I can't sleep, and not even medicine can make me sleep. Help?

[Anonymous]

So I'm going to a psychiatrist soon, but in the mean time. I'm looking for a resolution for my problem, a quick fix. So I don't sleep, I get like an hour of sleep everyday. You'd think that if I only get an hour that by time it reaches like 21:00 I'd want to lay in bed and pass out. But I sit in the corner of my bathroom bawling my eyes out. Sounds stupid, but when you can't do something everyone does on a daily basis and they can do it without even thinking about it. AND YES I HAVW TRIED SLEEPING PILLS. I used to take 6 8mg melatonin water actives capsules just to feel even the slightest bit tired. Some people may see not having to sleep a lot as a gift, but it is a curse. I thought it was a good thing at first when I started having problems with my sleep, I was all like "I can do so much stuff now and have all the time!" But then when I went to sleep, and woke up an hour ish later I felt like I wanted to die. Not sleeping felt better than sleeping at all. I'd go 42 hours without sleeping. Really took a toll on my social life. I was tired that didn't want to do anything. And you're probably like "If you're so tired then why don't you go to sleep?" I can't. Yesterday I woke up at 04:30 and got on a plane. When it comes time for me to sleep at 23:00. I can't fucking sleep. I took 2 melatonin. Still couldn't sleep. Took 2 different "fast acting" sleeping pills. I've tried anxiety meds too. Can someone just help me. Please.

[posted]

"So I don't sleep, I get like an hour of sleep everyday. "
Sorry, but thats something above 'hey i need help sleeping', where people here might offer common methods/things to try.
The only person who can really help you is medical professionals at this point.

www.nosleeplessnights.com/.../

Just google your symptons, check which type (s) seem most closely related to you, then go back and try something new. I've talked to a few people who have insomnia, they just stay up playing games all night.

"The important thing to note then is that Melatonin helps tell the body about the timings for going to sleep and waking up. In itself it is not something which makes you fall asleep.
Melatonin:
"This is the main reason why it is not thought to be much help for most kinds of insomnia. But if you have had your sleep pattern disrupted, it can help to reset your confused body and brain"

[Asker]

I can't do much when I have to stay up till 08:00. When I get tired my body aches and I have difficulty breathing and such. My doctor just told me I had depression, and anxiety. So he decided to send me to a physiatrist, but he never told me what to take when I needed to sleep. I've been waiting to see a pyschiatrist for 3 months now. And this problem has been occurring since the beginning of my life

[posted]

See a different doctor in my opinion, is this your usual one?

[Asker]

Yeah

[posted]

I'm not sure what it is, maybe different ways of looking at it, one may be more open minded in terms of the symptoms, but there's a good chance another one may treat it entirely differently and recommend another medicine.

[Swiss_Tengu]

When and where was the last time you remember being able to sleep soundly?
What is the difference in environment from there to where you live now?
It might be wireless electrosmog in your appartment and or radio antennas in your area and you might be rather electro sensible to it (like it seems to be in my case).
If you can, try sleeping at a place away from such things for a couple of days and see if anything changes.

[JohnDoe3000]

If melatonin doesn't work for you then there is no quick fix. Other sleeping pills might work but they are addictive so they're not a permanent solution. A medical specialist might be able to help you with light therapy or by taking away a source of stress.

[xobrowneyedbeauty]

Sounds like you could have some kind of medical problem that you should say your primary care doc for rather than just a psychiatrist if nothing is working for you. You could have some kind of chemical imbalance or something.

[NYkid27]

It sounds like you have really bad insomnia so you probably need much stronger sleeping pills and prescription anxiety medication because it seems like that's at least part of the reason you can't sleep

[reptocarl]

Getting drunk works for some

[Asker]

I'm too young to drink