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Most of the comments here seem to focus on one type of insomnia — falling asleep. Most of the time I can easily fall asleep but I often wake up in the middle of
by vinni2 6y ago
Most of the comments here seem to focus on one type of insomnia — falling asleep. Most of the time I can easily fall asleep but I often wake up in the middle of the night or very early in the morning for no reason and I can’t go back to sleep.
- scrooched_moose 6y agoMine is similar. Can easily fall into a light sleep which lasts about 30 minutes, then I wake up. I've never been able to figure out of it's something environmental pulling me out, or just me. Those 30 minutes are just enough of a power nap I'm up until 4:00am. At this point I know trying to go back to sleep is futile so I just get up and go do something productive.
- raducu 6y agoTry 300-450 mcg of melatonin -- I get 5 hours of good sleep this way. I hope I can find some slow release, 300mcg melatonin to take after my melatonin drops to extend this great sleep to 8 hours.
- aitchnyu 6y agoWhere do you get 300 mcg slow release? I struggle to get a 500 mcg spray in India and they recommend 2000-4000 mcg (4-8 sprays) and there are 5000 mcg pills. I suspect they are an order of magnitude more than the body produces so I get withdrawals when I'm off them.
- raducu 6y agoI did not yet find a source for 300mcg slow release, I take 300 mcg vanilla melatonin. I take melatonin in syrup/drops form -- it is jus that I take 2 or 3 drops (150mcg each) instead of 10 or 20, as is advertised. I was saying that I'd love to find a source for slow release, because then I could first take the melatonin drops, and just as I would be about to sleep, I would take the slow release melatonin -- that way, I'd extend the 5 hours to 6 or 8 hours of good sleep.
- mettamage 6y agoI've had this too, but nowadays I go to sleep fine. I've made and seen a few adjustments: - Use a sleep mask and earplugs, or do the poor man's version like I do (pillow on the top of your head). - Get into a situation where you can't feel stressed. I'm in that situation right now. I feel too underpaid to be stressed. In that sense, being underpaid is much more of a good thing than a bad thing, since my performance is good enough. - Get into a situation where you don't feel mildly depressed.
- trabant00 6y ago> I feel too underpaid to be stressed. In that sense, being underpaid is much more of a good thing than a bad thing, since my performance is good enough Being underpaid allows me to switch jobs very easy so that I don't have to compromise on my values. I now see the ones being overpaid as being in a trap.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoMy girlfriend's son had that, but then he was diagnosed with ADHD.
- raducu 6y agoI've been this way since teenage years -- very light sleep, once I wake up its hard to go back to sleep, and I've had long periods where I could not fall asleep for hours. It was all related to stress and anxiety and perhaps lower natural melatonin production. 300 mcg of melatonin helps tremendously with falling asleep, and after a week or so of usage, I find I no longer need it, I can fall asleep naturally until the next bout of anxiety/anger/depression. I know antihistamines help me stay asleep, but I try to stay away from them. What I've found works great for staying asleep is reducing stress and anxiety, no stimulants (after having COVID-19 I quit all stimulants because I haven't had my heart checked yet).