Melatonin

I’ve always had sleeping problems. Ever since I was a young kid, I’ve been a light sleeper & needed various things to help me sleep, whether it was a night light, silence, white noise from a fan, etc. Plus, I could never sleep through the night unless I was super exhausted. I still can’t.

This past few months have been more difficult for me than ever before. I’m pretty sure it’s because of stress and my anxiety but it’s causing some bad habits. For example, it always takes me more than an hour to fall asleep & the later I go to bed (especially on days I have class or work the next morning), the faster I need to fall asleep. So I take melatonin pills because it’s the most natural way to go. Unfortunately, though I try, it is so difficult for me sometimes to fall asleep without them. I usually wait for an hour and a half before I take one but like I mentioned before, if I go to bed extremely late, I take them earlier.

I listen to ASMR before I go to bed, for about a half hour & then listen to it while I try to fall asleep. I’ve never mentioned my sleeplessness to my doctor because I know that the first thing they’ll tell me is to limit electronics before bed. Even though that has never been the problem.

Does anyone else have a pre-bedtime routine that they stick to but sometimes having to add or subtract something actually messes up your sleep because your mind knows there was something else (I do have a routine that I follow closely as well)? Have you given in to taking sleeping medication to cope with your sleeplessness when you would rather fall asleep faster than wait for yourself to naturally fall asleep? #Sleep #sleeplessness #worry #Anxiety #Melatonin #Anxiety

#It ’s the only way that I could get a half a night 💤