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Vent and Rant:
Why oh why can't I sleep? Why must I wake up at 2 or 3 a.m. and then just STAY awake until I can't stand staying in the bed any longer?
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Betty - speaking from bitter experience with this form of insomnia - don't try to self treat this and become debilitated! Prolonged sleep deprivation puts you into a mental vicious circle where you stop thinking rationally about your insomnia and how to deal with it - and it will become very detrimental to your overall health - esp. since you're trying to heal your shoulder, heal your heart, etc. - Go to your doctor and get something to help you restore your normal sleep cycle so you can remain asleep until morning - it won't get better by itself once the pattern has become "habitual" (I know - I've been there!). I was prescribed a lot of different stuff - but a very low dose of Clonazepam (Klonopin) worked for me - and I did NOT become dependent on it.