Dealing with Chronic Insomnia

I have all the somnias 😁. I was diagnosed with insomnia induced narcolepsy with cataplexy in my early 40s. Those episodes scare me the most. According to my sleep doc narcolepsy developed from unchecked insomnia for a lot of years. I read an article years ago about a doc who did a study & they found that its not the going to bed at the same time every night but instead waking at the same time every morning can help with some insomnia. I've tried it & it has worked its just hard to get started. Doesn't work all the time especially when it seems I've gotten it under control then an unseen/spontaneous event/factor throws a wrench in. It's a never ending cycle for me but for some it seems works to combat the issue.

nope, hypersomnia here

I had ups and downs with sleep for sure. I will say on the medication side Trazadone has worked for me but also routine and meditation has really helped me to fall asleep overall. Oh and heat therapy too.

Yes. It has improved since getting my medical card

I used to have Insomnia.

Yup. Very difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep no matter how exhausted I am. Ive been taking sleeping pills for years. It helps me also sleep straight through for the first 3-5 hours. Ive had unisom, trazodone, and melatonin. My fav is trazodone but cant use while breastfeeding and my current Dr recommends melatonin instead of other meds since it helps naturally to fall asleep.