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I am a Christian with a chronic medical condition.

I sometimes wonder, am I alone? But I'm pretty sure there are others in the same boat.

Gather here to share ideas on how you keep up hope in your life when there is no cure for your condition in the midst of all the struggles, gather here to support one another, to pray for one another, etc.

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sure that's all frustrating.

I had bad depression as a teen, but I'm positive it was due to a medication I was taking at the time as well at Vitamin D deficiency (my whole school day was indoors).

I used to have bad insomnia issues. I would have immense trouble falling asleep at night and when I did, it was often late so I'd just stay up until I was tired enough to go to bed. Pretty sure medications didn't help this effect.

When I had kids, the insomnia went away lol. I just needed to be worn out during the day. It is rare these days that it takes me more than 5 minutes to fall asleep. If I lay down next to the kids when they try to fall asleep, it's over - I'll be out lol.

Unfortunately, in our world today it seems like there are soooo many things that can cause insomnia like medications, blood sugar problems, thyroid issues, adrenal problems, stress, taxing work schedules, depression, anxiety, allergies, other hormone imbalances, etc. etc.

I hope the cause of yours will be easy to reverse.

I remember one thing that really helped me when I couldn't sleep at night was Melatonin 5mg.

Another thing was orange safety glasses. I would put them on like 2-4 hours before bed and they block out the blue light at night (from computer screens, lamps, television screens, cell phones, etc.) I found a 2 pair on Amazon. I probably need to order another pair or two soon as mine have gotten old and scratched, but they are still great. I found that when using them I'd fall asleep much faster and sleep a lot deeper. I tried using the orange light and stuff on the computer, but doesn't do as good as the safety glasses because of the other blue light sources around the house more than likely. These days they seem a lot cheaper than they used to be, too.

If it's cortisol problems, some people find that it is helpful to go outside first thing in the morning, get about 10-20 minutes of fresh air and sun and then go back outside, do it again in the afternoon, and then once more at sunset. This helps regulate your cortisol and helps tell your body to wind down. So many people are stuck indoors all day whether it's school or work and the blue light throws it all off if used because we can't sleep.

I hope that you're able to find more relief, too! I'm glad that you have some sort of sleep schedule because sleep in important. I used to be the type to go to bed anywhere between midnight and 4 a.m. and then sleep until 3 p.m., but I can't do that anymore. Now a days I just wish I had more energy, though. That would seriously be something.