I Have Insomnia. Advise Please??

Question: have had this problem for about 2 years but it's getting much worse....I was admitted into the hospital 1 week ago (was bit by a brown recluse spider in a BAD place)....Anyway they put me on antibiotics and pain medication....it did help me sleep though....I got off the pain medicine immediately after i got out of the hospital and i have NOT been able to sleep much at all....Could i have got addicted to the pain meds (i forgot the name of it unfortunately)?...Just wondered if there could have been a connection there......Anyway i would appreciate it if anyone knew any websites or knew anything to tell me about this...It has been very rough...Thanks

Answers:
Bigness,

It sounds more like you have a lot of unfinished business going on in your head that may be the reason for insomnia.

Have you ever tried to "empty your head" - so you can shut your eyes. One trick taught to children is when they are trying to sleep, they are asked to imagine a box. Put all their thoughts into that box. Then watch the box start turning 360 degrees. When fully trained, the child is asleep before they see the 360 degrees.

Meanwhile, one that worked from me during college was hypnosis. I was given a 2 mg valium with the suggestion that when I took it I must be near a bed because it was so powerful, I could fall asleep in the spot I took it. I went home and that night slept dead to the world. I never needed another valium, I was back to sleeping properlly. That one little suggestion & pill broke a two year insomnia problem I was having - by living the good life...

Meantime, you sound like you are ready to find a solution. It would probably be best to see a doctor and discuss what is going on in your life. A good doctor will not just discuss the insomnia - but try to find out about the whole person and why you have the insomnia.

Good luck to you on the way to good health.

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dont drink coffee before bed time

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