Sleep Disorders Forum - This cured my Insomnia!!!

I WAS an insomniac, but this has changed my life and I feel it necessary to tell others about it.

For the past 2 years I have found it increasingly harder to get a good night sleep. I used to find it easy to fall asleep. I’d feel tired, lie down and drift off within half an hour. But everything changed when I got my new job in London. At first I would commute by train. But this would take at least an hour and a half to get there and an hour and a half to get back. So I relocated and found a lovely flat in a quite part of the West End with my long term girlfriend.

The job was all new to me and I had to undertake a steep learning curve. I would stay up late working, some nights only getting 2 hours sleep. But this was my decision. I was working and thought that this was the way that people in the city lived. After a couple of months my concentration levels started to go all over the place and so did my moods. One day I snapped at my bosses and very nearly lost my job. I apologised and told him that I had not been sleeping well due to my work load. He was very forgiving and kind enough to ease my work load. He told me that “while I’m at home I should try to forget about work and relax”. I did this, and almost totally stopped work from home at night. But to my disappointment, my sleep patterns stayed the same. In fact, over the next 16 months they got worst. My new life in London was becoming a nightmare. I felt tired all the time, but couldn’t sleep. If I did get to sleep, I’d rarely stay asleep for very long. My mood swings were seriously affecting my job, my social life and most importantly my relationship with my girlfriend. My appearance was becoming embarrassing too.
I went to see my doctor and he said I had Primary insomnia and recommended a number of self help treatments. I tried them all with little effect. I reduced my caffeine intake, tried exercise, warm baths, watching TV before going to bed, taking a long walks before bed. I even went to a number of yoga classes with my girlfriend. I then did some research on the web and found pills that were supposed to send you to sleep within 15 minutes. They didn’t!! I also read a number of bad things about the side effects that can come from using pills. I was at the end of my tether. I told my boss that I might have to quit my job and move back to Warminster.
A couple of days later I received an email from my boss. A friend of his had recommended a treatment that his wife had used. My boss offered to pay for it, if I was willing to try it. My boss paid for it that day and I downloaded the package straight away and used it that very night!! And I couldn’t believe the results. It worked! It really worked! It’s a number of audio tracks that use “brainwave entrainment audio sessions” to train your brain into naturally sinking into sleep. I’m not really sure how it works, but it works!! I used it every night for a month. I was scared that I wouldn’t be able get to sleep with out it. Until I went to stay at my parent’s one weekend and forgot to bring the package. But to my surprise I had one of the best night’s sleep, I’ve had in years. It’s trained my brain to work without the audio package. I’ve not need to listen to it since.
I’ve finally got my life back. My girlfriend likes me again, I’m socialising again and I’m up for a promotion at work. Plus I’ve never felt healthier!