I've never been officially diagnosed with insomnia but have previously been to a GP trying to get help. The result was always the same...improve my sleep hygiene.
I've of course tried this. It doesn't seem to work for me. Once I'm asleep, I'm fine but getting to sleep is a nightmare. For example, I started trying to sleep at 9pm...and here I am at 3am, body exhausted.
It isn't a constant thing. I go through periods of weeks or months like this then am fine for a while. Even during good periods, I don't need the usual 8 hours.
But I'm a week into the latest wave. I'm a single mum to a teething 7 month old and I get little help caring for her...I really need to be getting more sleep than this.
If you have suffered from insomnia, how did you get the GP to take it seriously?
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Jolleigh · 18/11/2014 03:31
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