I don't know what's up with me but I am totally wired. Last night I was fully awake until 9 AM this morning and I fell asleep til about noon. It's 2 AM right now and I'm just not going down, I'm sort of puttering and putting on moisturizer and I can not sleep.

I am a pretty terrible insomniac but ever since surgery I've been sleeping at night and waking up in the morning at least. It used to be so bad that I would give up on sleeping at all for a couple days just to make myself tired enough to go down and stay down.

I have herbs. Passionflower, hops, valerian, skullcap, etc. I have unisom but diphen causes weight gain doncha know. I have Ambien I can't really take yet ( and I never do because that stuff scares the crap out of me). None of the OTC/herbals really work all that well. I have no Ativan and decided to cool it on that stuff when I ran out last month. ( Actually that is a functional untruth. In reality the doctor at my clinic threw me out the last time I asked for more and threatened me with a drug panel)

I'm still in the healing phase and I know I need to rest. I'm not doing it though.

Are ya'll sleeping and if not what are you doing for it?

My whole day shifted 2 weeks after surgery, It started good then everyday I just stay wide awake for a longer hour than the day before until I ended just like u! It is 9 am here now and I cant sleep either.

I use to take muscle relaxer before but not for too long just a month or 2 it was for my aching side of the port which I thought then i was having hernia in my left side... then later I used it to downsize my anxiety before surgery.

Now I am either wide awake for nothing, or I just keep having terrible thoughts( Not surgery related at all) but when I wake up, I am out of energy no matter how many hours I sleep, and then I start getting active or slightly much awake at midnight!

I wish we can know if this is surgery related or are we just alone on this.

If it is I will take it too!

I seem to every other alternate between sleeping for 10 hours and not sleeping for hours and hours and getting a few hours.

When I can't sleep I just surrender and watch You Tubes until I get drowsy. Fortunately I am self employed so I always have a sense that I will be able to sleep in the day.

I am so sorry because I know how awful insomnia is. I have never been truly troubled and hugs to you- wish I could help. Even with my atavan but I'm in NO CA!

I had a lot of insomnia post-op -- but not the kind where you can't fall asleep, the kind where you wake up at like 2 or 3 am and can't go back to sleep, and just think odd or anxiety-ridden thoughts. It has gotten much better the past month or so, I think it was anaesthetic hangover and hormonal wackiness from surgery. I hope yours resolves soon.

Swizzly, It is sooooo amazing u sound like my mom speech today! when I woke up and told her about my last night suffering she said ur same exact words, it s anesthetic hangover. It makes so much sense!! I hope it really gets better soon for all of us who is suffering with it.

Thank you for sharing your experiences. This has me worried now. I'm meeting with the surgeon for the first time on Wednesday (May 18), and I will definitely be asking him about this. The reason: I have insomnia now. I hope it doesn't get worse.

Don't scare me with the thought of insomnia. I already fight it, to the point I have a sleeping medication prescription. I was taken off of Ambien and started something else when I was awake for 2 days after taking it. Now, after reading what you guys are going through, I am afraid that I will have the insomnia worse than it is now.

Well, I took a unisom last night, the sleepmelts. I hate taking those though. They leave you with a hangover and they cause weight gain over time.

I don't know if it's the surgery that's causing this or if it's just my zoomy little brain messing with my sleep wake cycle. It's probably unisom again tonight.

FWIW, I had insomnia pre-op too, though probably not as bad as some of you here because I didn't ever take any medication for it, except half an ativan sometimes because of the accompanying anxiety, just muddled through it somehow. And then after surgery, as I said, it got worse for a while.

But I also wanted to add that, a couple of months later, I am sleeping MUCH better than I did pre-op. So it might get a bit worse for a while, but there's a chance that it could also then improve a lot over what you already experience. In GENERAL, I slept much better when I was thinner than I did after I got heavier (even though I didn't have any sleep apnea or any sleep disorders). So, hope for the best!

I am 8 days post op. This is the 4th night in a row that I am unable to get to sleep. I am ready for bed when my family goes to bed, around 9:30 - 10:00. But I cant get comfortable, then when I do, I just lay there and nothing happens. I have no idea why. It's now 2:31am. I have a son to get up at 6:30, physical therapy at 8:30, and a job interview at 10:30. I have been unemployed for over a year now, and I am needing to be bright eyed and bushy tailed.

I am not doing much each day on my own. I had my right knee replaced two months ago, and getting around can still be a challenge. My goal for tomorrow, after the interview, is to visit my parents, maybe a friend, go to the library, keep myself out of the house as long as possible. I guess I just want to wear myself out a bit. I also have not yet driven since the surgery, but I haven't really had anywhere I have needed to go.

I am hoping this insomnia will end soon. I have never had it before, do not take anything for it (nor do I want to), and about all I can do to get sleepy enough to eventually fall asleep is play angry birds until I can't see straight.

Any other suggestions? Not into meds for that kind of assistance. I have coronary artery disease, so I take enough pills as it is

Sleep tight!!