Major Insomnia

[dam1116]

Hello Everyone,

This last week has been an absolute nightmare for me. On saturday night I poked myself on the cornea when I was trying to pull my contact out. I could barely sleep the rest of that night and I went to the doctors the next day, and they perscribed me some eye drops. I went and visited my girlfriend for a few days, and still could not sleep well. I tried putting my contacts in a day later and there as extreme excrutiating pain when I took them out. I knew I needed to see the doctor again and I was put on other eye drops. The next night I couldn't sleep. My eyes kept twitching horribly and prevented me from getting to bed. This has been a reccuring theme over the past few days. My eyes are getting back to normal in terms of being in pain, but the insomnia lingers. I feel so weak and tired and it's effecting my quality of life and my relationships with people. I worry I may lose the love of my life if I have to keep going through the motions because I have been so tired. It's a possibility that the one eye drop has a side effect of insomnia so maybe once I stop taking them things will get better for me in terms of sleep. I just want to sleep, and even when I do get 3 or 4 hours and don't feel rested like I actually haven't slept at all. I don't know what to do, I don't want to lose the things in life that matter most over my insomnia.

[chargersfan]

I'm no expert on insomnia but I'll give this a shot. At night, don't feel pressured to go to bed right away, turn on the TV, read a book, maybe just lie down and think and you maybe will pass out unintentionally.

[Mob Boss]

I'm sorry to hear you've had such a tough week, and feeling uneasy and fatigued can't be helping anything. I have issues with insomnia as well, so I'm going to offer you a few tips that help me. I can't promise they'll work, -- and I'm certainly no doctor -- but they won't do any harm either so I say they're worth a shot:

*Warm Baths - These always help in the sense that they completely relax your muscles making it much, much easier to doze off. Don't, however, fall asleep while taking a bath :P, that wouldn't be good.

*Listen To Soft Audio - Download ocean sound effects if you have to - just any kind of soft, soothing music that will relax you.

*Stress - Stress could be the culprit. When you have something on your mind, no matter how small, it can do some crazy things to us! I know asking you not to worry or stress is a lot easier said than done, but try getting all your anxiety out through a journal or some other form of self-expression. It will do you a world of good.

And if push comes to shove, count. Something so simple as counting backwards from 100 really helps me at times. Your body needs rest to function, and heal and do all sorts of things, so try to get some rest. Don't pressure yourself, however; that never helps. :P

I really hope you get back to a normal sleeping pattern soon, and get the much-needed rest your body deserves. Good luck! :)

[KimuraWannabe116]

Trust me man this "Major Insomnia" you have is nothing. My family has this rare genetic prion disease that is uncurable. This disease has KILLED 7 of my family members. It is genetic and it could affect me someday. genetic mix up causes the brain to have less and less sleep, until you are completely deprived of sleep. Its like a living hell. My Uncle got the disease 3 years ago and It was disturbing to see what was happening to him. He lost tons of weight, had sever panic attacks, He had hallucinatons, rarely knew what was going on, looked very sick ect. He died about 10 months after he had been deprived of sleep. It makes me upset talking about it but only about 40 families are affected worldwide, and mine is one of them. This underlying disease is called Fatal familial Insomnia or (FFI) for short. So if the Insomnia you have is nothing compared to this one my family has.