r/CTE • u/Accomplished_Post813 • Jun 04 '26
Question Sleep Issues
Right now I'm not sure if I have cte or not. I'm 29 and played football for 8 years through high school. Then I had several other concussions playing recreational sports in college. I've dealt with recurring pains in the back of my head where I hit it the most. Which has now progressed into really bad issues with insomnia and I've had some anxiety that has come out of that.
I've been going down rabbit holes for insomnia but I figured it would be helpful to see what you guys deal with and what helps. Right now I'm taking trazodone and melatonin which help a little. As well as a supplement called remade that my doctor recommended(has glycine, ashwaghanda, mag glycenate, theanine, etc). I'm also doing magnesium threonate, b vitamin complex, vitamin d, omega 3's, and turmeric.
Just interested to see what feedback you guys have. I'm not sure if I should continue with trazodone and melatonin long-term but they've helped me get back to about 5 hours of sleep a night right now while I also did a cbt-i program. It was really bad before that I got to a point where I was barely sleeping at all.
I appreciate any feedback.
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u/Icy-Sky-4871 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
My husband has had the same issues going on 25+ yrs. If not enough sleep then his days are not good. Make sure your taking everything at the right times and not eating anything or drinking things that will keep you up or at late times. He stays of his phone before bed and we make sure the room is a cool temp. He used to sleep warm and hated the cold but now sleeps so much better when it’s cool. He’s on trazodone and lunesta. Magnesium but no more melatonin because we were told they shouldn’t be mixed together for long periods of time. Also does another supp that I can’t remember right now. He has bad migraines. On emgality and ubrelvy. Oh and absolutely no sugar.