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Hi insomniac, and thanks for sharing your story. Chronic insomnia can be such a hard condition to live with. Yes, adrenal fatigue can definitely cause insomnia. Usually, the most important thing is to address the cause of whatever stress is behind it.
Do you think the insomnia causing your stress, or is the stress causing your insomnia? Perhaps you’re a type A kind of person who gets easily stressed? Having two sets of twins in a few years must have been tremendously stressful too.
Do you often find yourself biting your nails, fidgeting, grinding your teeth, or exhibiting other tell-take signs of stress? If so, it might be worth revisiting therapies like meditation, perhaps with a guide this time. Some stress counseling could help too. Giving up caffeine, or at least switching to something like green tea, would be a good choice.
Fawne also wrote an awesome post with lots of tips for sleep hygiene. It sounds like you’ve probably tried most of them already, but you might find one or two new ideas. You can find it here:
http://adrenalfatiguesolution.com/essential-guide-to-sleep-hygiene/Let us know how your cortisol/dhea tests turn out. Hopefully you got the 4-sample cortisol test so you can see the way your levels change through the day?
Sorry that I can’t offer any more specific ideas, but I hope this helps a little?
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