I want to put my head through a window!

[Canwedoit4]

I'm so fed up with insomnia. It's ruining my life. I am not anxious or depressed, I have no reason to not be getting any sleep but here we are again yet another night where I can't sleep. I've managed 6hrs in 3 days. I can't see me being able to continue to work I just feel absolutely wiped out.
The doctors don't give a shit, keep fobbing me off with antihistamines which don't work! They don't want to prescribe anything else in case I become addicted but right now I would rather be addicted to tablets that be lead here so frustrated again that I want to smack my head against something to knock me out.
Night time routine is perfect for a calm relaxing night, no TV, no caffeine, no alcohol, no phone, cool room filled with essential oils but it doesn't matter. I'm currently lead listening to sounds of the sea which is just making me get up more to go to the bloody toilet!
How can I get somebody to take me seriously, sleep deprivation is no joke.

Also if you haven't fallen asleep in 29 minutes, get up do something like read a page of a book then try again and so on

Eventually your body will sleep

Not always. Mine was unremitting.

I take melatonin.
Amitriptylene and Promethezine do nothing for me. Quetiapine eventually did the trick but it has hideous side effects and withdrawal problems.

You guys have been amazing honestly, I feel much calmer and better educated knowing how to deal with this. I have tried quituipine years ago and they definitely helped me sleep but I could not function the next day, to the point I wasn't safe to drive. I don't worry about not sleeping, I do accept it but when I'm having a really bad bout like at the minute my body hurts and I start to feel physically ill because although I'm resting my body physically I am just exhausted and running on fumes.

Melatonin and Amitriptylene didn't work for me.
Nor did the Magnesium recommended on Mumsnet.
The gp is useless.
I take Nytol One A Night every now and then, but they make me feel groggy and there is supposedly a link to an ingredient in it and dementia. A pharmacist told me that and I subsequently googled it, which freaked me out.

I can tell you what I take . I am not struggling to sleep like I did when I lost the plot but if you want to take an effective herbal medicine I would recommend Starpwer snooze or Yumi which have 5 HTP in them . Also CBD gummies can help . You can also buy CBD sleep sprays .OTTO does one that seemed to work.
I got back in to a habit of sleep with the stronger pharmaceutical medications and then swapped to the herbal ones. IAlso had read about the link to dementia about drugs that calmed you down over a period of time . I blame moms blood pressure pills for hers. We can’t win can we !

Nightnurse liquid works for me. Just make sure you take it as soon as you go to bed. Good luck, I sympathise x

Can’t you take a low dose quitiapine?

He old are you? This is a classic menopausal symptom

I'm 34 this year. My sex drive has completely died on its arse too but I put that down to tiredness. I can't even be pre menopausal at this age can I?! I've taken 10mg of amitryptiline and hopefully I have a better day I've got a full day of it tomorrow so I need some energy!