How Well Did You Sleep Last Night?
- Thread starter Tor
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Hey @Rasmus, thanks for asking.
I can never remember my dreams, but often feel like they wake me up, and they leave me with anxiety or weird feelings. I think it’s a combination of that, stress and and having too much on my mind. Then when I awaken in the middle of the night, it’s hard to go back to sleep because my mind won’t stop racing. I even wake up when I take sleep aids, which isn’t often. It’s so frustrating because I know how beneficial sleep is to me, and how I’m impacted when I can’t sleep, which is too often.
I can never remember my dreams, but often feel like they wake me up, and they leave me with anxiety or weird feelings. I think it’s a combination of that, stress and and having too much on my mind. Then when I awaken in the middle of the night, it’s hard to go back to sleep because my mind won’t stop racing. I even wake up when I take sleep aids, which isn’t often. It’s so frustrating because I know how beneficial sleep is to me, and how I’m impacted when I can’t sleep, which is too often.
Looks like we have a similar problem. Another member here that is dealing with the same problem told me once that they avoid to see the news and basically everything that they find triggering before sleeping, since that conditions their nightmares. Also, another member here named barry sent me this link when I asked about this problem, maybe it can be helpful:
https://amerisleep.com/blog/avoiding-nightmares/
https://amerisleep.com/blog/avoiding-nightmares/
I've been struggline with sleep for years. I'm sure it's part of the reason I'm here. Melatonin has helped get me to sleep but waking in middle of night and not going back to sleep, which you mentioned, is pure torture. Dr. recently gave me rx for trazodone. Seems to be helping but I'm also Prozac so it's two antidepressants. Sorta worried about that.
Sleep is always an issue for me, has been for a few years. Bad habits mean I can knock myself out into oblivion and not exist for 10 hours or, if I avoid taking the knock out meds, I don’t sleep.
Last two nights I’ve taken no meds but had very restless nights with very strange unpleasant dreams. Difficult to know what’s best really, enforced oblivion or nightmares.
Last two nights I’ve taken no meds but had very restless nights with very strange unpleasant dreams. Difficult to know what’s best really, enforced oblivion or nightmares.