![]() ![]() Do you know what fatal insomnia is? I feel, sometimes,that I have a subset of that horrible condition which, I know, is extremely rare. I am not a hypochondriac or a complainer. I want to know what is going on in my brain after all this time. Wish me luck finding someone, some place that will admit me to study me for two nights. I am always exhausted but manage to look fine and to get through each day ok. I have none of those “measurable” problems. They help only those with apnea, restless legs, etc. I do not want my son to suffer another 35-40 years, either. ![]() I would like them to study my brain because I feel all of these years of taking pills has probably changed the brain. I would like to have a sleep study done when I have not taken a Temazepam and one taken when I DO take a Temazepam. I am trying to find out what is going on in my brain. I hardly am on the pillow when I fall asleep, but I wake up many times during the night - I barely sleep an hour or so and am awake. In the past few months, I fall asleep almost immediately after taking a pill (something that NEVER happened in my life before). ![]() My insomnia is of unknown etiology - I am not depressed, stressed out, unhappy. My problem is genetic since my son suffers the exact same fate. Many people have bouts of insomnia - not full blown, years-long insomnia. Quentin Regestein in Boston, who is supposed to be the man who knows the most about the mechanics of sleep. I cannot get up and go to another room and do a mindless activity until I get sleepy. They receive about 6 hours of training in “sleep”. I have an amazing internist who doesn’t know the first thing about insomnia. I write to doctors throughout the US, looking for help. I tried everything that you might suggest. I cannot fall asleep without a Temazepam. I have been on sleeping pills almost constantly from 1976 until today April, 2019. Peter Hauri (very well known sleep psychiatrist) after 3 days at Sleep Clinic. I was diagnosed with insomnia in 1976 with Dr. ![]()
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