I feel tormented! The doctors think it’s all anxiety, but I don’t know if I fully agree with them. The few times where I think I sleep it feels like I got straight into REM and have very looooong vivid dreams, but only 45 minutes has passed and I actually feel as though I was awake the entire time. There are days where I get zero sleep, and the days I do think I’ve gotten some sleep (again, bcs I vaguely remember having a vivid dream a few moment before in very light sleep), I only go through 1–2 cycles of less than an hour ea of very fragmented “sleep”. My brain is doing very weird things now and I live in a constant fog during the day.
I had this the whole night 3 or 4 nights ago. The dreams felt like I was in them for a lifetime. So vivid and extremely random. Id wake up and it'd only be 20 mins at a time. Whole night was spent waking up like 15-20 times.
I'm hoping this is a positive sign. The good news is REM sleep is the stage where the brain recover I believe.
So how’d you fix it or did you?
I didn't fix anything I'm still in the thick of it
Microsleeps. It happens to me too at even shorter intervals. I have no idea why this is happening
I'm going through exactly the same. Just woke up today from a very fragmented sleep, I would doze off, have a vivid dream, wake up, repeat. For the whole night. This is my second night now, but I've had insomnia since 27th March, when I 'lost' my ability to sleep like I used to. I just try to not let it ruin my days, when nights are enough struggle.
I call that the twilight zone. I’m in a light type of sleep and dreaming. Happens to me often. I have a bit of trauma as a child and have ALWAYS been anxious. I really do chalk it up to anxiety. I have a super weird relationship with sleep
what triggered the insomnia? Were you on some kind of a medication?
Well I was initially worried about a job one night and stayed up the entire night and since then I had sleep anxiety. I took an antipsychotic for sleep a month or so ago and stopped after using it twice and I believe that’s made it worse.
I don’t sleep without 6+ pills for the past 4 months and it feels like my heart is failing me now because of it so I can relate
I know it is annoying to have suggestions when nothing seems to help. But i also have severe insomnia that can be controlled with high doses of edibles, but that's about it now a days. However, i wanted to suggest buying some "blue and green light blocking glasses" on amazon. The best pair ive used was only around $50 and they actually do make your brain almost confused as to why its awake but not seeing certain wave lengths of light. Thats my best guess as to why but they really do make me tired and if i wear them pretty close to when the sun goes down, i can sleep from 3am to 7am. Its not amazing but its not nothing. Without them i literally wont sleep unless i take high doses of edibles and thats messed my stomach up over the years lol. TLDR; Blue and green light blocking glasses on amazon are actually surprisingly effective.
You can find a lot of people talking about this type of sleep online. Your doctors are right though, it’s anxiety and stress related. It’s a form of hyperarousal where you’re getting some sleep but you’re also subconsciously monitoring your sleep (this is where the anxiety/stress is relevant). Once you manage your anxiety/stress this usually diminishes and eventually lets up.
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Read my last post as well... Lol same thing (if I manage to sleep naturally).