[bjaminwallace]

Thanks for the reply.

So here's something, and hopefully helpful to anyone going through similar symptoms.
Recently I've taken it real easy. No excersise, and switched to 50mg Trazodone to help me sleep through the night. And it's worked. For the first time in 4 months I've felt sane and could mostly shrug off the symptoms.
However, in the past week 1/2, under physio's discretion, I've returned to a good excersise regime, and been working fairly hard at my job. I still aim to get 8+ hrs of sleep, but since I began exerting myself more, the Trazodone does nothing and instead, I'm waking up 5+ times through the night. And each time it feels like I've chugged back 5 red bulls.
So I'm curious, what has the increased exertion got to do with my sleep troubles? Also, because of this struggle sleeping, the other symptoms are increases as the days go by and I'm worried I'm not recovering as I thought I was.

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[bjaminwallace]

Oh and Mark, as lame as it sounds, I've started using my wife's pregnancy pillow when I wake up feeling mental. It does take the edge off a bit.

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[Mark in Idaho]

bjamin,

Pushing yourself hard at work may be your trouble. If the push is triggering adrenaline like it often does, your system may be slow at restoring to normal levels.

The common med for PCS insomnia is amitriptyline or nortriptyline in small doses a few hours before bed. They are tricyclic anti-depressants.

Trazadone is also an anti-depressant (tetra-cyclic) or SARI Seratonin Antagonist and Re-uptake Inhibitor.

Maybe a change to something different would be worthwhile.

Sleep hygiene or the behaviors you follow the few hours before bed can impact your sleep.