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What Have You Found To Be The Best Solutions For Insomnia?
By administrator | December 15, 2009
Hello everyone, I have been struggling with insomnia for about a month now, getting an average of 3-4 hrs a night if lucky i get 5-6 (like once or twice a week) It is really driving me insane, i used to be happy and normal a month ago. Then i missed a nights sleep and anxiety about sleeping set in big time. I was prescribed xanax and i took some before bed which helped for a little while but then after did not help and it left me in a fog with no sleep. I tried ambien and did not like it and it only worked twice and kept me sleeping for only 5 hrs.
I am now starting to ween myself off the xanax slowly. I am now trying lunesta, this was my second night taking it and it didnt really work well only 4 hrs sleep (if that). I was looking for opinions… should i keep on the lunesta and drugs, or try to go it drug free?
What has best helped everyone. I soon will be seeing a sleep therapist, but would like to hear your expeirences and what has worked best for other fellow insomniacs?
The best solution for insomnia is to try and find the cause of your insomnia. Causes of insomnia can include, anxiety, stress, withdrawal reactions or adverse reactions to medications or alcohol. It can also have medical causes eg thyroid. In your case from what I am reading it just seems anxiety related where you didn’t sleep for one night and then got worried about it and it triggered off an worry about not sleeping that is now causing you not to be able to sleep.
Unfortunately these sleep aids cause rapid tolerance development and people find they stop working after a few weeks or months of regular use. If you are trying to wean yourself off xanax you should join this withdrawal support group if you are having difficulty http://www.non-benzodiazepines.org.uk/
Lunesta works the same way on the brain as xanax. It is technically a nonbenzodiazepine but it is just molecularly different from benzodiazepines like xanax but it still works on benzodiazepine receptors.
You better be careful your body doesn’t become dependent/addicted to these drugs or else you will never be able to sleep without sleep aids. Long term use of sleep aids often leads to a worsening of sleep quality as well with desruption of REM stage sleep. A natural sleep is better than a drug induced sleep.
You should seek counselling or CBT to overcome the anxiety related to your sleeping.
mark f
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am
skip the lunesta and get some seroquel its non-addictive and puts you out fsater and keeps you there. ask your doc. about it.
December 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am
My husband uses lunesta. (You might want to try a higher dose) He also takes Paxil Cr to help with the anxiety. He found that he was tired, but the anxiety was what really kept him from sleep. He also used to take some herbal supplements from the health store, but they were not as helpful as the drugs.
December 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am
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small lifestyle changes like having a fixed
daily routine, relaxing and eating properly,
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am
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Yet many people have several mis-conceptions and most tend to suggest the same solutions, the real cause is completely psychological.
You may try as many means and recipes as You want, the real thing is that
a) You’re either becoming obsessed (stressed) by a Problem You seem unable to find a solution for and You’re simply unable to unplug of it
or
b) You are so much bored with a sitiation You have been unable to change or are probably just unwilling to change that it dries out Your sleep away during night
In any case of the baove, You truly need to “shock” or short-circuit Yourself and do something radical immediately, so You can get Your sleep back…
You may write Me and I’ll let You know exactly what I did…
Good luck! Bear hugs!
December 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am
try ambein cr 12.5mg. it has helped me allot with my insomnia.