Issues with weird sleep

[LeaAnn807]

Hey everybody.  I am having some trouble, and I wanted to know if anyone else does or did this?  

I am falling asleep around 11:00 pm after I take clonidine, but I don't take any OTC or prescription sleep meds.  Just the BP pill and some Cal/Mag supplement.  I have been waking up at like 3:20 every morning, wide awake.  Then I fall back to sleep around 5 and sleep till maybe 7.  The strange thing is that it's like my body is DONE sleeping a little after 3. Like I could get up and drive across country and not be the least bit sleepy!  I had to take some tylenol to get back to sleep this morning.  It's just crazy.  After 4 or so hours, could my body be feeling like that's all I need?  Maybe it is just early in all of this to be sleeping all night?  OR....is the clonidine putting me to sleep and then I am waking up, because my sleep cycle is not back to normal and the clonidine wears off??  

I just wonder if the clonidine is just doing more harm than good??  I want to take it so that I can at least fall asleep. I don't feel like I would even be able to do that without it.  Plus, my doc gave me plenty and told me to take it at night. BUT...if it's causing me to wake when it wears off, then I think I should taper off it.  I have another BP med that the same doctor gives me that he says I can change back to when the WD was over.  I wouldn't be doing anything without talking to the doctor, but I DO need SOME sleep, even if it is just 4 hours!!!

What do you guys think?  Anybody do that weird waking up thing, even if not taking meds?

[abritt121222]

It very much could be it wearing off but I dunno I never took it during withdrawals but it is not doin u harm if u are gettin 4 hours of sleep u would keep using it thru withdrawals cause when I was in wd's I didn't get 4 hours if sleep for at least ten days and even after ten days that was just a good night if I slept 4 hours

Good luck

Abritt

[micheleTX]

yes, you are still kinda early to be getting a full nights rest yet.  In my opinion.  It took me a longggg time to get back to the 8 or so hours of sleep.  Course, some ppl don't need that much sleep anyway.  Also, with the tramadol, your body may still be dealing with the anti dep. part of it, which will take time for your sleep cycle to return to normal.  does this make sense?  When I tapered off zoloft, I had trouble sleeping and staying asleep too.  That is a different antidepressant I know, but when you take those the brain has to deal with the transition of not having it anymore.  I am so sleepy, I didnt sleep that well last night, so forgive me if I am not making sense.

Think I will try to take a little cat nap for an hour or so.   Don't sweat the sleep though, if you can do that.  You will get back to your old self, just takes time.  I know-tired of hearing that huh??  sorry....:)