Anyone have Insomnia Post Op?

[shrinkadonk 14]

Its insane. I'm up till 3-4 am, and the crazy thing is I'm not even super tired when I wake at 7. Whats up with that? Reduce your calories, reduce sleep? Anyone else, or am I the only weirdo?

[Richard Foor 655]

It is possible that as you loose weight you are actually sleeping more effectively so your body which is used to not having effective sleep is now adjusting to the more effective sleep you are getting, my guess is that it will stabilize before to long and you will be sleeping more regularly.

[Nicolanz 1,484]

Me! I wonder if it's the B12? I have so much energy now and am rarely tired. I have a 3 month old, so sleep isn't on my agenda. I have crazy dreams too.

[ivonneh 25]

My surgery was 3 weeks ago and last week I experienced insomnia a couple night but I noticed that I had taken my Vitamins late either in the afternoon or evening. So now I try to take them as early as possible. I think vitamins can give you some extra energy at night if you don't take them early.

[Carol Watts 67]

I did they had to put me on ambien. I still only sleep about 6 hours

[Kammie726 8]

Yessss I ve never had trouble sleeping or falling asleep my family use to joke I was like a cat I slept so well now I am lucky if I stay asleep for 3 hours at a time .... I miss sleep. I was sleeved Nov 26 and so far normal sleep hasn't returned

[theoldmusicbox 399]

i had insomnia for about the first 4 weeks, after that, i gradually got back to normal.

[alley-gator 96]

Yes! At first I had insanely violent scary dreams, figured out it was from the anti nausea Meds i was on...after being off them the dreams went away, but I am awake every day at like 5 or 6 now. Strange how my sleep patterns have changed!

[firebelle10 80]

Yes- I had crazy insomnia. So my dr prescribed Ambien- I've had some weird experiences on the ambien. I have to take it in bed with the lights off or else I end up doing strange things like organizing closets, cleaning my car ( at 10pm) ordering things on groupon. So I'm very hesitant to take it.

I really only take it if I need to recharge my batteries. And like I said I only take when I'm tucked in and ready to go to sleep.< /p>

[blewy99 9]

Glad to see this topic. Was sleeved on 12/17 and have done really well with sleep. About 4 days ago I really started having trouble sleeping. Could fall asleep with no problems, but was awake and tossing and turning all night long. In 8 hours I would say I am lucky to get 3-4 hours of intermittent sleep. I figured part may have been anxiety as I returned to work this week but it hasn't let up any and I actually didn't make it to work today as I woke up almost ill from not having a good night's sleep. Now, here is the crazy twist - if I were to go in and lay down for a nap, I could sleep 3 hours like a rock. I don't do that as I want to be as tired as I can at night to hopefully sleep better. I don't go back to my surgeon for three weeks still but might go in and see my family doc. Have been on ambien in the past and might need just a bit to get me back on some pattern.

[penny39 0]

im so glad that ive read these posts i had a gastric bypass on 1st april and have been fine till last night and tonight i had not a seconds sleep last night but managed to grab an hourthis afternoon now i am wide awake again.....hopefully it will settle down but i feel restless and my arm keeps tingling thanks all

[luckysmomma 407]

Yep, especially the first couple of weeks. It gets better...

[emr80 5]

im so glad that ive read these posts i had a gastric bypass on 1st april and have been fine till last night and tonight i had not a seconds sleep last night but managed to grab an hourthis afternoon now i am wide awake again.....hopefully it will settle down but i feel restless and my arm keeps tingling thanks all

I too was sleeved on 4/1 and last night I was up till 3 am couldn't sleep at all whatsoever :-( this afternoon I've been very tired but I have to finish up my laundry hoping to go to bed by 10:30 the latest as tmrw will be my first day back to work after surgery. Also last nite n tonight I took my Vitamins at nite because Friday I threw them up when I had them in the morning I hope the Vitamins are not the ones keeping us awake... I need sleep tonite

[overweight 4]

Yessss <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I ve never had trouble sleeping or falling asleep my family use to joke I was like a cat I slept so well now I am lucky if I stay asleep for 3 hours at a time .... I miss sleep. I was sleeved Nov 26 and so far normal sleep hasn't returned

How are you doing besides the sleep issue?

[penny39 0]

other than the sleep issue i am doing great and havent had any other complications apart from dihorreah for over a week,it seems to have stopped now i have stopped taking lanzoperazole.The wierd thing is that i dont feel really tired after 2 sleepless nights it is totally bizarre! i am gonna try some nytol before i go to the doctor for sleeping pills and hoping its only a short term thing