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Re: Starting to feel strong dread before sleep » jerrympls

Posted by 4WD on June 28, 2005, at 23:44:40

In reply to Starting to feel strong dread before sleep, posted by jerrympls on June 27, 2005, at 23:21:23

> I've had tough insomnia for a long time - but in this past year, it's been getting worse and worse. Now it's to the point where I start to feel very strong feelings of dread and loneliness in anticipation of going to bed. It's so strong that it's unbearable to sleep in my bedroom - so I've been sleeping on the couch. The TV kinda keeps me company. Many times I even keep my self up - even if I am sleepy until it's light outside - then I somehow go to sleep.
>
> I've been exploring this with my therapist for many months and I can't figure it out - except that I'm VERY lonely. I don't have any friends outside of work and I recently lost my job so I'll be MORE isolated as of next week.
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> But this feeling of dread before bed is really eating away at me and I don't know how to calm it. I've tried many things - many non-med things and nothing works.
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> Can anyone relate? Anyone found solace?
>
> Thanks
> Jerry


Jerry,

I can relate so much to your post. I suffered from terrible insomnia for many, many years. I would spend hours waiting to fall asleep. I understand about dreading bedtime.

I can't offer any concrete suggestions. I know that my insomnia started young. I got addicted to Ativan trying to treat it myself. When I got off ATivan the insomnia was intolerable. It gradually got slightly better but when I went on Prozac the improvement stopped and gradually it got worse again. When I switched to Effexor it got much better. When I was on Cymbalta it went away completely. Now I'm on Celexa and I can still fall asleep fine but wake up too early.

The only thing non prescription that helped me fall asleep was to take a couple of benadry and drink a couple of beers. I'm not suggesting that as a remedy - it didn't work that well and caused problems of its own.

I just wanted you to know I sympathize and empathize. Do you take sleep meds at all?

marsha


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