CHRISTINE
I HAVE SUFFERED WITH THIS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER! RECENTLY, I WENT THROUGH AN EXTREME EPISODE OF INSOMNIA WHERE I WOULD SLEEP MAYBE ONE HOUR A NIGHT, FALL ASLEEP DRIVING, GO THROUGH BOUTS OF HYPERACTIVITY AND THEN CRASHING, BUT STILL NOT SLEEPING. I TRIED OTC SLEEPING PILLS BEFORE TALKING TO MY OWN DOCTOR. HE RECOMMENDED THAT I TALK TO A COUNSELOR ABOUT MY LIFE IN GENERAL. I WAS SURPRISED HOW WELL THIS WORKED. ALL I DID WAS TALK TO HIM FOR THREE APPOINTMENTS AND HE SAT AND LISTENED. THEN WHEN HE FINALLY SPOKE UP, HE GAVE ME HIS OPINION OF EVERYTHING THAT HE HEARD ME SAY AND I WAS FREE TO TAKE OR LEAVE HIS ADVISE. I HAVEN'T HAD THAT SEVERE OF A PROBLEM SINCE THEN! YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE USING SLEEPING PILLS AND THEY DON'T WORK, YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT THINKING VERY STRAIGHT BY NOW.