I Can’t Sleep Properly

this s my experience exactly over a number of years my heart pounds when my head touches the pillow and if i wake up in the night as to whether i will get back to sleep again. i have a fear of not sleeping . propananol which is a beta blocker can reduce levels of anxiety and if none of the sleep hygenie stuff works antidepressants like citrolepam can help tonip this in the bud. im currently in therapy to be content with the sleep i get but its not easy. i obsessand worry about sleep during the day which doesnt help so i do understand where you are coming from. i would advise you to see your Gp first

Hi. Oh how i can relate to what you are going through, like many people who come on this sleep forum. I suffer from 'bouts' of insomnia that come & go, the longest lasting for 4 wks. After several bouts of bad insomnia including sometimes not falling asleep until around 5am & waking again at 7.30am or feeling like i hadn't slept at all i learnt to accept it. In my opinion what you have is classic sleep anxiety & what makes this problem worse is worrying about it & without realising we are doing it we often make the problem worse by our thoughts about sleep. We have a couple of bad nights & bam, sleep anxiety sets in. Whilst i don't completely disagree with sleep meds as they do serve a purpose but they are only meant for the short term & if the problem becomes more problematic they wont fix the 'real' issue. I would suggest that if it continues, talk to your gp about talking to someone or CBT has been known to show positive results but can be a long process. You will get through this even though it may not feel like it right now. Lack of sleep never killed anybody.

hi joel . i am trying cbd oil and ashwagandha at the moment and it helps for sleep because it relaxes the mind and the body also . also try carbs one hour before bed , like porridge oats in milk alternative .

martin .

The same with me. It started to happen to me after I experienced hipnosis(I used will power to unhipnose myself) . I feel my heart to race every time I try to sleep or relax. I've been on CBT for a year. Helped a little yet. I have to use 50 mg of quetiapine every time I go to sleep. Also I'm on B-blockers.The same with me. It started to happen to me after I experienced hipnosis(I used will power to unhipnose myself) . I feel my heart to race every time I try to sleep or relax. I've been on CBT for a year. Helped a little yet. I have to use 50 mg of quetiapine every time I go to sleep. Also I'm on B-blockers.

You may start with 50 mg of quetiapine, and maybe 5 mg of bisoprolol. Then you go for CBT. It can take unpredictable amount of time until it gets better.

I have the same issue like you for 9 days and Still going, my brain needs rest, but I just cannot go into deep sleep, my sleep is fragment and getting worse throughout the day.