Severe Insomnia Help

This problem solving has worked for me some fifty years ago. I used to wake up and begin my studies at 0100 hrs.

A problem of finding dy/dx in an equation x power y + y power x = k in which I wrongly applied log to both sides and that was of four marks. I lost centum because of this. Even now when I am disturbed in midsleep, I used to try doing this problem mentally - of course correctly.

Sudoku too my favourite day or night. If solved that happiness push aside other depressing thoughts. If not solved then too it would take the person into sleep.

Thanks & Regards.

 

Subconscious worries and stress are the major reasons. Addressing that issue in you helps to get some sleep. If you can't figure out take some professional's help.

From the list of activities you mentioned in the Original Post, can you make checking calls on your parents and in-laws during weekends?, delegate some work to your husband and ask your children to help you if they are over 10 years of age.

Managing your health is as important as managing other activities and fulfilling other's needs. Workout which work you could delegate/share with another family member.
Try going for a vacation. A break from our routine makes a lot of difference.

 

Op

I didn’t read all your posts or others replies but wanted to write quickly. most importantly stop caffeine completely. Drink lemon honey instead of caffeine. Do breathing exercises plus yoga meditation consistently. Improve diet like no processed foods, eat healthy fruits and vegetables, make green smoothies etc. stop dairy eggs if possible.

 

You don’t have To completely give up coffee. But can you try to reduce it to just one cup a day I.e. just one cup in the morning. The reason I am suggesting this is because I have a problem that if i intake caffeine a second time after my early morning coffee then for sure I cannot fall asleep at all. I have experienced this a few times and know for sure I cannot take coffee more than once a day. May be you also have this problem. Please do give this a try. Some people are really sensitive to caffeine.

 

My late dad is an addict of coffee and would take around six to eight cups of coffee strong robusta and peaberry 1:1 ratio . First four cups in the morning in short intervals. Rest of the day four cups last one around dusk as soon as he returns from office. Even while on long tour he was drinking coffee and he used to carry the powder with him as in camping places coffee not available. The moment his head strikes the pillow, he would get into profound sleep but I can not sleep close to him because his deep snore used to scare me. He demanded coffee by gesture before departing for heavens.*

*Spouse & I With Dad - A Surgical Operation

In my case, I found sleep comes to me at will at any time of day or night barring some one snore in high pitch like my dad. In the class room- while travelling in auto on uneven mud roads and in bullock carts in my village. My bullocks too sleep en route!

But, of late, I found skipping that evening coffee totally, resulted in my landing at dinning table by 8 with voracious appetite but I eat dinner like a pauper. It is said king size breakfast, prince like lunch & pauper like supper are ways to healthy sleep.

Caffeine is good and bad simultaneously:
decaffeinated too do good & bad simultaneously.
Nescafé is good while Bru is detested by few.
Plain coffee is also good for rose plant
But for sleep (!) drink black - laced lime juice
For more sleep coffee in link
Is Decaf Coffee Good or Bad?

GOD - Do Your subordinates for kick - drink coffee or ambrosia?

 

You have mentioned about your caffeine intake, i.e 2 cups of coffee per day. some people are very sensitive to caffeine...having more of coffee or tea beyond certain time in the evening would affect sleep quality. in fact some years back whenever I was working , I used to love drinking cappuccino coffee from then coffee machine at office...having even one or two cups of coffee in morning and evening would make me so cranky and restless at night, would get sleep only at midnight and wake up in the morning feeling very tired and irritable..since then I’ve cut out coffee and only drink a cup of tea per day...small cup of tea and without sugar and not very strong...
I too have issues with sleep quality, in a different way..even if I sleep early and sleep for 7 or 8 hours still I don’t feel refreshed and I feel sluggish and irritable in the morning and late afternoon and evening times...and find it irritating to do kitchen cleanup at night post dinner...
You’re too young to be having insomnia, I’ve heard complaints like this from older ladies in 50s and 60s...I feel at this age, mental stress is the main reason.