r/insomnia

I know I'm not alone in this community, I barely get any sleep and it's ruining my life, I used to be such a deep sleeper with nothing troubling me now I get nightmares from time to time not only insomnia

I used to have good dreams now all I have is nightmares, I can't function for 1 to 2 hours of sleep.

I've lost the ability to feel tired at night and can't function during the day, I have no energy, constantly fatigued and my eyes burning 24/7, medication Is not even helping my situation I've tried everything, docs, therapist anything that can help my situation and nothing seems to hit the spot

I've contemplated suicide so many times because I don't wanna be here anymore, I have no future left for me, no plans I'm just a living walking dead corps waiting to die

Ladies in perimenopause - this one is for you.

I've battled insomnia my entire life. My parents always chuckled off the sleep walking and ability to operate on little sleep. I feel like early intervention would've helped me a lot.

Now that I'm officially in perimenopause, insomnia is presenting differently - like anxiety. I get these waves of panic and adrenaline when falling asleep. I'm on progesterone, which they claim helps, but isn't. My normal go tos aren't working: melatonin, Zquil (only as a last resort). Doctors seem very unwilling to prescribe anything actually helpful in terms of sleep medication.

What's your experience?
And much love to everyone today operating on little to no sleep. Be kind to yourself.

I take supplements to help me and I’ll use sleep sprays for nights where I don’t feel like they’re working well. What really scares me is waking up at 3am and taking a melatonin and using my sleep spray and still not be able to fall back asleep.

Time to get ready for work. :(

i’m (16m) about 3 weeks ago june 17th i stayed up till 9am and my schedule has been so messed up since, I was on and off my antidepressants (lexapro) I’ve always had trouble sleeping even last year during summer, I always get bad. but i’ve convinced myself I have sporadic fatal insomnia… (I know yall see these almost everyday lol) so beginning of july, july 1st, I slept from 11pm-4am went back to sleep around 6am and slept till 11am, I then couldn’t sleep well and attempted a all nighter and so i make to to about 5 doze off till 7 go back to sleep till 9 and wake up at 10 i then went to sleep at like 5am woke up at 8am, next day I go to sleep at 1:30 wake up at 2:30 then go back to sleep wake up at 3:30 i then attempted another all nighter and i make to about 6 fall asleep and wake up at 10 now i’m just up, Ive been losing weight like 3 pounds i haven’t had much of a appetite these last few days. and my brain feels foggy. i just feel like im losing my mind im so scared

Finally thought my insomnia was gone, nope. Had decent sleep last night.

Did my routine take a melatonin and tried to sleep. Brain refuses to shut off. It’s 4:30 am.

Like why do our brains fight sleep so much? Why? Do our brains hate us that much?

Hello fellow sufferers :-)

Ive had sleep issues for the last 3 years after recovering a severe depression.

Ive basically tried it all. Nothing really helped a lot sadly.

I got prespribed Quviviq 50mg last week to test it out, which is one of the only meds i have not yet tried, as its rather unknown in Germany.

First 2 night i broke a pill in 2 and took 25mg give or take. I noticed an improvement but still woke up by the hour.

Tonight i tried a full 50mg Tablet and had the craziest experience.

30 Minutes after taking it I was shaking uncontrollably and had a shiver down my spine every 5 seconds or so. It was horrible and scary as fuck!! I thought i was going to pass out.

Is that a thing people experience on Quviviq? Now im terrified to take another, not going to lie....

Please share your takes...

I’m 37 M, been on Citalopram for 5 weeks for anxiety and panic attacks. I started on 10 mg, now on 20 mg for the past 6 days. I had mild insomnia prior to the SSRI, but now it’s much worse. I will only sleep about 4 hours total, and it’s broken sleep at that.

My Oura ring shows I get about 30 minutes of deep sleep, an hour total of REM (on a great night), and the rest is light sleep, awake, light sleep, awake, etc.

I take 2 mg of Lorazepam (1 mg morning and 1 mg evening) a day. I take 7.5 mg of Mirtazapine for sleep.

