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HOW long with this last desprate for sleep 5thday cold turkey off 7 3o's a day havnt slept since thurs 230pm like 110-+ like i can add right now ambien and benzos wont help me sleep should i try trazadone or bendryl or will i still be awake zombified all disszy and groggy HOW LONG Can this last the not sleeping how long is this possible for a human to go wout sleep ...cant function. not realy jonzing out wich is a first just so sick of the drug that has the power to make me so freaking sick, ready to be free.....ANY Ways SORRY to ramble realyDOES anyone know how long to expect not to sleep and will trazadone or benadryl helpTHNYou all
Congrats on 5 days! I feel with you and for you. I think I posted the same frustrations at five days. The sleeplessness is really hard, but it will get better. IT WILL. I alternated ambien, benedryl, melatonin and nothing. Somewhere after day 5-7, I was able to sleep for several hours uninterrupted without aid. I still wake up a lot earlier than I used to. When I am done sleeping - I am just done. It's kind of good really. I wake up with my head fresh and clear and ready to start my day. Believe me that is something totally new and really great actually. Hang in there - IT WILL GET BETTER!
I don't know if this will help you, but every time I was detoxing, I had the same prob. Either I would have RLS, or my mind would be racing so quickly I could get calm enough to sleep. When I w/d from Heroin, I wouldn't sleep for 3-5 days and even then it was only an hour here and there....it took time....when I w/d from oxycodone I can usually sleep, but it's hard to fall asleep. Usually once I am asleep I can stay that asleep for at least a few hours.
This is how I do it.....I know it may sound corny but try it.....I talk myself into it. When I get the RLS I try not to give into it by moving my legs....I try my hardest to ignore it...then I just keep thinking of sleepy things....lines of thought that aren't stressful and won't lead to high levels of anxiety....I try to trick myself.....sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...showers help...they are relaxing. Also keeping your mind active, write in a journal or do puzzle books...that helps. Also, I know it's difficult but try to be as active as you can, even if you have to take a lot of breaks in between activities. I try to clean or get some kind of exercise. I know it's easier said than done, but I was always willing to try any thing, Alot of it is mind over body. the brain is very tricky and if you know you won't sleep you won't. If you keep telling yourself I will sleep you just may sleep. I also don't try to sleep until night time after a full day. If I lay down and haven't fallen asleep w/in 30 min or so, I give up and watch a movie and try again.
Not sleeping is H**l. It's one of the worst parts of w/d, along w/ the anxiety and RLS. Sleep is one of the last things to cease. But, hang in there you've gotten through most of the physical w/d and sleep should come soon.
There is also some great info in the health pages here. (upper right hand corner of the site) Check it out I saw some things in there for sleep.
Good luck and please keep truckin'.
This is how I do it.....I know it may sound corny but try it.....I talk myself into it. When I get the RLS I try not to give into it by moving my legs....I try my hardest to ignore it...then I just keep thinking of sleepy things....lines of thought that aren't stressful and won't lead to high levels of anxiety....I try to trick myself.....sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...showers help...they are relaxing. Also keeping your mind active, write in a journal or do puzzle books...that helps. Also, I know it's difficult but try to be as active as you can, even if you have to take a lot of breaks in between activities. I try to clean or get some kind of exercise. I know it's easier said than done, but I was always willing to try any thing, Alot of it is mind over body. the brain is very tricky and if you know you won't sleep you won't. If you keep telling yourself I will sleep you just may sleep. I also don't try to sleep until night time after a full day. If I lay down and haven't fallen asleep w/in 30 min or so, I give up and watch a movie and try again.
Not sleeping is H**l. It's one of the worst parts of w/d, along w/ the anxiety and RLS. Sleep is one of the last things to cease. But, hang in there you've gotten through most of the physical w/d and sleep should come soon.
There is also some great info in the health pages here. (upper right hand corner of the site) Check it out I saw some things in there for sleep.
Good luck and please keep truckin'.
I commented to your post above already. I see you said benzo 's do you mean valium ? I guess valium and ambien are o.k for the first few days but since they dont work for you anyway maybe this is a good time to get off them too. They often use trazodone in rehab. All narcotics you mention do make one feel like a zombie.
Congrats on your decision to get clean ! I promise all your hard work will be worth it. Dont be tempted to go the sub or meth route because it just prolongs the getting clean process. They are both have worse wds than your doc.
Congrats on your decision to get clean ! I promise all your hard work will be worth it. Dont be tempted to go the sub or meth route because it just prolongs the getting clean process. They are both have worse wds than your doc.
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