taniaaust1
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After a couple of weeks MUCH better sleep (sleep improved 70-80% in past 2 weeks) where Im able to get to sleep easier and waking up much earlier and now suddenly just starting to be able to go to sleep a bit earlier too. I thought I'd post about it and the possible things which have brought this change to me.
I do still still do thou have to use 3mg Melatonin to get to sleep but Im not having to take the other things I take for sleep.. and even with JUST Melatonin, Im now able to move my sleep cycle forward a bit more.
Before I was struggling to move sleep time forward using Temazepam and anti histamine at times as well, thou they did make quite a big difference before too when I was taking them but they werent even doing what is happening now (I still was struggling to get to sleep before 2-2.30am and getting to sleep was very hard).
The things which were changed a couple of weeks back, which could of brought this sleep shift are:
- having the POTS being treated some (with Florienef). Im currently increasing my dose of this drug Ive recently started. POTS can apparently cause insomina
- a more darker room (with nails boarded up a window). Room was previously dim but now its much dimmer
- Doing less may of improved my insomina as it does my other symptoms (I now have a home support person and carer coming in for 5 hrs per week)
- Fifthly I had a weird night where I had waking dreams all night. Since that weird night, my sleep has really improved. Its like whatever state my brain was in that night of waking dreams...has caused a disruption/stop to, of some kind of faulty cycle in my brain may of happened and like it switched my sleep state back to a closer to a normal sleep state.
Anyway ..not sure which thing was certainly involved (thou some brain change does seem to be seeing improvement started from night after that weird night of waking dreams) or maybe it is a combo of those changes.
Im so happy my sleep is 70-80% improved and I think after 2 weeks I can say this dont seem to be a temporary extremely good sleep patch, improvement looks to stay
Last night (with melatonin) I actually got to sleep at midnight... and was feeling awake (to about 90-95%) and able to get out of bed at 8am. This is so huge to me
(this is coming from a girl/me.. who without Temazepam or other sleep drugs..couldnt previously get to sleep before 6.30-9.20am and couldnt get out of bed till 11am-2pm)
I do still still do thou have to use 3mg Melatonin to get to sleep but Im not having to take the other things I take for sleep.. and even with JUST Melatonin, Im now able to move my sleep cycle forward a bit more.
Before I was struggling to move sleep time forward using Temazepam and anti histamine at times as well, thou they did make quite a big difference before too when I was taking them but they werent even doing what is happening now (I still was struggling to get to sleep before 2-2.30am and getting to sleep was very hard).
The things which were changed a couple of weeks back, which could of brought this sleep shift are:
- having the POTS being treated some (with Florienef). Im currently increasing my dose of this drug Ive recently started. POTS can apparently cause insomina
- a more darker room (with nails boarded up a window). Room was previously dim but now its much dimmer
- Doing less may of improved my insomina as it does my other symptoms (I now have a home support person and carer coming in for 5 hrs per week)
- Fifthly I had a weird night where I had waking dreams all night. Since that weird night, my sleep has really improved. Its like whatever state my brain was in that night of waking dreams...has caused a disruption/stop to, of some kind of faulty cycle in my brain may of happened and like it switched my sleep state back to a closer to a normal sleep state.
Anyway ..not sure which thing was certainly involved (thou some brain change does seem to be seeing improvement started from night after that weird night of waking dreams) or maybe it is a combo of those changes.
Im so happy my sleep is 70-80% improved and I think after 2 weeks I can say this dont seem to be a temporary extremely good sleep patch, improvement looks to stay
Last night (with melatonin) I actually got to sleep at midnight... and was feeling awake (to about 90-95%) and able to get out of bed at 8am. This is so huge to me
(this is coming from a girl/me.. who without Temazepam or other sleep drugs..couldnt previously get to sleep before 6.30-9.20am and couldnt get out of bed till 11am-2pm)