It could take up to a month for your sleep pattern to return to normal (Give or take a couple of weeks. lol) Everyone is different. My sister and I were on the same amount and type of pain killers, Vics & Percs, 100 -120 mgs a day for 4-5 years, we went threw withdrawals at the same time. I started getting about 8 hours sleep around 3 weeks after quiting, my sister took about 1 1/2 months to get a normal nights sleep. My sister has always had sleep problems though, even before becoming an addict.
So you may have another week or so before you really get back to normal.
You may also find that once you get back to sleeping normal, you may have a bad night here and there, but they get fewer and fewer.
Exercise during the day will help, but not to close to bedtime.Avoid the usual problem causers like coffee, coke and chocolate.
We started withdrawals around Oct. 18, 2007 and the first good nights sleep my sister had was Thanksgiving night. She swears it was all the turkey, and many other people said the same thing. So try eating some turkey! They say (who ever "they" are), there is something in turkey that makes you tired. Give it a whirl, whatta ya got to loose?
And Congrats on day 11. Keep up the good work!
thank you for responding...i know the sleep will eventually come back i jus wanna know how long it took for someone who has been through near the same circumstances as me. it would jus make me feel better to know how long it took someone that was doin about the same amount give or take as i was doing.
Congratulations on day 11 Whoo hoo If you have time try to walk that may help with the sleep..
Hi Battlescar.. Sleep is a big issue with detox.. I once posted something similar and got a response that has stuck with me.. You will get enough sleep when you are dead.. Really it will find you again just get what sleep you can and just know your regular sleep pattern will return.. It is the last effect of wd besides the cravings.. A lot of relapses happen due to lack of sleep don't let that happen to you.. Try to only use the sleep med sparingly as you have been as you do not want to mess too much with getting your normal sleep cycle back.. Wish you 8hrs. of natural slumber.. Take care.. lesa
anyone thats been in my shoes please help?