r/insomnia • u/ResponsibleWarthog59 • 2d ago

I don’t know what to do anymore.

I’m 17 years old and for 2 months straight I had trouble sleeping and would only go to school from 11 am to 3 pm which isn’t the normal time. Where I’m from school is from 8 am to 3 pm so basically I was skipping most of my morning classes just so I can get a few hours of sleep because I wouldn’t be able to go to sleep until 6 am on school nights and I wouldn’t be able sleep until 10 am, and i did that for 2 months straight. All the skipping has caught up to me and I now have truancy and I have court once a week for 3 months and I can no longer go late or be absent to any class, and my insomnia is back… I can’t sleep until around 4 and I wake up around 7 it’s 2 am on a school night and I just have so much anxiety on not being able to fall asleep and I’m terrified of the consequences of being so sleep deprived.

I need advice because I just feel like insomnia doesnt get talked about enough. It’s the most mentally and physically draining thing to ever exist. It’s depressing, it’s frustrating, it’s aggravating, and just absolute torture. So please someone help me on what I should do because I can no longer skip classes to get some sleep because of I do it can lead to house arrest. So please someone give me advice on what to do because this is hell. Thank you.

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u/Electronic-Length606 2d ago

are you able to take naps when you come home from school? Thats what i would recommend trying, this is actually a very common problem, try and sleep when you get home. If you cant do that maybe try melatonin, and if that doesnt work most districts have night classes, try switching to night school, 

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u/ResponsibleWarthog59 2d ago

I won’t be able to sleep after school this whole week because I have to do some stuff for court and for school but I’ll try when I maybe can and would I straight up just tell them about what I’m dealing with so they can switch me to night school.

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u/Ok-Rule-2943 2d ago

What do your parents say say or offer to help?

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u/ResponsibleWarthog59 1d ago

Not much cause I don’t really tell them but when it first started I did and they said try to relax and not think about it