No rest for the wicked

Hi all!Well,I'm on day 9........I have to admit that I am feeling so much better than I was this time last week.I have never been thru this before so I was wondering about sleep.....when am I going to get any???It takes me FOREVER to fall asleep-and I have literally tried every herbal remedy out there....but I have noticed that that part is getting gradually better.BUT when I wake up in the middle of the night(not if-when)then I cannot get back to sleep.......How long is this going to last?????I tell you what if it's not one thing it's another.....

[GoingToMakeIt]

Have you taken melatonin, about a 10mg dose? Knocks me out.

[cathy5841]

sorry to be the messenger of bad news...it takes awhile.  i am over 100 days clean i still have sleep issues....dont get me wrong i get about 5 hours sleep per night now...but not always in a row.  i finally did find a sleep aid that worked for me.  it is a gnc and is called sleep formula.  it is all natural, you take one and it will put you to sleep.  i just wake up soooo early....by the time i get back to sleep it is time to get up for work lol.  it does get better though.  even with less sleep i have plenty energy though.  dont fret and try the sleep formula.
cathy

[Jacqui805]

Well chicky...I'm on day 60 today and still having problems.  I still have w/d related insomnia and anxiety at night and in the early a.m.  It makes me hot and claustrophobic in the dark too.  I am sleeping much better than I initially was, and at the point you're at, I didn't have ANY sleep yet.  I also tried every herbal remedy and supplement out there including Valerian Root and Melatonin, and even Ambien CR.  Nothing worked for me.  The O-T-C sleep remedies made me worse and jittery.  All this being said, it will come, broken though it may be for a while.  I'm getting about 4 hours every other night right now, and believe me, I'm happy to get it.  Every case is different, and sine you're getting some sleep now, I suspect you'll not be the worse for wear for too much longer.  Hang in there......

[toxictome]

COngrats...you are doing well...the sleep takes forever..if i have a couple of bad nights...the next night i take 2 Tylenol PM just to get a good nights sleep...it helps w/ the mood and energy also( the sleep, not the tylenol..LOL)I had stuff pop up offand on for weeks...it will get better..i jsut appreciate the GOOD days, as the bad days get fewer and further between!!!

[lasagna]

I have tried melatonin,valerian root,sleep formulas,tylenol pm,benadryl,calms forte,etc....nothing works....guess I will just take what little bit I can get

[Jacqui805]

It sucks I know, but having tried everything too, you're right that you may just have to deal with it for now and enjoy what you do get.  When it does come for you, the sleep will be better quality and without all of the funky disturbing dreams that you may also be experiencing.  Hang in there...

[road2recovery]

Congrats on coming this far..SLeep well that is something that i think our brains have to crash to do...I am 6 months, i do sleep well now but it took a while..  it seemed like forever, but when it came it was great....I also tried everything and realized i should just stop putting that in my body when it didnt' work at all...
it will get better , just hang in there!!
r2r

[Chi_Chi_Lover]

I never sleep good maybe a night here and there. I don't know if it's from my past or my age or what. It stinks and I really wonder if I will sleep good again. It sounds like I have some of the same issues as Jacqui. The first 6 months clean were the worst though. I don't have the RLS or any of the crawling skin feeling. I just can't go to sleep till maybe 4 or  5 in the morning sometime. Sorry I don't have better news for you but it is normal and you learn to deal with it.

[newmanagment]

sorry boutcha sleep, or lack of it. but i wanted to say congrads on day 9, and you have come along way!! can see it in your post , so congrads, stay focused, and keep ya chin up.... much love

[worried878]

Have you ever thought about the nuerotransmitter drugs like trazodone, elavil, pamelor? They are not really habit forming/course i have learned this is not always true about eberything as anything can be if abused/but as a rule they are not and help alot with sleep if taken at night with the right dose....my friend works night shift and takes trazodone for sleep...she has become amazingly more content...she is going back on dayshift but is not gonna quit the trazodone as she feels so much better...just an idea and I kow many are against any pill use at all...hope u get your sleep

[extrmeski]

I'm on day 24 of something very wicked called fenanyl as well as percocets.  It gets better, I mean the sleep thing.  I started reading at night it took my mind off things and every night I fall asleep earlier and earlier. I used to watch the sun come up, but now I fall asleep before midnight.  Keep up the good work and remember it is day by day.  You'll be better in no time, me?  Well the affects of fentanyl are so severe that I may not be completely done for a year!