Hey Alex

I saw you replied to my thread so I'm having a read of yours

You mentioned you want to try hypno.. i tried it, didn't work for me, but you may be different.

I have been doing CBT every 3 weeks for about eight sessions so far and it's helping me out a lot - still have set backs, which is normal, but it helps. You have to be prepared to test yourself with things you avoid for it to work though. I was made to handle a load of coins in my last session and then lick my hands ( (i'm a heavy hand washer). It was totally up to me, i was not forced to do it, but i did it... and guess what... didn't harm me.

The 3am wake up i can identify with - pretty sure it is anxiety. Does your heart feel a bit jumpy? Breathing a bit out of whack?

I had this for about two weeks a few years ago when i was in a terrible state and lost a stone and a half in about a week (its back on now, with interest!). It is awful, night after night. One thing that helped me... STOP LOOKING AT THE CLOCK! Just shut your eyes and wait it out. I find if you look at it, your body clock remembers a bit and then the next night it happens again, and again!

I hope you get some better sleep soon!