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JamesKostem
JamesKostem

I've been very stressed out and life hasn't been going so well recently, which has caused some insomnia. I sleep only 2 hours a day and I wake up at 5am but I've had more energy than I've had in a long time. Why is this

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  • john94307
    john94307 JamesKostem

    Posted

    You likely have high cortisol levels, which are keeping you up and waking you up early.  Try to destress.
  • lydia31947
    lydia31947 JamesKostem

    Posted

    Hi James, 

    Definitely sounds like stress. Which is a common cause of Insomnia. Have you thought about seeing a psychologist, to help talk out and deal with what's been going on, then maybe you can sleep better? other things i find helpful include 

    - mindfulness meditation before bed (youtube tutorials for hypnosis meditation sleep) to relax

    - journaling all of your thoughts, stress and things in life whilst drinking some chamomile tea before going to bed

    - No phones, lights or tv half an hour before bed

    - take valarian natural herbal pills

    - make a list of all of the reasons WHY you will sleep tonight. Convince your brain, cause right now it's like it believes that it won't sleep thus it won't. 

    - tell yourself even if you don't sleep, IT WILL BE OKAY. i find that listing all of the things i am grateful for helps (eg; even if i don't sleep tonight, i still have a family that loves me very much). 

    - see a doctor for a heavy benzo pill just so you can get one decent night's sleep. i find that that's enough to put my bodyclock back in order

    - but above all, be kind to yourself. 

    I say this as someone who went through a bad bout of insomnia. no sleep for three days (with like 2 hours of sleep during that period). it was a nightmare. these things helped me. i find that it's all psychological at the end of the day 

  • avanti53545
    avanti53545 JamesKostem

    Posted

    hi same happens with me but I have also noticed that if I have spicy or oily stuff specially at night it makes to more difficult to sleep in case some day if I have such kind of foodstuff I have laxative and then get good night sleep..But don't want to make any medicine a habit..

  • priya456
    priya456 JamesKostem

    Posted

    Insomnia can be caused by psychiatric and medical conditions, unhealthy sleep habits, specific substances, and/or certain biological factors. Recently, researchers have begun to think about insomnia as a problem of your brain being unable to stop being awake (your brain has a sleep cycle and a wake cycle—when one is turned on the other is turned off—insomnia can be a problem with either part of this cycle: too much wake drive or too little sleep drive).
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