Is insomnia common after gastric bypass?

I have experienced insomnia for 8 years now! I have had the gastric bypass for 10 years! I have done alot of research on it big time!
 What I have found is that the jujunum absorbs most the nutrients, and after having the gastric bypass, food moves through your body faster than with a normal person, you dont get the nutrients you once got.
 I have tried using liquid vitamins, but I still dont get the sleep I need.
 I have tried every night aid there is known to man, even a tranquilizer and it doesnt help! Why? because pill form doesnt break down in our system, it moves to fast through our gastric bypass. If there was a liquid form of ambien, or other medications, then we would be fine, but theres not, Ive even tried liquid melatonin and its not strong enough..
 I turned to alcohol, beer whatever would help me sleep, but it makes your health even worse, Im currently looking for a better solution! I dont like to drink and it makes you gain weight!
 Liquid Melatonin does not help with this problem, they need to come out with a liquid form of ambien, or another sleep aid!

My surgery was approx 10 years ago. My insomnia started 3 years post op. I also have tried everything under the sun but nothing works. I was on a combo of trazidone and ambien. I would take the trazidone and half the ambien then go to sleep. I would wake up 2.5 hours later and stay up until 2 hours before I needed to get up then take the other half of the ambien. What a life! Felt miserable all the time. My doctor finally prescibed a very low dose of seroquel and depakene. These scripts are prescribed for mental disorders but also help with sleep. I was skeptical in using them, but they work. This allows me to sleep 8 hours strait. I just wish I knew what nutrient I was missing so I could stop taking the meds. If I try to sleep without the meds I wake up within 15 minutes of falling asleep.

I had horrible insomnia pre-op. A restful night for me was more than 2hrs sleep. Postop I have slept like a log until the last 2 nights. I have also had a lot of dizziness during the day though, so I don't know if I have something going on beyond just not being able to sleep.

I am 10 years out from my surgery and experience serious problems with sleep. I have done a ton of research on this and what I have found is that our food moves so fast through our system that we dont get the nutrients we need in order to sleep. I take liquid vitamins, I have been on Ambien and alot of other meds, but they dont work because they dont disolve in our system, as they move through our system so fast that you only get not even half of the pill form. 
 The doctors didnt think about this before, but they need to now! I have many friends who have had this surgery also and they too are experiencing lack of sleep!
 I am trying Melatonin as a liquid sleep aide, we will see how it works, only problems is you may have to double the dose in order to sleep!
 Good luck to you!

I never had insomnia before my surgery, I didnt have a problem until I was about 3 years out! Now Im 10 years out and have been doing alot of research in the past 7 years as to why we cant sleep. I have many friend who have had this surgery and suffering as well. We dont get the nutrients we once did, yes believe it or not, the food moves through our system so fast that the nutrients we once got that helps with sleep, is no longer there. If you try and take Ambien or any other pill form, you will still wake up in the middle of the night, why? Because the pill is moving to fast through your system.  You are only getting a small amount of the medication given in pill form

try liquid vitamins, Im now on liquid Melatonin, Ill let you know how that works. I will say that anything in liquid form will be better for you than pill form! Remember, you only have about 4 oz of a stomach and about 2 feet of small intestines. so yes, your food is going to move faster through you than it did before which means youre not getting the nutrients you once did! Having Gastric Bypass is a job!! you have to make sure you keep up with it!

 I have chronic insomnia. Initially after surgery I lost symptoms of seep apnea and was able to get restful sleep. I found that I required fewer hours of sleep and had boundless energy. In my 2nd or 3rd year post-op I began having occasional insomnia which worsened following a loss / complicated grief in my 4th year out. Since 2009, I rarely get sleepy and cannot fall or stay asleep without sleep aids. I recently discontinued Lunesta and and incorporated Melatonin. They now come in 10 mg. Taking one did nothing for me, but two (1 hour before bed)  helped me get a full night of sleep. I was concerned about the amount but my sleep specialist stated that the amount is negligible and would do no damage. I am now working on my sleep routine and will begin ramping down the OTC. Further research alerted me that post-op deficiencies in B4 and B6 both contribute to insomnia. I may try to incorporate those vitamins as the only B vits. I currently take are B12, B1 and B100 Complex. It's worth  try.

Hello everyone... it has been years since I have been on OH.  I am an almost 11 year post-op and have had sleep issues for at least the last 6 years, easily, but the past week or so I have had at leas two nights that I can not sleep. Even with the night time meds I take for vasious things that make me sleepy, my Dr said it was ok to take them at night, it seemed to work for awhile, but lately every once in awhile I will fall asleep and wake about 1-2 hours later, and then can not fall back asleep for hours. today it wasn't till 4am that I was ablr to stay alseep and then it was a deep or REM sleep, I could hear my husbands alarm go off, my son leave for work.  Thank goodness I have a boss who understands, otherwise I may be unemployed.

I had difficulty sleeping for about 6 weeks after surgery. It seems to be a common issue.

Soblessed-  You may want to try sleeping with a pillow tucked a little under your belly and then put your arm over the pillow to keep it in place (a longer, king sized pillow would be best).  I'm about six weeks post op and doing this seems to help prop my belly up a little and keep things in place.  I've had that pulled muscle feeling too before. 

I've also been having insominia really badly.  I can stay up all night or sleep three or four hours some nights.  It has been ok lately because I've been out of work but I'm going back to work tomorrow and I'm concerned.  I think i'll try the chewable melatonin and see if that helps.  I've tried the liquid melatonin and it didn't help much.  I'm on thyroid medicine for hypothyroidism so I'm going to see my doctor and see if my thyroid levels are ok.  I'm wondering if losing weight has thrown my levels off...if so that probably wont help my sleep.