I have insomnia most work nights, only getting 5-6 hours. I catch up on my sleep on the weekends. Is this healthy?

My boyfriend has (with a little push) managed to seek help for his depression, which he has suffered from for almost two years. I am thrilled that he has made this step, but I don’t want to do anything to mess things up for him.

The doctors have put him on antidepressants and sleeping pills, but I’m afraid I don’t know which ones.

How can I support him through the dodgy side effects and help the medication help him? What should I be doing, what should I not be doing?

please tell me what you would give me

or if what medication you were given

or if your just a nurse or Doctor, what do you give your patients

I have had epilepsy for about 3 years, I know that is odd seeing how I am 18, I have had seizures in my sleep.. its the most uncomfortable thing I have ever expierienced, Its like your holding on to a steering wheel spinning in circles at 90 mph and I know exactly what is happening but cant wake myself up.. I litteratly try so hard to pull myself out of it but theres nothing I can do! theres been times I have waken my friends up in the night by shaking and talking in my sleep.. sometimes just one or the other, I havent had an "episode" for about a 6 months now.. meaning a seizure, but I talk in my sleep about every night.. could this have anything to do with my epilepsy? Its driving me crazy..
I have had MRI’s, 72hr EEG’s, catscans.. everything.. they said I have too much blood in my brain basically. They haven’t determined exactly why this is happening to me.. also, my dad had seizures when he was a kid, he took medicine for it and it eventually went away.. they havent even mentioned putting me on any type of medications..
I also forgot to add my dad was recently diagnosed with sleepapnia.. could that be what it is? what exactly is sleepapnia?

i find it really difficult to get to sleep . I end up staying awake for hours unable to rid my thoughts that tend to be dark. stranger still , is that if i go to bed in my sister’s room i can fall asleep straight away. In my own room, I can litrally only sleep , if i collapse with exhaustion , or i drug myself up with something . I don’t think i have a sleeping disorder , it may only be that i’m over stimulated before i go to bed or something. Any ideas?

i have asthma and was wondering if its alright to take sleeping pills cuz sometimes i cannot sleep at night or do not sleep well

i am fairly certain i’m depressed. but my question is that is it possible to fluctuate between hypersomnia and insomnia, every few nights? or am i just wierd?

I work and go to school ful time, I have class 3 days a week, but work 5-6, I often dont get home from work til 11pm, and when I get home I am WIDE awake, I lay in bed, try to sleep, nothing, I often get 2-3 hours of sleep at most, I have to get up at 630am for class.

Is there anything I can do to help me get to sleep quicker? Should I try toget ambien or something??

I mean is there a way i can get it back the way it was before i had insomnia?
I mean is there a way i can get it back the way it was before i had insomnia? I dont suffer from it anymore My memory is not so bad but i thought my memory would be back the way it was when i was able to sleep again. No its not amnesia.

And also while sleeping at night?
I often get sleep paralysis. And I find them pretty scary while I have them. Evey time I have them, almost every time I have them, I fear something bad will happen to me, like I’m dying or something ( which, once I’m out of the sleep paralysis, I see that I’m alright physically).

Thanks for all answers.