Have you ever had insomnia?

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   rfox21posted 12 years ago

   Have you ever had insomnia?

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   ii3rittlesposted 12 years ago

   Yes., mild insomnia. I would not be able to fall asleep... Sometimes I was stuck awake for over 24 hours.

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   rahul0324posted 12 years ago

   Yes I have had insomnia for three months due to constantly thinking about my broken financial condition ...but I managed to cope up with it..  come out of it and slowly it withered away

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   TnTgoodrichposted 12 years ago

   Insomnia, insomnia a word I know too well... Helped me write a hub though lol.

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   Larry Wallposted 12 years ago

   I have had insomnia since I was 10. I did not start taking medication for it until about 10 years ago, when I was at my doctors and he walked in and asked when was the last time I slept. With medication I can get five to six hours of sleep. Without medication, three hours to four broken hours is about the max. Eventually, you get more for a day or two because of sheer exhaustion.
   
   It runs in the family. Must be another one of those genetic quirks.
   
   I have tried all the suggested remedies--warm milk, read a book, listen to soft music, listen to waves hitting the beach, counting sheep, etc. Anything that requires or results in the stimulation of the brain will keep me awake. I went to a sleep clinic once and the diagnosis was psychophisological insomnia, which meant it was either mental or physical. That is one of those diagnosis that covers the waterfront pretty well.

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   Bretsukiposted 12 years ago

   I do suffer from insomnia.
   
   My insomnia is related to my blindness. Because my brain no longer receives sufficient light to maintain a more regular body clock, my periods of sleep and wakefulness move around the day. One week I might sleep normally through the night, a week or two later I am awake at 3am, another week or two and I am moving back to a more normal cycle.
   
   This form of insomnia is common for the visually impaired. It is similar to experiments a few years ago when scientists placed people into a cave and found their body clocks  made them confused after several days with only artificial light. They lost all sense of time and began to sleep irregularly.

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   edhanposted 12 years ago

   Yes.
   
   My reason is that my brain is like forever active.
   
   I am always thinking of something and it is like never at rest. I have changed my pattern in daily life. So, now I can sleep better.

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      TnTgoodrichposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      sounds like my brain

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   Express10posted 12 years ago

   I have insomnia and it has worsened over the past few years. Even when I set a sleep schedule it doesn't work. OTC sleep aids don't work for me. Melatonin hasn't worked for me either. The only thing that ever has worked for me is Ambien CR.

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