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Day 17
Last night I took 10mg if ambien and went to bed at 8:00 pm couldn't stand the pain any longer Got to sleep about 8;30. Hubby came to bed and woke me up at 10pm making extra noise. I took another ambien and slept till 7:00 am. I know this is not the thing to do. Just couldn't stand the pain any longer. Will that extra pill put me way back?
I took ambien for 14 years. When I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, the doctor said one of the theories was that fibro could be caused by many things, one being a sleep problem where you didn't go ijnto REM sleep, which you need for proper sleep. Made perfect sense for me. I had my fourth baby about 8 months prior to that. He had severe colic. I never had a baby who cried or didn't sleep so it was a big surprise. All the doctors gave me things to help the colic, changing formulas, etc. But his was way beyond regular colic. They told me colic resolves on its own around three months.
And he didn't have the regular colic where he'd cry for several hours every day or night. If he was awake, he cried. Screamed. (My third baby at the time was 15 months old. She had just started putting two and three words together. She was so traumatized by his constant screaming, her last word were, baby loud. I had to put her in speech therapy to get her talking again.
We saw the top doctors in Boston. He also had severe projectile vomiting ... it would hit the wall across the room. I slept on the couch with him on top of me because I didn't want to wake everyone else. I would sleep about 20 minutes at a time. My blood pressure was sky high and at one point I was so sleep deprived I couldn't even follow simple conversations. He finally got a bit better when he started to walk.
By then, though, my health wasn't great and even though he was now sleeping, my sleep pattern was so disturbed that I couldn't sleep right.
Ambien helped a lot and, of course, there was no talk of it causing a dependence. Several years ago, things started popping up on the news about problems with it. I never had any but me being me, I started worrying about it.
Later, when I found this forum, I saw a recommendation from someone here who I really respected and have come to love and believe she's my guardian angel (and she knows who she is, and I'm sure she is loved and admired by many more people than me.)
I saw she recommended Alteril to a lot of people complaining about not sleeping when detoxing. I had tried melatonin and sometimes it helped and other times it didn't. I was pleasantly surprised with the Alteril.
I find the Alteril works at least as well as the ambien, maybe even better. It's not habit forming and doesn't leave you feeling groggy the next day. A couple of years ago I hit menopause and sleep, or the lack of it, was a huge issue. Alteril helped with that as well. (And a lot of my friends were going through the same issue and I told them about Alteril and they loved it.
Everyone is different and what works for one person doesn't work for another. But give Alteril a fair shot and you may ne surprised.
And he didn't have the regular colic where he'd cry for several hours every day or night. If he was awake, he cried. Screamed. (My third baby at the time was 15 months old. She had just started putting two and three words together. She was so traumatized by his constant screaming, her last word were, baby loud. I had to put her in speech therapy to get her talking again.
We saw the top doctors in Boston. He also had severe projectile vomiting ... it would hit the wall across the room. I slept on the couch with him on top of me because I didn't want to wake everyone else. I would sleep about 20 minutes at a time. My blood pressure was sky high and at one point I was so sleep deprived I couldn't even follow simple conversations. He finally got a bit better when he started to walk.
By then, though, my health wasn't great and even though he was now sleeping, my sleep pattern was so disturbed that I couldn't sleep right.
Ambien helped a lot and, of course, there was no talk of it causing a dependence. Several years ago, things started popping up on the news about problems with it. I never had any but me being me, I started worrying about it.
Later, when I found this forum, I saw a recommendation from someone here who I really respected and have come to love and believe she's my guardian angel (and she knows who she is, and I'm sure she is loved and admired by many more people than me.)
I saw she recommended Alteril to a lot of people complaining about not sleeping when detoxing. I had tried melatonin and sometimes it helped and other times it didn't. I was pleasantly surprised with the Alteril.
I find the Alteril works at least as well as the ambien, maybe even better. It's not habit forming and doesn't leave you feeling groggy the next day. A couple of years ago I hit menopause and sleep, or the lack of it, was a huge issue. Alteril helped with that as well. (And a lot of my friends were going through the same issue and I told them about Alteril and they loved it.
Everyone is different and what works for one person doesn't work for another. But give Alteril a fair shot and you may ne surprised.
Congratulations!!! I'm at day 34 now.. I have been taking 2 Alteril every night and have usually had no problem sleeping. They are natural (is what they say) melatonin and roots and stuff like that.. But, man, do they work well!! Amazing.. I wake up AWAke.. not too tired like when I took Norcos.. I feel so different now... I still have my problems and pain, but it is much less than when I was on Norcos... I am looking forward to my brain working correctly again.. maybe in a couple weeks.. maybe in another month.. but, I know the day will come.. : O ) ... Again, CONGRATULATIONS!! You are doing GREAT!!
Toot...Congrats on 17! Day 18 was a minor corner in my wds - at day 20 now and 21 on Halloween! I definitely believe now that things will get better - and will honestly say that a week ago I didn't. ;)
Good Luck tomorrow...come say Hi!
Good Luck tomorrow...come say Hi!
well day 17 is over and I can go to bed and to sleep and get out of this pain. I go in the morning to get shots. They will put me to sleep so I won't be on here till around noon. God Bless all and comfort you and stay strong!!
Congrats on 17 days!! Thanks for your strength and hope; sending it right back to you.
Hey toot! Look at you knocking down the days! Be careful about substituting one thing for another! Some great advice I got in my detox period was to "learn to cope with whatever comes without a pill." My first instinct was to turn to a pill to make things easier. I forget the exact words but it was life changing. We all need help sometimes sweetie. Just be careful and uber aware. I'm rooting for you
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