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Insomnia Blues 😪

44 replies

Turnitoffnonagain · 07/05/2026 01:49

Sleepless, again. Woke up, thought it must be about 4.30- 5am. No, ten past bloody one. Anyone else?
😫🥱😴

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ChocolateCinderToffee · 07/05/2026 03:51

Have just had a shower. Too tired at bed time then woke up feeling hot and itchy. Ten years post-menopause and still stuck with insomnia. How do you all manage to get meds? My doctor said he couldn’t offer me treatment for insomnia.

ihavetocookagain · 07/05/2026 03:48

Been awake since 2.30, brain going into overdrive worrying about my kids exams!

Eggmcmuffin · 07/05/2026 03:44

Sciatica pain here. No way to get comfortable without chopping my leg off. Work looms in a few hours 😪

Treviarpelli · 07/05/2026 03:44

I’m awake too, I can always get to sleep quite easily I just can’t stay asleep.
The menopause is what started it for me but it’s been years now, sometimes I go back to sleeep quite quickly but sometimes I can be awake for an hour or two- what helped me enormously was realising that I’m not actually that tired the day after a poor night - that took some of the anxiety away but it’s so dull

KelpieQueen · 07/05/2026 03:40

I'm awake, too. I fall asleep easily enough but wake up 2-3 hours later and can't get back to sleep. I'll likely feel tired at about 5.30, fall asleep at about 6, and have to be up at 7, feeling as rough as a badger's arse. This has been going on for over thirteen years now. Bloody hate it.

Touty · 07/05/2026 03:40

idontknow202 · 07/05/2026 03:38

Tomorrow is my first one hour back after nearly 2 months off caring for daughter. Probably isn't helping for me tonight!

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Aww fingers crossed you can drop off soon x

idontknow202 · 07/05/2026 03:38

Touty · 07/05/2026 03:27

Do you all have to go to work in the morning?

Tomorrow is my first one hour back after nearly 2 months off caring for daughter. Probably isn't helping for me tonight!

Touty · 07/05/2026 03:27

Do you all have to go to work in the morning?

Wordsmithery · 07/05/2026 03:21

Me too, and it's the same every single night. So very tedious.

idontknow202 · 07/05/2026 03:21

Me too tonight sadly. Being tired but not able to switch your brain off is awful. I have 300 things rushing around my head. Crappy times. Hope someone else gets off soon 🤞

Touty · 07/05/2026 03:20

Melatonin does nothing for me.

just so fed up of this.

Openmouthinsertfood · 07/05/2026 03:16

I take melatonin but it doesn't help me get to sleep, just makes me sleep a little longer when I do drop off. It's getting to sleep that is my problem mostly. I know it doesn't help the situaion but I'm so annoyed that yet again, it's gone 3am and I'm wide awake yet later on in the morning, like 11am I am so dog tired I can ahrdly stay awake. Hmph. 😡

Touty · 07/05/2026 03:15

I used to get zopiclone when I lived in Spain.
will the GP give them here?

CloseEncountersOfTheLoveKind · 07/05/2026 03:11

I’m another member of the wide awake club…

it doesn’t help that I feel so hot.

Frustrating as I’ve shivered most of Wednesday 🤷‍♀️

To the poster that took Zopiclone, I’ve got them, but they give me awful after effects.

im gonna try to cool my feet down, as that sometimes helps, but no guarantees.

Hope you all get some shut-eye very soon.

Penkie · 07/05/2026 03:05

This has to be the worst time of the night. Neither fully rested enough after a few hours sleep, nor tired enough to go back to sleep and get another few hours.

Villanousvillans · 07/05/2026 02:59

I’ve just taken a Zopiclone.

Touty · 07/05/2026 02:58

Me too! I can’t sleep and at 3 am I’m not really tired. It’s getting worse, I’ve just had to take a nytol.

Villanousvillans · 07/05/2026 02:16

I’ve not been asleep yet. I have horrendous insomnia, caused partly by restless legs and pain from arthritis. I’ve just started on Gabapentin but it’s doing nothing so far.

I’m sorry for anyone who can’t sleep, it’s horrible. 💔

managingexpectations · 07/05/2026 02:09

Me! I even took my very last diazepam which is usually a sure fire knock out and nope, still wide awake.
I’ve been up since 4am and I’m now at the stage of saying, if I fall asleep now I’ll get 3hrs sleep
its going to be a long night