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smileandnod100

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Here is a quote from an article I read "Sleep hygiene is so bad at treating insomnia that it's used as the placebo in clinical sleep trials." I appreciated it because I hate people acting like something as simple as blackout curtains or bath is going to cure my insomnia!

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    • Belleromeo

      412d

      @smileandnod100 I know! Plus with fatigue, at the end of a day I couldn't get up if I tried ๐Ÿ˜…

    • Belleromeo

      423d

      Omg it's exhausting! I hate having conversations with people where they say "oh same I have insomnia it takes me like an hour to fall asleep" or saying "just try melatonin or turning off your phone" and I don't want to invalidate other people's experiences but ITS NOT THE SAMEEE ๐Ÿ˜… it takes me at least 5 hours to fall asleep on a good night and I regularly just don't sleep at all for over 24 hours or more and it's just ridiculous... How would me turning off my phone help this ๐Ÿ˜‚ also the implication that I just haven't tried anything? My doctor recommended over the counter sleep aids recently despite me being diagnosed since I was a preteen.... Like why wouldn't I have tried that yet

      • smileandnod100

        413d

        @Belleromeo I know it's frustrating. Wouldn't it be nice if you could go to bed and be asleep in just ONE hour! Nothing more frustrating than laying awake for 8 hours and not getting any sleep. I also hate the advice of "Get up until your tired",like dude I've been awake over 30 hrs, I guarantee you I'm tired!

        • Belleromeo

          412d

          @smileandnod100 I know! Plus with fatigue, at the end of a day I couldn't get up if I tried ๐Ÿ˜…

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