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I have not slept properly for about 18 months because of a family situation. I know it’s anxiety that prevents me from doing so. I don’t go to bed until the early hours and I wake up just a few hours after I have fell asleep. I don’t fall asleep or nod off I have never been able to just nod off any time of day.
I am a worrier it’s just the way I am and I know that no sleeping tablet will help me.
I have been knitting for a charity and going to mild exercise classes for a health problem. Both help get my mind off my worries and both are a good way to distract me. I know I will be benefit from both activities and they will be good for me.

M0nica

Bad night last night, but exceptionally good the previous night. I do sometimes have a nap. Usually hands on my arms at my desk or on the kitchen table.

I only lie in comfort on ana rm chair or in bed if I am ill, as I do not want to nap tor too long, nor sleep too heavily, otherwise I feel dreadful when I awake.

If I’ve had a bad night (which is fairly often) I will have a zizz on the sofa, feet up, but will set my phone to wake me after say 45 minutes, so I don’t go into a deep sleep. Works fine for me.

I always slept from 10.00 pm until 7.00 am .
Now I dread going to bed .
I find it hard to get to sleep and often have nightmares .
It has become worse and worse .
I'm trying chair yoga to restore my mobility and will start gentle exercises and meditation .
And perhaps , I'll drink less tea , which isn't helping !

Thank you for your concern but having been doing this drug routine for decades am used to it. Like having to take my blood pressure every morning before I have a cuppa and breakfast. I decided when to take my tablets to fit in with my day. Also because of my neurological condition I like routine and have always been a planner it's how I live my life and it's especially helped since I was widowed nearly 20 years ago. Should say it's a rare physical neurological condition not a mental health problem.

No I don’t nap either, but then I’m very tired by 6pm and cant enjoy my evening as I can’t wait to go to bed at 9pm I read until about 9.30 then fast asleep.
But after listening to poor whiff I’m going to stop moaning .

I’ve had insomnia for years. It doesn’t bother me and I don’t nap during the day. Usually I go to bed around 3am and I’m wide awake by 6. Last night I didn’t go upstairs until 5 and had my usual 3 hours.
I seem to function perfectly well during the day and the lack of sleep does me no harm. IMHO of course!
Unlike a friend who tells me her sleeping pattern on a daily basis, I don’t let my insomnia be an issue. The only downside is that I use more energy (gas and electricity) than those who have early nights and I probably eat a bit more. I firmly believe we don’t need as much sleep as we get older anyway.

That a very hard regime a Whiff having to wake at five to take your first tablets. If it were just an hour after it wouldn't be do bad.
I don't sleep well, had most this year on a couple of hours a night, you can't really function properly on so little, when I'm desperate I take sleeping tablets but they only work for a couple of nights then they stop working. I'm lucky I don't have a job to worry about, it must be awful for those doing a full day's work on so little sleep.

Whiff couldn't you ask your doctors to simplify your drug regime? Eight times daily seems rather a lot.

I've been awake since 3am. Have to go to my voluntary job this morning so may have a nap this afternoon.

I have to wake at 5am every morning to take my first lot of tablets. Then more at 6 and 7 . Final morning lot with my breakfast. Lunch time tablets then 4.30,7.30 final one at 9. Then usually go to bed.

Hopefully this might make someone smile. Thought the other week I would stay awake to watch a film 9-11pm. When I woke up thought the sound had gone on my TV then realised it was the Emily Blunt film Quiet place but had to change channel just to make sure I had sound.

Some mornings have a nap after my breakfast. If I am tired.

At night get to sleep straight away and only wake for loo visits but always get back to sleep.

I have been taking lot of tablets since 1988. But only been sleeping at night since I moved to my bungalow 4 years ago. Before I was a night owl and had insomnia. Circumstances meant I had to be alert for decades in case I was needed. My insomnia started in my teens.

Bad night last night, but exceptionally good the previous night. I do sometimes have a nap. Usually hands on my arms at my desk or on the kitchen table.

I only lie in comfort on ana rm chair or in bed if I am ill, as I do not want to nap tor too long, nor sleep too heavily, otherwise I feel dreadful when I awake.

Hi no I don't nap through the day never have. I'm pretty sure mine is stress too. I don't know how I manage with lack of sleep.

3.15am for me, too cold to get up though. So I’m deleting old emails on my iPad some are from 2017!

Yep me, came downstairs at 5am. It’s a new thing for me, but I’ve got lots going on and loads of stress at the moment so putting it down to that. Do you have a nap through the day ?