I feel everyday like my body is failing more and more due to the lack of sleep. I have internal tremors, I am extremely exhausted and fatigued all the time. The lack of sleep, plus already being in a constant anxious state, is just making my anxiety worse. I just need help. Any advice from others. Anything that others have tried that works?

I’m actually not the one taking trazedone, my partner is, but he becomes a completely different person once it starts kicking in. Starting fights and causing arguments at night when we are both trying to settle in and absolutely zero capacity to be an empathetic person. I’m curious about what everyone’s experience with it is and if it severely affected your mood or ability to regulate your own emotions. TIA 🥹

i have a really hard time falling asleep/ getting enough sleep, my psychiatrist prescribed me trazodone 3 days ago, i am sooooo scared to try it, she prescribed 25mg which i know isnt a lot, i have tried remeron a long time ago and i didnt fall asleep on it and felt sooo drunk/high, i ate like a whole pizza, im just scared from all the bad reviews ive read on here but i really wanna try it to sleep:(

please anyone help me
i’m a 20 yo non smoker female i suffered from bad sleep ever since i was a kid
i can’t do this anymore genuinely
this week my sleep was so fucked that i got 2 hrs of sleep and i was excited to finally fix my sleeping schedule, i layed in bed from 12am-7am until i finally slept, then woke up 3pm and felt as if i never slept
next day i tried taking some melatonin, slept at 10am and woke up 3pm
i have an online job for the past year that made me stressed, it starts at 4pm hence me waking up 3pm even tho i don’t set alarms anymore
i’m so tired
my body is exhausted the whole day though when i try to sleep my eyes are just fine and awake
when i wake up i’m so tired that i shake during any body movement i make
i have tension at the back of my head thats been there for around a week or two now
nothing feels real anymore
i’m so tired idk what to do

15yo male and i experienced insomnia tonight, it's been a whole since I experienced it, mostly caused by studying at night and drinking coffee at 9pm. Was worried if this actually damages ny health in any way?

Anyone with high anxiety, especially at night, have any issues with Quviviq? Was prescribed it but am wondering if my anxiety will override its effects causing the drug to fail. Or I fail it I guess lol. Thanks!

Eu tenho transtorno bipolar e isônia crônica ele grave desde quando desenvolvi o Tab.

Eu já tomei de todos os medicamentos para dormir e todos tiveram tolerância rápido e agora nenhum remédio mais faz eu Dormir.

Já fui em psiquiatra, neurologista, médico especialista do sono e já fiz pplisomografia e nada. Fico sem dormir e passo mal, o que mais eu poderia fazer?

it's my second night of taking 100 mg trazodone for insomnia, and I literally don’t feel anything.
No drowsiness, no dry mouth, no dizziness, no side effects at all and it hasn’t helped me fall asleep either.

Has anyone else had no effect at 100 mg? If so, did a higher dose end up working for you, or did you have to switch to a different medication?

Ever since I gave birth to my first child over 4 years ago, I've suffered from insomnia. I can typically fall asleep fine (even though it takes a long time) but my issue is I wake up about 3 hours later and then am wide awake the rest of the night, tossing and turning, and mind racing. It's miserable. I've tried melatonin, unisom, and trazodone. Trazodone has worked in the past but I don't want to be beholden to prescription medications if possible. I did just discover my vitamin D levels are on the low end (level came back at 22). My doctor thinks insomnia could be anxiety related and that therapy would help, but I don't think I'm awake due to anxiety. I'm just wide awake and wired. Has anyone experienced something similar and what helped?

During my first year of college (last year), I stayed in a dorm on my college campus for about six months. I shared the room with three other girls, all of whom had different sleep schedules and set multiple alarms that would go off throughout the night. We had a number of confrontations (I mostly begged them not to), but it was all in vain. None of them ever bothered doing anything about it.

This started affecting my sleep a lot, as I'd wake up in terror every single time (I've had somewhat sensitive sleep my whole life). So I bought a sleep mask and noise-cancelling headphones to help, and honestly, they made quite the difference. But then, as soon as any of them woke up, they would start cleaning the room, calling their friends on the phone, or just creating unnecessary ruckus for no reason whatsoever, which would inevitably wake me up. And once they realized I was a light sleeper, they'd purposely disturb me anytime they could. Two of the three of them hated me because I came from a different cultural background than they did, which sucked. I suffered so much.

