Insomnia?

[chunkychick 54]

A few days after being sleeved I noticed I am not so tired anymore which is great except when it's affecting my sleep. Oh my gosh! Falling asleep has been difficult for me. I used to be in bed by 9:30 or 10:00 pm and now I am up till 1:00, 2:00 or almost 3:00 and I have to really try to fall asleep. Has anyone else experienced this after surgery?

[lollyfidy1965 402]

I've had challenges sleeping, and started taking melatonin every night. An hour after taking it, I'm more than ready for sleep, and sleep well all night long!

[Russell 7]

I have had the exact same problem. I was sleeved on OCt 22 and I can't fall asleep until 5 am. I don't know if its from the sleeve or from the liquid diet. Low calorie liquid diets are known to cause insomnia. I would love to know a solution to this. I have tried melatonin and even that doesn't work. I toss and turn. I'm waiting to hear back from my DR about if he can prescribe me a sleeping pill.

[enigmachik 403]

I had this problem for the first three or four weeks after being sleeved. After that I started sleeping normally again.

[JayneD 31]

A few days after being sleeved I noticed I am not so tired anymore which is great except when it's affecting my sleep. Oh my gosh! Falling asleep has been difficult for me. I used to be in bed by 9:30 or 10:00 pm and now I am up till 1:00' date=' 2:00 or almost 3:00 and I have to really try to fall asleep. Has anyone else experienced this after surgery?[/quote']

My doctor actually prescribed pills for insomnia which I thought was really strange. I always had sleeping problems, not apnea though. Just staying asleep. I wake up 3,4,5 times a night. I don't think I slept at all while on the hospital for 3 days. My eyes closed but not a deep sleep. Even now at him I am not sleeping good. I can't get comfortable on my back since I am a side sleeper. I was a little scared though to start the insomnia prescription so I haven't taken any. Just so tired all day from lack of sleep and food, only on Clear liquids I was sleeved 10/23.

[Carol Watts 67]

I had and still have the same problem. First it was 2 am faithfully then it was 4 am now it is between 4 and 5 am I rest about 45 min during day and I take ambien and I still have this problem.

[Scaredy Cat 92]

Honestly I can't fall asleep either but it's from all the anxiety/excitement of an upcoming sleeve event - ME!! Ugh, my brain won't turn off!

[Banned member 320]

I try to eat right before bed and add a little bit of carbs and that seems to get me tired. If my last meal is 2 hrs before bed I tend to toss and turn like I did last night. I think I fell asleep around 11pm and I was in bed by 10p. I try to limit naps during the day also

[chunkychick 54]

It's just been frustrating because I am usually a good sound sleeper but lately that's all changed. Thank God i'm still on leave but I don't know what I will do next week when I go back to work. I have a Dr appt for tomorrow and I am definitely going to bring this up to him.

[chunkychick 54]

I have had the exact same problem. I was sleeved on OCt 22 and I can't fall asleep until 5 am. I don't know if its from the sleeve or from the liquid diet. Low calorie liquid diets are known to cause insomnia. I would love to know a solution to this. I have tried melatonin and even that doesn't work. I toss and turn. I'm waiting to hear back from my DR about if he can prescribe me a sleeping pill.

I'm on pureed foods now but still low calorie, that makes sense though. I would have thought I'd be more tired than usual on a low cal diet but I guess everyone's body reacts differently and mine is just full of energy now.

[chunkychick 54]

Honestly I can't fall asleep either but it's from all the anxiety/excitement of an upcoming sleeve event - ME!! Ugh, my brain won't turn off!

lol, I started getting excited and anxious too right before and although I lost some sleep, it wasn't as bad as it is now. Take it easy and rest up for now!

[Banned member 320]

I couldn't post much earlier but yesterday I consumed the lowest amount of carbs since surgery, it was probably around 30g total and that's pretty low for a person who is breastfeeding. I'm starting to think that's why I tossed and turned a lot last night. Other things that could cause insomnia is a low calorie diet and that's what most of us are on especially during the losing phase. For some reason low calories and low carb tend to give me a ton of energy and I sweat like crazy when my body goes into ketosis and then comes the insomnia and waking up super early and hungry. I guess the thing for me to do is keep my carbs around 40-60 and eat a small amount of carbs before bed. I can't add in too many carbs or else I will start getting cravings. I'm not sure if this is why you have insomnia. Hopefully it will get better in time.

[chunkychick 54]

I couldn't post much earlier but yesterday I consumed the lowest amount of carbs since surgery, it was probably around 30g total and that's pretty low for a person who is breastfeeding. I'm starting to think that's why I tossed and turned a lot last night. Other things that could cause insomnia is a low calorie diet and that's what most of us are on especially during the losing phase. For some reason low calories and low carb tend to give me a ton of energy and I sweat like crazy when my body goes into ketosis and then comes the insomnia and waking up super early and hungry. I guess the thing for me to do is keep my carbs around 40-60 and eat a small amount of carbs before bed. I can't add in too many carbs or else I will start getting cravings. I'm not sure if this is why you have insomnia. Hopefully it will get better in time.

Thanks! I hope so too! Since it is only a little over 2 weeks since I had my surgery I'm pretty limited on carbs, actually mostly Proteins and the carbs I usually get are in yogurt or cottage cheese or veggies but yeah, they are pretty low at this point and that probably has a lot to do with it too because prior to my surgery I'd get soooooo sleepy after eating carbs. Nothing like a plate full of carbs to know me out then! lol Now I don't have that and I'm eating only 400-600 calories and my body just doesn't know how to react! lol

[keldolbeth 262]

I never posted about this because I thought my insomnia was from something else! I'm 4 months post-op but for the first 6-8 weeks I had very little energy during the day and couldn't sleep at night. I wasn't sure what was the cause and what was the effect. I'm a teacher so I'm used to getting into a weird sleep pattern over the summer so I thought maybe that was it but this summer it seemed a little extreme. There were some nights I couldn't sleep, even after melatonin, and I'd go to the gym to swim laps at 4am.

Then I would stress about not sleeping if I had to get up early or was sleeping with someone else. That just made it worse. I do think the melatonin eventually helped. I also tried to some relaxation techniques too. I found that I needed to "wind down" before bed, turn lights, tv, computer, etc off, then maybe read or listen to some soft music.

Good luck! But I think things should return to normal.

[JANNCS 3]

I am so glad that this wasn't just me. I was sleeved on the 23 of October. I can't go to sleep. Last night I tossed and turned to about 5 in the morning. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my Doctor. That is my first question. I need my sleep. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