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I’ve had this issue for about 5 years now. Absolutely brutal some days and it can definitely take a hit on your performance. Been to many doctors / sleep specialists but all have been useless. I usually take a low dose of Xanax when i wake up in the middle of the night - wake up with minimal grogginess. By no means is it as refreshing as a full nights uninterrupted sleep but it’s the closest I can get
Thanks mate. Glad to know I am not alone. Brutal.
Honest question, not a "gotcha!" but what's your caffeine intake like? Anything else like Adderal or Modafinil? I ask because those can have interesting effects where the sleeping pill hits it's half-life but the others are still going strong and wake you up. It's why I won't touch caffeine past lunchtime so I can actually sleep that night.
Not to mention caffeine or those Rx items are also known to ramp anxiety too.
Yes finance for 4 years and my sleeping pattern has taken a hit. Main problem is waking up at night multiple times due to anxiety. Also trouble sleeping before 2am. I intend to exit the industry for better lifestyle.
You guys/gals/people aren't alone. I struggled with this for years and finally found success after reading the below post and adopting these ideas/principals in my life. It was the only thing that worked for me and I feel strongly it can at least marginally help you all as well. Happy to discuss more about it if you want to PM me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/insomnia/comments/6zas43/spreading_hope_for_ov…
You aren't alone, there is hope, you can and will get better.
"Olanzapine has been shown to improve sleep efficiency and sleep quality when combined with an SSRI in depressed patients starting with as little as 2.5 mg. In addition, an increase in both sleep time and slow wave sleep was shown via polysomnography and power spectral analysis after a single dose of 10 mg olanzapine was given in a separate study"
https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/olanzapine-for-nausea-delirium-anxiet….
I don't take an SSRI and just use Olanzapine as my "anti-crazy" medicine, but it also helps with sleep. I take 10mg every day and if I feel a little insomnia, I take 15mg and if I just can't sleep I take 20mg (only twice in past 3 years). 20mg will knock you out and you'll sleep for like 12 - 15hrs. I would highly recommend it if you can get a prescription. At one point a few years ago I thought diphenhydramine was the answer to sleep and took up to 800mg and still had insomnia (50mg is double dose). It took Olanzapine for me to come down off of that insomnia phase. Part of my problem was I didn't keep a circadian rhythm that year and it totally screwed my sleep.
yep I'm young but I have had major trouble sleeping off and on since freshman year of college if not earlier. I have no great solution other than to maybe try and do some light working out every day because the only time I could ever sleep super well (like a ton every single night) was when I was working a warehouse job recently for like 2 months and the work was constant but not super strenuous. don't go overboard with it though cause the worst I ever slept was when I was running 2 times per day 50+ miles per week, I was over exerting myself and that just made it harder to sleep. so maybe you could try going for 2-3 20-30 minute walks every day + some very light lifting in the morning or early afternoon or something. my main problem when it comes to sleeping is that I am very antsy about stuff and it is hard to flip the off switch when it is time to sleep.
This is going to sound extremely cringe, but how much exercise do you do, and when?
I’ve always found that doing cardio at 7/8pm to the extent where I absolutely exhaust myself knocks me out like a light by 10/11pm.
Not talking a light jog, I’m talking running/sprinting/HIIT to the point where you physically gasp for breath.
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