I did it, but what about the zzzzzz's??

[sunny881]

I had 4 vikes staring at me last night and I said NO! So today is day 1 off zero vikes, AND day 6 of zero Tramadol. Surprisingly enough I didn't feel too crappy last night from not taking the vikes. I think cause I was way more addicted to Trams then I was vikes. I would take vikes every couple days and it would only be (2) 7.5 MG's a night, where the Trams I was taking every day for a little over a year, and it was 10-12/ 50 MG a day, yikes! Can't believe I ever pumped that crap into my system :(  Pisses me off to think about it. Anyhow, I have seriously averaged 4 hrs of sleep a night for the past 6 nights...I'm soooooooooooooooo exhausted! I"m taking sleepy time teas, along with a Melatonin at night but it's the mind that keeps going and racing with the lamest thoughts. I'm not stressed or anything, it's just stupid thoughts of, "did I lock the car", or "did i put my credit card back in my wallet." Things like that. And it always happens the minute my head hits the hay. I have noticed that my heart doesn't feel like it's gonna jump out at me, that part is getting a little better.

So my question is how long does it normally take for the anxiety to leave after W/D from these demon pills??? My body is exhausted and my mind is like no way jose, your up for the night....UUUGGGHHH!!! My b-friend is detoxing as well, and we're both on Melatonin at night and he's fine going to sleep and wakes up maybe once and goes right back to sleep. In fact he's STILL sleeping!

Oh, and any suggestions on how to turn "OFF" the brain at night?

Thanks!

[hydrosnot4thisgirl]

Sounds like we are havinf the same problem! My husband & I are also doing this together and he is sleeping also! He is actually SNORING!! It kills me!! I lay there sleeping and hour here an hour there and he is just sleeping away! I'm trying not to let that get in my head tho, just trying to think only good thoughts!! Good luck to you! Keep it up... Before we know it we'll be at a couple weeks and hopefully the insomnia will get better!

[sunny881]

Thanks Gnarly for your positive words of advice, it really helps! So I'm hoping it's just 2 weeks for me. I really don't want to get hooked on this Melatonin. Do you know how long it should be taken for? I don't want my body to rely on this to have to sleep at night. So far i'm functioning on 4 hours of sleep, it def catches up to me at night way before bedtime. Of course, once I hit the hay my mind is like a damn race horse. UGH!

Congrats on 81 days clean! Keep it up, that's great!!!!

[gnarly_1]

hey girlee....wow the sleep thing...what I would give for a solid 8hr of sleep...
well its different for everyone most start to get sleep in a few weeks it just depends on how long and how hard a habit your breaking...as for me im coming off a 16 1/2 yr
habit...10+ on pills and 6 1/2 on methadone..the racing mind thing will drive you nutz
but according to my drug conslor and phyc dr eventually your mind will reset itself back to more of a normal state after some time...im 81days clean today and I still have a ruff night hear and there...im getting use to 4 hr of sleep and count my blessing when I get 5 or 6 hr I wish I new when it would end its getting old fast...coming off tram I dont know
how long you should expect it to last ...hopefully it will only be a week or 2 for you
but if you read here a lot you will find the sleep thing is a problem for most...it does
seam to be getting better with time but methadone is very cyclic and sorta keeps coming back to bit ya...dont know about tram...I do know it can be tuff coming off of from what i have read about it ...just know your body will sleep when it needs to
its just going to take a little time to get things back to normal...I find the longer you put between you and it the better it seams to get....get into some sort of aftercare
the mind racing thing is not unusual for addicts ..you need to get to a N/A meeting
or get a drug consolor to vent on..it helps a lot..good luck and god bless...Gnarly