Sleep problems

So, I have always needed quite a lot of sleep, something that doctors have always attributed to the fibromyalgia. But in the last year or so, I have had trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and being woken up (almost like I'm dead, people cannot get me to even move or respond in any way) and I never dream. Recently I have noticed that if I don't get at least 12 hours of sleep, I can barely make it through the day. Like last night, I got 10 hours and I can barely keep my eyes open. What could be causing this? Has anyone else had this problem?

i have been on week 2 of abx for lyme and im tired all day, herxing, healing i assume. i cant fall asleep or stay asleep tho with out rx sleep meds. i dream a lot and was having tongue biting episodes as well which have died down this week.
sleep disturbance and fatigue r common with lyme and co.

geesh, If I could only sleep, I would be a different person. I haven't slept my whole life, but before Lymes Disease, I could still function well and get things done. Combine Lymes and very poor sleep and it makes me feel really poor. My internal clock just won't reset. I have to be up at 5:15 for work, that is really tuff when you only finally fell a sleep at 2:30 or 3:00. I have lots of those nights. Once in a while, I will take some Nyquil and I will sleep 6 good hours, when I do that, I feel like a totally different person. My normal night is: to bed at 11:00p, lay there until 1:00a, then I usually can fall a sleep, on and off until 5:15a. Almost never will I sleep more than a couple hours before I wake up. Sometimes after work I will take a nap for 45 min. or so. I have been 47+ years without sleeping well, if it would have changed, I am sure it would have by now. Just seems like there is absolutely nothing I can do to improve it.

Heather also complained that her 10-12 hours of sleep seemed to have little or no value when she woke up in the morning.

There are several factors that can impact sleep quality. Many lyme sufferers have less than optimal Endocrine gland function. Sound and restful sleep is dependent upon proper hormonal balance and function such as that of the Adrenal Glands, as has been mentioned. When Adrenal function is dysregulated, then the neurotransmitters will be affected, which can have a direct effect on quality of sleep. Restful sleep requires enough time spent in the slow-wave (delta) sleep. Most of the healing and rejuvenation comes at that deepest sleep or brain wave level.

Both Central Sleep Apnea (brain) or Obstructive Sleep Apnea (structural) can also prevent a person from going into deep sleep. This is because the person is constantly almost waking up because of air obstruction. He never or rarely sleeps long enough to go into the deeper slow wave sleep.

I have both Central and obstructive Sleep Apnea. I had a sleep study performed at the University of Maryland Sleep Study Center. I was fitted with about a dozen electrical connecters, which was hooked up to a computer that monitored my sleep patterns for 8 hours of sleep in a hospital setting. I only went into the Delta Wave sleep for a few minutes. My sleep was in the Alpha and Beta Wave sleep almost all night. On average, I had 53 Apnea episodes per hour. Their conclusion was that I have a "Severely Abnormal Sleep Architecture." It doesn't surprise me, as I usually wake up in the morning feeling as though I hadn't gone to bed.

As already been stated, your body is attempting to heal itself. You are in a state of of fight or flight. You are being stressed beyond your bodies innate ability to achieve a restful state.

Don