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Re: audio-visual entrainment

Posted by Cairo on October 23, 2006 at 04:18:05:

In Reply to: audio-visual entrainment posted by Noliro on October 20, 2006 at 18:00:56:

Noliro-

Whether you recover with no meds (as Tom did) or with meds (as I did), the first step is getting rid of your stress and anxiety about sleep. This is accomplished not by finding an external method to help, but by changing the way you think about sleep and insomnia. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy (CBT) is helpful with this, and can be done on your own, or with a therapist.

For me, getting rid of anxiety about sleep meant no more searching for the "miracle cure", and no more doing strange things (like sleep restriction) that made me miserable and changed my routine. It meant accepting insomnia and realizing that I could function on not enough sleep even if I didn't like it.

I also had to rid my life of excess stress. If you are highly stressed and desperate, you won't sleep, period. For me, that meant leaving my job and ending a bad relationship. They were both painful and stressful, but now, 10 months later, I sleep great.

I also believe that I will always need medication, as I do not sleep well without it, not over the long term. I am fine with this, and Remeron has been a god-send for me. It isn't the answer for everyone, but it is part of the answer for some of us. But even with medication, when I am very stressed, I don't sleep well, so there are many parts to the solution.

You should also start eating well, exercising, and stop drinking caffeine and alcohol if you haven't already done those things. You may be able to to drink again in the future but right now, it'll just upset your sleep system.

I don't honestly know what "audio-visual entrainment" is, but I can guess that it probably won't work over the long term, if you haven't addressed the underlying factors that contribute to your insomnia: stress and desperation, to name the two that you mention in this post.

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