This might seem strange to some of you, but I was wondering if anyone else felt that taking hydrocodone/vicodin or any pain pill was the cause of a sleeping disorder. For the past year and a half, I have not slept on my own. Prior to being addicted to hydrocodone, I slept just fine. I did not feel anxious or upset all the time. Since becoming addicted, I have not been able to sleep. The ambien helps a lot, but the lack of sleep is a huge motivator in wanting to quit. I really want my normal sleep paterns to come back. As it is now, sleep does not come naturally with the pills and certainly not without. My legs go crazy without. Generally, even taking the pills, I wake up at about 3, and as most of the meds have left my body, I am aching for them. Sometimes, I have to take one just to get back to sleep. I know from reading on here that sleep is the last thing to come back, but I wanted to know if anyone else has had the same thing happen. Get addicted and then you can't sleep. It seems like most people say they were sleeping with the pills, but had problems during detox. Is it possible that the pills could have actually been messing with my sleep while I was on them?