Hey guys,

So my insomnia has come back so I usually dont sleep till about 5am. Even though I take 10mg of melatonin and I've even taken my 50mg of trazodone (if I take this one maybe I sleep by 3am). Its obviously affecting my eating as well cause now I dont wake up till about 130pm. And then I usually just stay in bed waiting to fully wake up by 2. I say its affecting my eating because I'm not getting in all the meals I should nor the water. And I'm scared that this will get worse for me when I actually get more hungry like in the past and eat at night and gain the weight back. Any suggestions for sleep ?

I have been diagnosed with insomnia and very mild sleep apnea (dont require a machine) before the surgery as part of the sleep study.

1 hour ago, Eliz_123 said:

Hey guys,

So my insomnia has come back so I usually dont sleep till about 5am. Even though I take 10mg of melatonin and I've even taken my 50mg of trazodone (if I take this one maybe I sleep by 3am). Its obviously affecting my eating as well cause now I dont wake up till about 130pm. And then I usually just stay in bed waiting to fully wake up by 2. I say its affecting my eating because I'm not getting in all the meals I should nor the Water. And I'm scared that this will get worse for me when I actually get more hungry like in the past and eat at night and gain the weight back. Any suggestions for sleep ?

I have been diagnosed with insomnia and very mild sleep apnea (dont require a machine) before the surgery as part of the sleep study.

I'm also an insomniac with sleep apnea, although that's so much better now, I still need a machine.

Work on getting into a schedule if you can, for me I'm doing Intermittent Fasting between 6pm and 8am and it's worked out great, not only for sleep, but for the weight loss as well. It seemed harder than it was to get myself into a schedule, but once I did, it works out quite well.

Not sure what state you are in, but there is some really positive results with cannabis for sleep issues, and if medical cannabis isn't legal in your state yet or if you are like me and have a federal job and can't use it because it's still not federally legal, there is Dronabinol / Marinol (and it's covered on most medical plans) it's not as effective since it's just THC and no CBD, but it does work wonders for the insomnia!

Very helpful thanks Matt!
I've tried talking to my doctor about the medical cannabis but hes a little reluctant to try it right now since I'm still healing. I'll try the intermittent fasting tonight and see how it goes ??

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