I have any sleepless nights or a few hours at most. I have been up since midnight after just a few hours of sleep and this is my usual pattern. I wish I had answers. I had sleep problems pre rsd so now with the pain and anxiety it really is a problem. Some ideas I have tried of course the different meds like trazadone,serequel,lunesta etc and about to try ativan. Relaxation tapes,music,tv on tv off,melatonin,white noise,reading etc. In so many books you read about pain it says how important a good night sleep is. Not so easy to get though.

I have a very very fine almost unnoticeable tremor that keeps me awake at night. For a long time 3mg of tizanidine took care of it but now it takes 6 mg. For some reason when the tremor is active I just can't fall asleep.

I struggled with poor sleep throughout my 6+ year battle with TOS/RSD/fibro. I am finally sleeping well since I started sleeping grounded.

Google earthing or check out my thread on here about it.

I am often awake at night and find that I can sleep best in the morning for some weird reason. I have to say, late night t.v. leaves alot to be desired, and you can only read just so much.

Daniella,
Are you a flopper? I am and I wake myself up by knocking my feet, knees, or legs against each other. I'vefound that I sleep better in a recliner where I can't flop around like a fish out of water or flip over and get on my stomach. It forces me to stay relatively on my back while I'm asleep. I have one that locks back in recline, some don't and those are more difficult to keep back.