Had a really bad night sleep last night! I think my watch recorded about 4 hours of light sleep, so I ended up having to pop a sleeping pill and I hate having to do that coz it’s not real sleep and your left feeling proper groggy most of the day! So only just dragging myself out of my pit now! So Meds, Breakfast, shower, and then iv gotta meet my Drugs Worker! 👑
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Working with my psychiatrist we decided that those traditional sleeping meds like zolpidem (is this the same name in english? This is the drug name in brazil)) didn't help much, because my insomnia came from racing thoughts and anxiety. So in a night when I'm too mentally active I go with benzos in a very little dose...when my thoughts calm down I sleep a full night of sleep (usually) and dont have that groggy feeling...but there's days and days...night wakings and this kinda "sleep awake" nights are one of the worst symptoms for me 🫠
I survive nights like that with hypnotherapy sessions 🫣
Yea I have been practicing guided meditation and hypnotherapy for a couple of weeks now and defo starting to feel the benefits in mindfulness and retraining my brain, but also part of my hyper activeness is speeding up my breathing when I can’t reel myself breath? Its really debilitating and constantly have to remind my subconscious to surrender to my bodily functions and not try to control them? 😩
I haaaaate sleep-less nights like that! I even more hate dream/nightmare filled nights that leave me feeling the same way! Physically and mentally, and usually emotionally exhausted before my eyes open, is NOT cool!
Yeah im with you all the way on that one mate! Iv always suffered with server insomnia with racing thoughts either about what I could of done differently in past events? Or what if something happens in the future? And I also have complex PTSD from violent childhood trauma so if I do rarely tire myself out out mentally and physically enough to fall asleep? I often get violent flashbacks!
