How long until the sleep problems and anxiety subside

[gmsmom29]

My first time quitting, i remember starting to get better around the 3 week mark...i started using again at the 4 week mark.  Sleep wasn't better by the 3 weeks, either was the panic feeling in the morning.  How long did it take those of you who have recovered to resemble your OLD self?  Especially in the sleep/anxiety areas?

[GeorgiaGirl1022]

Gmsmom. I know that feeling all too well sorry to say! That morning dread is the worst thing ever and I mean EVER! The anxiety for me was better around 2 weeks and pretty much gone by 1 month. I'm at 40 something days now (quit nov 17th) and every so often I wake up in a panic but it goes away within 10 min instead of hours. Hang in there it will go away completely sooner than u think.  I know it's a tough symptom to deal with but just remind yourself it is part of wd and it's temporary. You're not going to feel like this forever. It may seem like it in the moment I know. Sleep is a little more tricky and another symptom that seems to hang on. Again by 2 weeks a little better and by a month MUCH better! Like I said 7 weeks or so into the opiate thing and 9 weeks clean from Xanax and I'm pretty normal except some motivation problems. The difference is I can do anything fine just have to MAKE myself to do it! That goes away too I hear around 2 or 3 months. But I've used for a long time on and off and quit too many times to count so you will probably be better sooner. The more wd you put your body through the longer it takes to get back to normal.  

[throwindatowl]

Its taken me afew weeks. I have good and bad nights. I woke up at 4 am last night ready to run a marathon! At 4 am! I finally did get back to sleep thankfully. The anxiety for me is pretty much gone Im on day 9. I was comming off a lil 3 or 4 day stumble so Im recovering much quicker. Everyday will get better and better. Smile, no pills for you today! Oh what a feeling!

[ImDONENoMore]

Boy - the anxiety and sleeplessness are some of the worst symptoms.  And they do go on for a bit I'm sorry to say.  But please know it gets easier, probably took me about a month before I found I had days in a row of feeling better, and not just hours.  Hang in there, it will get better.  I think the 30 day mark is when most of us really start to notice some marked improvement.  I found that if I expected these symptoms, they were easier to deal with.  It was always the stuff that caught me off guard that created more difficulty for me.

The melatonin helps enormously for me for sleep.  And valerian root for the anxiety.  Might be worth giving them a try?

Hang in there and keep posting.  Getting all of the feelings out of your head and on paper is very cathartic.  A release of sorts - I found that if I put whatever thought I had out there for others to respond to those thoughts became less scary.  I'm rooting for you!