I'm new here so id like to start by saying hello
I'd like to begin by saying i never really had issues with sleep up till about 5 years ago. Maybe once every 6 months id have 2 or 3 nights in a row that i couldnt sleep. 5 years ago i seperated from my wife and thats where this hell began. I could not get to sleep after this so i went to my doctor and he put me on Ativan i stayed on ativan for 3 years. It worked well most of the time, but then stopped when i lost my job(buisness closure) where i was content at. So again seemingly triggered by stress.
Since then ive been on various meds mostly Benzos, basically all the sleep meds ive tried with limited success. Now for the last year i often fall asleep in minutes but wake up feeling like i havnt slept, lately i feel almost like im daydreaming while sleeping. I thought i might of had rls as in the last 2 months my leg drives me nuts in the evening so i went and got sinemet for it. It helps my leg, it doesnt bother me now in the evenings, ive been on it for a month, but it hasnt helped my sleep much. Im taking zopiclone as well but like i said generally i fall asleep fast and generally feel like im sleeping ok but obviously am not. Ive tried all the tricks to help but doesnt help me,(excercise, reading,soo many things).
Ive always been strests out over things since i was a kid and feeling kinda bla. But ive always been this way so to say im depressed is hard because this is all i know. Ive never thought of myself as depressed but ive got issues with alot of things like anxiety at times, dont like crowded places, think people are looking at me at the mall, problem with showing my gf affection which in turn stresses me out because i know she needs it. Maybe my sleeping problems come from stress, i dont know..
I tried paxil 6 months ago and i took it for about 8 or 9 days and i felt better, hard to explain but it felt a bit like a high or something( i dont do drugs). But i stopped it because i was having sexual sideeffects...im in line to see a sleep specialist but it will take months to get in. Its been 2 years now of 2 or so hours of sleep at night(thats what id say my non restfull sleep adds up to and im fed up with it and my life but for the sake of my wife and kids i try to function decently which i mostly accomplish. But im tired, really tired of this....
Any advice? (sorry for the long post but i could ramble on for hours about this)
I'd like to begin by saying i never really had issues with sleep up till about 5 years ago. Maybe once every 6 months id have 2 or 3 nights in a row that i couldnt sleep. 5 years ago i seperated from my wife and thats where this hell began. I could not get to sleep after this so i went to my doctor and he put me on Ativan i stayed on ativan for 3 years. It worked well most of the time, but then stopped when i lost my job(buisness closure) where i was content at. So again seemingly triggered by stress.Since then ive been on various meds mostly Benzos, basically all the sleep meds ive tried with limited success. Now for the last year i often fall asleep in minutes but wake up feeling like i havnt slept, lately i feel almost like im daydreaming while sleeping. I thought i might of had rls as in the last 2 months my leg drives me nuts in the evening so i went and got sinemet for it. It helps my leg, it doesnt bother me now in the evenings, ive been on it for a month, but it hasnt helped my sleep much. Im taking zopiclone as well but like i said generally i fall asleep fast and generally feel like im sleeping ok but obviously am not. Ive tried all the tricks to help but doesnt help me,(excercise, reading,soo many things).
Ive always been strests out over things since i was a kid and feeling kinda bla. But ive always been this way so to say im depressed is hard because this is all i know. Ive never thought of myself as depressed but ive got issues with alot of things like anxiety at times, dont like crowded places, think people are looking at me at the mall, problem with showing my gf affection which in turn stresses me out because i know she needs it. Maybe my sleeping problems come from stress, i dont know..
I tried paxil 6 months ago and i took it for about 8 or 9 days and i felt better, hard to explain but it felt a bit like a high or something( i dont do drugs). But i stopped it because i was having sexual sideeffects...im in line to see a sleep specialist but it will take months to get in. Its been 2 years now of 2 or so hours of sleep at night(thats what id say my non restfull sleep adds up to and im fed up with it and my life but for the sake of my wife and kids i try to function decently which i mostly accomplish. But im tired, really tired of this....
Any advice? (sorry for the long post but i could ramble on for hours about this)
