i can do is to wait for a legal way to end my pain. and no, there is no help that can make it better, talking doesn't make it go away. in the end no one cares that chronic insomniac just want to rest in piece.
I certainly care about people with chronic insomnia! You said that nothing you've tried helps - have you tried cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)?
@@InsomniaCoach yes of course, thats the first thing to try and i still do, but this never worked at all, like all the other things that follow usually with this condition. i dont see hope anymore, i only wish for it to end. please dont reply further
@@endless1ox have you tried thc oil?
@@bilanbaby2060 yes i did, it does nothing for me sadly.
@@endless1ox i feel for you, i have tried basicly everything also, the only ting that ever worked was Xanax 2mg. 1 pill before bed. BUT it only works for so long as you need to up the dose
He didn’t say one thing about how to fix it.
Thanks for your feedback. It's hard to offer all the answers in a four-minute video - my intent here was to offer more of a starting point! For more detailed "fixing" ideas, I invite you to check out these two pages:
1. ACT for insomnia: insomniacoach.com/acceptance-commitment-therapy-insomnia/
2. CBT for insomnia: insomniacoach.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia/
I hope this helps!
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I'm 18 y old and I don't know if I have insomnia or something like that but I can't sleep like sometimes I just sleep 1 hours and Im a wake and just close my eyes but can't sleep I have to try really hard to get sleep like I won't feel sleepy like very sleepy in these 3 days I just got 1 hours sleep and wake and half hour sleep and wake and 1 hour sleep like literally just 2 or 3 hour of sleep but before I also got anxiety sleep but its started from agust but I'm cure like Nov October and Des 25 I got that again
But I never take medicine 💊 I just want to cure do you know what's happened to me. SORRY FOR BAD ENGLISH
I would suggest talking to your doctor. If you are diagnosed with chronic insomnia, you might want to ask about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which is usually recommended as the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.
Thanks
You're welcome!
Really not true. What about parkinsons insomnia none of that is helped by cbti
It looks as though CBT-I can be helpful for insomnia in Parkinson's disease. Here's a link to a case series published in the NPJ Parkinson's Journal: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533748/
Hello doctor I don't sleep during the day or at night
Hello Dzah! I am not a doctor - have you discussed your concerns with a doctor?
Can someone snoring loud can give you Insonima?
Loud noises can definitely make sleep more difficult!
True
Thanks for your engagement with the channel!
Sigh. Completely useless advice.