Unable to fall asleep

[Buddhababe]

HiIs anyone else out there suffering from insomnia?  I can't fall asleep at all and if I do, it sometimes isn't until 4/5 in the morniing. I feel all alone and that there will never be any solution to this.  I have read up on it and tried out things to help but none of them seem to work.  It started a few months back when I was anxious over something, i took a few sleeping tablets to get me through the patch.  Then I went through a good spell (tablet free) and now it has started back again.  I am not feeling stressed or anxious at the moment but I do have a fear of going to bed i guess.  No matter what I do to try and not think/focus on it, it frustrates me.  I don't drink alcohol much or coffee/tea after 2pm.  I have tried the counting and I give up on that cos it is so boring.  I have also tried getting out of bed and going back, exercing during the day.....  Has anyone tried other therapies that have worked like Hypnosis? How did it help you? Please help.  Thanks

[HolyGuacamole]

I go through periods of insomnia a few times a year. I read my book in bed in a really low light and that makes my eyes tired and sleepy. Sometimes I wake up and my book's on the floor as I've dropped it whilst falling asleep

I know the feeling of sheer frustration though when you just can't sleep and lie there just wishing you could sleep.

[LillyA]

Me too!!!!! It started two months ago. My baby is now seventeen weeks and is mostly sleeping through from 11pm til 7am. She is sound asleep in the other room whilst I'm laying in bed getting so annoyed that I can't sleep. Sometimes I only get 3 hours, other times I manage 6 I just never really know. My Health Visitor has suggested it might be hormones. I would also welcome and suggestions or help!!!!