Suffering from major Insomnia! Please Help!

[MsRobotRock 0]

Ever since I was sleeved (08/31/2011), I have been unable to sleep through the night. I usually toss n turn for about an hour and finally getting up between 3am to 4am everynight. It really started heavily this past week once I started taking my multi-Vitamin but nothing else in my daily routine has changed (work, stress nor sleep times, etc.) nor am I taking any medications.

Just wondering if anyone else has suffered this since being sleeved or am I just crazy?? I'm thinking it may be the Vitamins, which sounds crazy to even say, however I stopped taking them for a day to see what the results would be and I still woke up around the same time.

[ShellBear 26]

Hi, I was sleeved August 29th and suffered from the same insomnia for the first week after coming home. It has gotten better but at least twice a week I find myself up at 3 or 4 AM on the puter or reading a book. This is so unlike me, I slept like a rock before surgery so I don't quite know what to make of it.

I know it isn't much help but I just had to share that I am experiencing the same thing.

Sucks huh?

[DoOver 17]

Sorry if this ends up being a double reply. System is giving me some issues.

I slept maybe 4 hours a night for the first 2 months. As my calorie intake per day increased from about 350 to about 600, the insomnia disappeared. I actually thought at the time it was my body reacting to the extreme calorie restriction and since it let up as I gained intake, it seemed to be the cause. At least for me.

[MsRobotRock 0]

Just knowing I'm not the only one going through this helps tremendously, believe me! Like you, I never woke up in the middle of the night where I wasn't able to go right back to sleep so this is an adjustment. Especially when I can't really pinpoint an "actual" cause.

If only during those times in the early morning I would get the energy to exercise.......LOL

[Kami 9]

It happens to me too, and I take Ambien to help me sleep too! It didn't happen the first week, but since then I've been waking up most nights in the middle of the night and I'm up about an hour before I can fall back asleep. It's very annoying. I have no idea why, but you definitely aren't alone.

[A New Day 5]

Try Melatonin. It gives a better rest than Ambien and it's natural, (and OTC).

[CindyLyn 0]

I was sleeved on 8/16/11 and I am going through the same thing. I have tried sleeping in my bed but can't... I have been sleeping in my recliner but I wake up at least 5 times a night. Before surgery I could sleep anywhere and anytime... LOL

[Jinjin 21]

Where can I get Melatonin? I am having same issues w/sleep. So glad to hear Im not the only one?! I was sleeved 6/27/11.

[meggspeggs 0]

Same problem here. I even took ativan tonight to try to get dome zzzzzz's. Apparently that isn't going to work either. I guess it'd back to melatonin for me too.

[meggspeggs 0]

You can get melatonin at any Vitamin or healthfood store.

[AnneG 7]

It's 3:55 am- my first night back home from the hospital- I'm up..

I barely slept for more than 1 hour stretches post op until last night- I slept from 11pm - 3am.

[longer-life 139]

You can get melatonin at any Vitamin or healthfood store.

I bought my daughters melatonin at Walgreens, so probably all other regular pharmacies carry it as well. It comes in different milligrams. Google to see what dosage is best for an adult. 1mg works for my 9 year old with Adhd. Her pediatrician recommended it.

[DoOver 17]

Try Melatonin. It gives a better rest than Ambien and it's natural, (and OTC).

Melatonin made me feel more drugged than anything I've ever taken in my life.More than the anestesia from surgery! I could not shake it off the next day. I tried it 5 times. The dose that worked to bring on the sleep wanted to keep me asleep for 18 hours. So I went to 5 mg. ambien also and have no complaints. It's one of those things where there are many solutions, you have to find what's right for you. I was lucky that it really let up late in my 3rd month post sleeve.

[Rootman 1,101]

I am 9+ months out and my insomnia is worse than ever. I had issues with it prior to being sleeved and it has gown worse sine then. I took Ambien for a while, then grew tolerant to it. Ambien only helps you GET to sleep, if you aren't asleep in an hour or two then it won't help any. I can take a nap nearly ANY day and fall right to sleep, but sleep at night? Nearly every night I sleep fitfully if at all till 3 or 4 am then sleep till I am supposed to wake up and then don't want to. It's been hellish at times. I wonder if the changes body chemistry has anything to do with it?

[KellyL 173]

I've seen Melatonin at Walmart, and also look into 5-HTP, I have found success in helping with my insomnia with it. It's at Walmart and other places too. It increases serotonin which helps with mood as well as naturally increases the melatonin. Serotonin affects sleep, mood, appetite, etc. It is said to possibly help with insomnia, depression, weightloss, fibromyalgia, and a lot more. Google it, but it seems to help me with my sleep too. Disclaimer: I am not a dr lol. So check with your dr before trying new meds or don't take it if you take other sleep or depression meds, without medical advice.