Does anyone else here get bad regular insomnia?

[Zaroku]

What is troubling your mind?
write it down and go to sleep

exercise check your
diet

bone a female

[Silence]

2-3 hours a day? How do you function? I would feel like I was near death if I slept that little. Im barely functional on 5-6 hours without several cups of joe.

Idk. Maybe it's genetic. I've a few relatives who're like me.

[kara]

Idk. Maybe it's genetic. I've a few relatives who're like me.

I was like that in my 20s, not now, no way

[NickK]

I suffer from insomnia very often. It all started after I started working two jobs

[billeau2]

All this year I've been getting insomnia like crazy. No matter how worn out I am from work or working out or anything I'm regularly laying in bed for hours before I can fall asleep. It's getting like every other day now. And I wake up all the time and go through it all again trying to go back to sleep. I ended up falling asleep at work yesterday because I had so much trouble falling asleep the night before. Who else gets this and what do you do for it? I don't want to be on any drugs for it but I'm wondering about anybody's personal experience with any treatment of it or whatever.

Oh brother that is a tough one... I have bad insomnia, have had for years. Did you check all the boxes? Apnea, pain, coffee/nicotine... Careful with drugs because they lose their effect fast. You can try benadryl once in a while. Melatonin works if used very infrequently. You can vary benadryl and melatonin, alternate their use, but i would not do diazepenes.

A lot of it can be worry, also here are some important things we don't generally think of: If you sleep near any electric outlets, make sure nothing is juicing from them at night... the electricity can affect sleep, ditto if you are near a transforming unit on a power line. Milk heated sometimes can help.

My own problem is pain. It keeps me up...

What changed for you this year? that may be a clue.

[kara]

Insomnia is an awful thing. As I suffer from it, I know that sleeping pills are not a valid long-term treatment. They can have serious side effects on your health, but they also do not solve the problem. It is essential to be careful with these medications.
What works for me is a proper daily schedule (I go to bed and wake up at the same time every day), sports, and reading before sleep. Also, I avoid using devices at least an hour before going to bed.

Avoid caffeine too