I Just Want To Sleep Regularly

[Copper Princess]

I am so frustrated!!! I just want to get some sleep. I fall asleep and feel people touching me and I feel someone whispering in my ear. I don't understand what they are saying but their breath I'd really warm. I wake up scared and there is no one in my bed. I am so tired! I need this to stop. If I am not being molested in my dreams I am being beat. Sleep is not my friend.

 

[Fadeaway]

I know this doesn't help, but you aren't alone. We can scream in frustration together. I may share a bed with someone, but he knows damn well never to touch me if I am asleep. For many years before him though, I always slept alone. At least now I have someone to blame it on. Prazosin helps some of the times, but I know no everyone can take that. My current trick to fall asleep is visualization mediation as I fall asleep. I usually lay there for quite a while trying to fall asleep as it is, so I try to put that time to good use. I focus on imagining a protective shield surrounding me as I sleep.

 

[Lucycat]

I take Quetiapine to help my sleep (and reducing nightmares). In addition to that I use a weighted blanket. In the past I have also listened to the sounds of the sea - played quietly through headphones - to help. It is a track that lasts for 90 minutes. I found if I tried to listen to music I would always jump awake as the track changed. With the sounds of the ocean it is more like 'white noise'.

You are certainly not alone with this problem!

 

[Copper Princess]

Thanks guys. I feel like I am looking my mind. I am going to try these suggestions. I cannot be in the dark, I have the tv on and a night light. I just panic in the dark.