Wide Awake and Can't Sleep

United States
February 21, 2025 12:44am CST
Surprise, surprise. My insomnia is back again tonight. I am wide awake and can't sleep. I tried and tried, but it's simply not working at all. I am so frustrated. Every once in a while, I will sleep a full 8 hours and then I will continue fitfully sleeping 3 to 4 hours a night and sometimes even only manage a couple of hours when the nights are really rough. I tried so many methods to battle my insomnia, but even sleeping pills don't work anymore. It's been years since sleeping pills have stopped working for me. Even back then, they worked occasionally. I am trying to go back to bed again, but I really don't see the point right now when I am wide awake like this. Ugh!
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (141878)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Feb
I am sorry that you can not sleep.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
21 Feb
That's okay. This struggle comes and goes over and over again.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (185371)
• United States
11h
Have you tried any of those apps online that help you go to sleep? If you are lying in bed all day you may not be able to sleep at night. You need some level of actvity.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (185371)
• United States
11h
@lilacskies Has your doc made any recommendations?
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
11h
@snowy22315 My doctor gave me sleeping pills in the past, but my body grew immune to them years ago.
lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
11h
I don't use apps. My phone screen freezes up when I try to install apps. I try to be active, but it's so hard with RA.
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YoghurtGal
@flapiz (23285)
• United Kingdom
15h
Have you tried mental shuffling. I learned about it recently and it works wonders with my insomnia.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
15h
What is mental shuffling? I will have to look into it.
Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (16693)
• Raurkela, India
18h
If you can drink warm milk before bedtime, take it with powdered, turmeric, almonds, fennel and honey.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (40983)
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13h
@lilacskies Fennel is a regular spice for cooking, it should be available in any grocery store.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
12h
@MarieCoyle I will look into it. Thank you!
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
17h
Thank you. I've never tried that before. Where can I find fennels?
Neil
@Neil43 (3581)
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21 Feb
Sometimes if you have so many things in your mind. And if they are unsettle, that will surely make you wakeful.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
17h
That's true. My mind is always racing.
Greenery8
@grenery8 (13525)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
15h
i'm sorry. maybe trying some light music before sleep, instrumental one?
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
15h
Thank you. I tried everything, but it wasn't working at all. I'm going to try again tonight. My insomnia comes and goes.