I can’t handle the insomnia anymore

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I am glad you found the info helpful. It was a big game changer for me when I began looking at my attachment to being an insomniac in the same terms I looked at my other issues…including ‘my anxiety’…something I was holding onto or a way of seeing myself. It kind of all went together with the false reality that life should be full of ease and happiness all the time…when life is actually full of both the ease and happiness and the down times and challenges. When I can remember this, I struggle less and am able to let go of the suffering I bring to my self in thinking ‘life’ is ‘supposed’ to be always a joyful experience. Not that we need to add undue suffering, just that the entire experience of being alive holds all of that…the joy and pain.

Anyway…you sound in a more settled place sleep wise and using the Ambien as one tool in your sleep freedom toolbox. Cutting it in half is a great decision. Please let us know how it goes.

And congrats as well on your 13 days!! :heart:

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congrats on your 66 days! unfortunately, i do think it’s more than just the alcohol, but i’m hoping it will regulate out to what it was before when i could actually get an hour or two in. i have actually tried trazadone in the past and it’s not for me. it gave me horrible nightmares and turned me into a zombie. but my friend takes it and it’s been a savior for her! i hope that’s the same for you if you try it out!

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This probably sounds goofy, but I mentally recite little nursery rhymes to get to sleep, particularly ones that involve counting, like “One, Two, buckle my shoe”, etc. I do it rhythmically and tap my foot in time.

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adding this to the list of things to try!

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