I tried everything to change rooms, but we had a crappy administration and no vacancies, so there was nothing that could be done. I couldn't afford to stay off campus, so I decided to just pray to God and hope for the best.

There was one loophole, though: all of them slept between 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., so that was the exact window during which I got to sleep. But it really, really wasn't enough. I was miserable, hooked on caffeine, constantly having palpitations and anxiety, and could barely function.

Cut to now: I moved to a different place in December last year and have been getting much better sleep ❤️‍🩹. But I've noticed that my skin has become significantly darker ever since, and I've developed a lot more pigmentation on my face, even though I've been wearing sunscreen regularly for the past three years, and it's been the winter months anyway. i had pale skin but now it’s darker and tan. Even my friends have pointed it out, and I really don't know why besides, of course, the months of severe sleep deprivation I went through, as irregular sleep and sleep deprivation affect melatonin production resulting in increased melanin secretion hence, darker skin and hyperpigmentation. if so, i was wondering whether it’s temporary or reversible?

or am i just being paranoid and it’s completely irrelevant and not related?

Age: 22
Sex: Female
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 181 lbs
Smoking status: I smoke weed occasionally
Medications: Currently tapering off desvenlafaxine ER (previously 125 mg), methylphenidate ER 27 mg, Volnea birth control.

I’ve been struggling with severe insomnia for awhile, and it has progressively gotten worse. Falling asleep is incredibly difficult, staying asleep is just as hard, and I rarely ever feel like I’m getting deep, restorative sleep. I wake up constantly throughout the night for hours at a time, and during the day I’m exhausted but still can’t nap no matter how tired I am. I’m tired all the way down to my bones. I feel it everywhere this constant deep tiredness. I feel delusional almost and want to cry/scream because I want sleep so bad. I have mildly restless legs sometimes too. But overall just a deep tiredness that takes over me.

I’ve tried what feels like everything. No phone before bed, moving from the couch to my bed, changing my sleep environment, warm baths, stretching, sleep hygiene, and other lifestyle changes. Nothing has helped.
Every doctor I’ve seen seems to just prescribe another medication, but none of them have actually worked. I’ve tried clonidine and trazodone, and neither helped. I feel like everyone keeps treating the symptom instead of trying to figure out why I can’t sleep in the first place.
My iron levels are normal, so it doesn’t seem to be related to iron deficiency.

I was recently told I have beginning stage lupus based on my autoimmune workup, although my doctors said it isn’t fully diagnosable yet because my disease markers aren’t high enough. I also have POTS and sinus tachycardia. Along with the insomnia, I experience significant fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, joint pain, temperature regulation issues, and other symptoms that have been getting worse over the last couple of years.

The only place I’ve consistently been able to sleep was during a two-week psychiatric hospitalization. Outside of that environment, nothing has helped, and it only worked because they gave me medication (this was December 2025). Even when I’m physically exhausted, I just can’t fall asleep or stay asleep.

At this point I’m wondering if there’s an underlying medical reason everyone is missing. Could POTS, an autoimmune disease like early lupus, or something else cause insomnia this severe? Has anyone experienced anything similar or have suggestions for testing or specialists I should ask about? I’m tired of just being given another sleep medication without anyone trying to figure out what’s actually causing this.

So i currently take hydroxazyine at bedtime. Its used for my anxiety but it puts me to sleep and keeps me asleep. Even on the lowest dose I wake up so fatigued and groggy and struggle. I do have adhd so my brain is extremely busy. Anyone find luck with any vitamins that worked well in place of a sleep aids? Every sleep aids ive tried causes that terrible next day grogginess.

22 American here. I already struggle with severe chronic insomnia with pure quietness. Now tonight is the Fourth of July and I’m pretty much guaranteed to have no sleep tonight. I can’t wait until I don’t have to put up with any of this anymore. Just thought I’d share.

Has anyone tried l tryptophan I am a problem staying asleep I also take magnesium gly so ate which does not make me stay asleep