Doctor, I Have Insomnia. What Can I Do? | Alon Avidan, MD | UCLAMDChat

Join UCLA sleep specialist Alon Avidan, MD, as he discusses insomnia and explores the consequences of poor sleep and ways to help you achieve a healthy night’s sleep.

[J-GUT]

To everyone and anyone here I hope you have a blessed sleep 💤

[eiyhka]

Just want to say hey to all my insomnia brothers and sisters. Its 4:38 am. Yeah y'all know the deal

[Lute]

My poor mom has insomnia, dear God, Please let her sleep well Every night. I'm willing to give all my sleeping hours to her.

[kkashlee]

Everytime I'm about to fall asleep early I get too excited by the fact I'm finally going to wake up early and sleep early! But that excitement overwhelms me and insomnia haunts me again..

[mercysmith]

The best thing (and I’ve tried all the melatonin, vilarian, ambein, and a hundred others) is spreading a light amount of Organic Castor oil over the face and temples. A bit in the wrists too.
After years of sleeplessness I accidentally discovered this. Thought I would try to improve my wrinkles by moisturizing my face with the castor oil. When I tried it, I woke up the next morning having slept 8 ( yes, e-I-g-h-t) hours later. Shocked I couldn’t believe it - 4 hours was my best norm.

Give it a try! It’s not expensive and it does not take much. I’ve used it now for 4 glorious months. No doctor ever suggested this or had heard of it. I thank God for this discovery.

[sleepinglucidnow]

Me: New year new me
My insomnia: That's where you're wrong, kiddo

[socialbuttafly]

For years I lived off of 1 hour of sleep per night (and this was broken up due to severe sleep apnea). My body finally broke down and I became very ill, having to be hospitalized several times in one year. I got a CPAP, and things were better for a good while, but then the anxiety Insomnia kicked in. If I get 6-7 hours worth of sleep on one night, I will literally go for a whole month without sleeping. I envy people who can stay in bed and sleep for hours.

[xsrres]

Everytime I’m so close to falling asleep someone makes a loud noise and wakes me up and I have to suffer for 3-4 hours

[AfricanFlightStar]

My girlfriend suffers from terrible insomnia, thank you so much for sharing this knowledge, I’m going to get her to watch it with me. 🙏🏻

[ourevilone]

ive removed caffeine, removed social media after 5pm, stopped multi tasking, deep breathing and meditation exercises, therapy every 2 weeks, on Trazadone 150mg nightly, changed my diet removed carbs, alcohol, sugar from my life. Still having issues.

[valeriecarpenter]

He keeps speaking about staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning that's nothing I stay awake until the sun comes up and then I get 2-3 hrs of sleep a day....it is slowly killing me. 😵

[Mars-ktkz]

I’ve had insomnia every since the pandemic happened it sucks😭😭

[peggykonadu]

Am going crazy about dis insomnia may God help us all

[bellaearp]

I give up when I can’t sleep and stare at the roof lol

[privateprivate]

I've suffered from chronic insomnia for 25 years. I'm not depressed and I don't have anxiety. The medical profession actually know very little about chronic insomnia.

[rahulsemwal]

Here I am at 4:53 am

Still not sleepy
I had no work till 4 pm
I want to sleep but my mind just is not tired and demanding it

[smartanajonesu]

I actually can fall asleep watching my iPad in bed. I’ve done it often. My issue is waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep.

[alizabet.s]

I am watching this at 3:40 am. Fun times 😬

[BeaniBabe]

My insomnia has been getting really bad, and now I'm starting to have weird symptoms, like my eyes randomly watering and not just normal watering, it's almost like I'm crying

[rowenavien]

All I’ve been doing is crying everyday. I feel so helpless insomnia has ruined my life. 😭