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My husband had both of his hips replaced in 2021. He has been suffering with severe chronic insomnia ever since then.
Is there anybody out there that has struggled with this.
It is totally crippling him and robbing him of life.
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As usual, gloaming, you dispense good advice. The best I can do is send a hug. As a mother of a child who never slept, I commiserate with dannybee.
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Are you being treated for your sleep apnea and using a cpap? Do you take any antidepressants and/or antipsychotics to help with your anxiety, OCD, PTSD and are you getting therapy/counseling? You may need to check your sleep hygiene (environment, caffeine, screen time, etc.) to help you prepare for sleep and keep a structured bedtime routine/time. Do you take any antidepressants bath before bed and take melatonin or Calm magnesium to help you relax before bedtime? Have you tried herbal teas, sound machines, dark curtains for bedroom, etc.?
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3 ReactionsThank-you!
Going 5 days without sleep would do that, regardless if you had sleep apnea or not, the body alas needs rest, rather hard to do when you cannot sleep.
My average sleep time is 5 hours a day, has been for the past 10 years, unless knocked out sleep assisting meds do nothing for me.
I may go to bed at 10pm, body vibrates for approx 3 hours keeping me awake, then I sleep for 5 hours, was scary at first but have learned to live with full body vibrations for past 40+ years.
The biggest reason people fail to sleep is anxiety or worry, it prevents the mind from switching off.
I find a simple solution to this and no it doesn't involve pumping your body full of drugs, all it involves is a set of headphones and white noise playing in the background, be that rain or wind turbines the latter I find more consistent than rain.
Calm the mind and sleep will follow
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3 ReactionsYou do need help. First of all, sleep. I used to watch the sun come up without it. You can lose your marbles if that goes on too long. I take Ambien which makes me sleep. Without it I would be lost. Lorazepam 1 mg is helpful if I'm too anxious for the Ambien to work alone. You might consider going to the ER sometime during an episode. I got more help there than from my GP doctor. I tried a CBD and THC oral concentrate combination but I didn't like the supposed "high". It felt like the stroke I had last year. It didn't make me feel good at all. Maybe CBD alone might help? Stay off sugar too! It's poison for people like us.
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1 ReactionI have empathy for you with the sleep and ex issue. Lack of sleep for me is the biggest trigger for my seizures. Curious, did you have any seizures during your 5 days?
I did! I was on wellbutrin at the time which lowers seizure threshold. So they took me off.
Please find someway to overcome this sleep matter. Having lack of sleep seizures are bad, but if left unchecked, lack of sleep in general destroys a person's body. My best for you.
Most of my family think I lost my marbles years ago, someone even called it the Peter pan effect (those old enough remember that story).
I rarely take meds as I normally have adverse reactions to them. Was given pain meds a long time ago, forgot the name as was so long ago but the effects gave it the nick name Zombie Meds, was encouraged to increase doses until I felt no pain (back then had L4/L5 lumber decompression surgery), it's been a bane of my life since, the damage it did before surgery has destroyed most of my nerve endings which effect things like feeling if bladder is full. But since that drug I was encouraged to take to numb the pain rather than having surgery has made me very afraid of meds and the advice that came with them.
The full body vibrations maybe be a sign of what to come, but I have at least made peace with it, other than the odd far out days I prevent it from being a constant worry on my mind, maybe losing my marbles years ago has helped this status of change of life be more helpful than I thought.
It took months to ween myself from that drug, I hated the side effects, I hated the reaction given to my by so called professionals within said fields, I hated being placed in a general category, clumped together with other people that had pain and symptoms 😢.
I think the end result has had an effect that while I don't really notice it others do, I rarely associate with other people outside of work or home, I rarely feel lost or without direction as I live within my own mind and comforts, is this just who I am or is it what I feel I have but don't fully understand its end of life meaning for myself.
I know one thing though I feel very little compassion for family members, no tears of joy, sadness, hate, love, has what the full body vibrations and that of what my brother has caused myself to retract within myself.
I AM A COWARD. Refusing to face the truths of what is to come.
I am a total mess and totally out of it! My Apple days. I sleep 1 3/4 hours or 2.3 hours every night FOR 2 MONTHS!I literally can’t even walk around and DRS. Said no driving.Saw 4 Drs 4 different meds, and new one Zalpolon does nothing:ZalpalonValium 2mgDoxepin 5mgTemazapamHaven’t slept for than 2 hours every night got almost 2 months and I’m “totally out of it!”SawPsychiatristNeurologistPulmonologistThis has now become very serious as I can noLonger function on 1-2 hours every night at least that’s what Apple Watch says!!
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