Sleep.....

[Jen629]

I am on 10 days, woo hoo! but am I ever going to sleep again?

[misterkangfish]

Hi. It depends on what you're coming off of. I hope it's not methadone. I'm on my 8th off of it  (again and yes I was that stupid) and don't expect to sleep till somewhere in the 20 to 30 day area. It's tough but you CAN wait it out. Hang in there. - John

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

Lot of people use melatonin.Be careful about ambient light with melatonin - even an outside street light can affect it...... Also a lot of people advocate benadryl (diphenhydramine) as an OTC sleep aid. I found that the benadryl worked pretty well for myself......Might not hurt to wash it down with a cup of mint tea - Sleepytime by Celestial Seasonings is good - - and a warm shower 30 minutes or so before bed will help.... Take a minute to both congratulate yourself and spoil yourself a little. You are doing great at what many people consider the hardest thing that they will ever do .......you deserve a little reward! Hopefully that reward will come in the form of some good zzzz's for you.......

[peaceinknowing]

Sleep doesn't come easy when going through this, but it WILL eventually come to you -- I promise you! Oh, and sorry I haven't been on that much the past three days. My internet was down. So sad! But I'm back!

[Cassie415]

Congrats on 10 days! That is awesome! The sleep will come, but in the meantime do you use anything to help you sleep? I take melatonin when I cannot sleep, which is a natural sleep aid and it actually really helps me. Maybe you could try to find some sort of natural sleep aid that will help you? Also I have only lasted 17 days as my longest time sober, but during those 17 days on the 17th day I was actually able to fall asleep on my own and get about 5 hr sleep, but the best part was that my restless legs were no longer restless lol. Good luck to you and keep fighting, ten days is great!

[revmo37]

Hey,

  I'm not sure what you are detoxing off but it took me about 3 weeks off Oxy's to start to sleep normal again.

  Good luck!