 [ Symptoms ] why i am constantly hungry all night and cannot sleep takes hours to fall asleep even after eating with tummy pains i recently had the stomach bug or flu for a week and a half to two weeks with the last week + @bed my stomach constantly hurting pretty much feeling hungry i sit there wide awake fail to sleep eventually wake up and have a snack the hungry pains keep lingering and still awake 3 nights ago i slept a total of maybe 3 hours and last night it was rough bed wide awake snack wide awake i cannot keep doing this i love my sleep way to much why is this happening and what do i do to fix it [ Disease ] medications are not like milk that expires but when it comes to birth control pills is it really worth the chance of taking oral contraceptives that have expired eight months ago get advice from the pharmacist or your ob but i think you would be better off with new unexpired birth control pills