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Re: Serious Insomnia

Posted by Cassidy on January 10, 2002 at 08:37:31:

In Reply to: Re: Serious Insomnia posted by carol on January 10, 2002 at 08:21:15:

Concerned Husband:

I agree with carol. First rule out any physical causes for insomnia. If everything is fine, what your wife most likely has is psychological insomnia caused by anxiety. Basically, some stressful situation caused her to stop sleeping and then a fear of not sleeping set in. The only way to get over this is to find a way to break the obsession.

What helped me was a combination of sleep restriction (read Wiedman's book, Desperately Seekin Snoozin and follow that program to the letter), life changes (she has to get excited about things and focused on goals so she doesn't obsess about sleep anymore), attitude changes about sleep (realizing one cannot make oneself sleep, it has to happen naturally), and all the people on this website. Please do not underestimate the power of the suppport and information provided on this website. You might even get her to write in and start reading these posts, especially Jack's posts in Forum's 1,2,and 3 and Beth's and Lynne's posts in Forums 9 and 10.

Keep us informed of your progress and look here for support.

Wishing you and your wife sweet dreams.


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