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UPDATE: Finally got in to see Dr. yesterday about insomnia AGAIN. Told her I quit taking Ambien and Ativan but that I haven't slept in 3 months. She emphatically said you must sleep, even if you have to take sleep meds to do so. She was impressed with the amount of research I had done into the various med options and that I had tried as hard as I did to quit all sleep meds. I had narrowed down my list to either Lunesta or Silenor. She said lets try Lunesta first then go from there. Last night I took 2 mg of Lunesta and stayed awake all night. Saw every hour on the clock. I SO bummed, but will continue for the 30 days of supply. What's funny is my Apply Watch sleep app shows I was awake only 28 mins. I think that's bull**** cause today I feel like crap.
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Hello...Lunesta did not work for me either...so good luck with it. Let us know when you try Silenor....I'm curios if that will work....I am taking Lorazepam now for sleep and most nights it works great...
In addition, regarding your Apple Watch - I have a Garmin band that shows my sleep. I've stopped using it because it often shows me as having been asleep when I was lying wide awake. There's also something they call a "body battery" which is supposed to reflect my energy. Total cr*p.
In my opinion the only thing the watch is good for is measuring steps - maybe. Sometimes it shows that I climbed tons of steps. Know when? After I ride the escalator in the mall!
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I think you're right to not draw conclusions because of one lousy night. My sleep night before last was reasonable, last night cr*p. I figure it's because I did less exercise yesterday but who knows. In any case I always tell myself that tonight will be better.
Could be the tablet you took was good but something else in your day disrupted your sleep. Maybe you lay awake thinking about whether the tablet would work for you. There are so many factors that can exacerbate the sleep problems. Something is going on in everybody's life. Here we're in the middle of a war so maybe my expectation of sleeping well in this time is a bit unrealistic.
Hope you sleep better tonight!