Detox and insomnia

[worried878]

I was reading a post about someone having trouble sleeping during withdrawals...and it seems to be very common...i had the exact opposite tho and slept like 10-12 hours a day...not a napper and i could lay down at lunch and sleep my brains out for a couple of months after quitting...waking up in the morning was an ordeal and even used rocket shots to get going in the morning..it was a big problem..my need for sleep and trying to work...how many of you had the insomnia and did anyone have the sleep syndrome like i did?  i was a daytime user tho, never after 5 pm as they kept me up/the hydros/so i did not use them for sleep and relaxation..i wonder if that had anything to do with it

[Tanka789]

Benzo are really hard to come off.look on the Facebook page with All the  people trying to come off benzos  join the group you will learn alot

[worried878]

schniff is a good brand...they sell it at walmart..do get a good brand as it can make a difference...bulk nutrition sells it online..any GNC or health/vitamin store would have it  as well

[SandLovingOstrich]

Where do you buy Melatonin?

[worried878]

if melatonin doesnt work for u, try valerian root

[extrmeski]

OMG I couldnt sleep at all and I would just read and walk around and watch the sun come up and feeling horrible.  I finally started using benadryl that would work if I would take it like 2 hours before I wanted to sleep and I had to be laying down quiet as I never did feel that drowsey pre-falling asleep feeling.

[Mandapanda17]

I'm definitely going to try melatonin. Seems to work ok for some, and I guess since I didn't have sleep problems for years before...maybe it'll work for me too. gotta taper down a little bit off the xanax now. used it a little too much during detox so far. one battle after another.... it'll be worth it in the end :)

[gizzy32]

if i would have know about melatonin when i first got clean i would have taken it all along. once the nightmares started it was hard to sleep. it comes with time and i think i sleep better than ever now. our bodies take time to adjust. don't worry, it's still very early for you, and time is our friend.

[Mandapanda17]

thats for sure ... I wonder if I'll EVER sleep normally again.. I was a REALLY good sleeper for years. could sleep whenever, wherever pretty much.. used to sleep on the couch during my ex's band practice..LOL..in a sound proof room. maybe that was the herb we smoked too...sorry off the subject. however it would be nice to actually sleep w/ no help from anything someday. :)

[gizzy32]

i know there are some little differences between my drug and pills, but my first week clean i slept and slept. i would wake up for a couple hours, be so pissed off i just went back to bed. i was also coming off a 3 week binge and they had put me on oxy, when i overdosed and popped my ribs. i have to admit, the brief period i was on oxy's they just knocked me out, how can u guys like that stuff, lol. sleeping really helped me get through that first week then the nightmares came and i was an insomniac. these drugs sure mess us up for awhile.

[Mandapanda17]

I believe the hydros CAUSED my insomnia. also caused my anxiety disorder and panic attacks..had no trouble sleeping the first couple years and then all downhill from there. still taking a little bit of a benzo to sleep. going to now taper off that and try the melatonin. I PRAY that it will work for me, and also PRAY that my anxiety will ease up a bit after a while. darn pills cause all sorts of problems!! but, here I am on day 5, clean from hydros!!!! :)

[bostonbiatchez]

sorry i wrote in the wrong place but i was meanin to write u a message...i no for me when i detox i cannot sleep at all n end up gettin so sik but i have seen wit sum otha people they have opposite effects lyk when u said the hydros keep u up cuz they usually put people down so u must just b havin opposite reactions but its prob good to sleep thru it i wish i could!

[bostonbiatchez]

i kno some of u may no but not every 1 cuz i couldnt w/b the blog i had posted was from august 5 n i htink i was on my 6th day still throwin up n everythin or mayb it was the 4th day i forget ne ways on my 7th day i was still detoxin but that was the first day i didnt throw up ne ways lata the night i got in a fight wit sum1 n my head got smashed int6o the cement n i was brought to the er cuz i wasnt respondin much so i was put on pain killas about a week an a half ago then afta they ran out i started throwin up again lyk i was detoxin all ova again n i didnt wanan do heroin i promised myself i wouldnt but i started takin methadone to keep from bein sik so now i gotta w/d again n im so scared cuz the last tym i did i was so sik i felt lyk i wanted to jus die i kno im strong enuff to get it thru it ...plus im suppose to start a new job fri. n my friend who i havnt seen is flyin in monday n i def dont want to b sik for that cuz it means so much to me but also i wont b ok to work fri if i dont take ne thin im so confused n jus so worried to have to go thru this pain again ive seen people w/d b4 but i have neva seen many people getas sik as i get i throw up every 5 min n cant stop specially wit the pains under my ribs ne advice?

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

You know that I am one of the insomniacs......ambien, lunesta, ALL the benzo's, - - I might just quit sleeping altogether.....................

[liscamdave]

Well, I remember that everytime I would quit, the first couple days of detox, I would just sleep and sleep. I could barely get out of bed. It was the same way I felt every morning before my pills kicked in. Once my pills kicked in, it was like I was fine. More energy then anything.

But while in detox and actually the first month, I had insomnia. Now, the only time I couldn't sleep was while I had RLS too. It depended. Some nights I could fall asleep, and some I couldn't. When my husband passed, I had to go back to the dr.s because I was going on 3 full weeks of no sleep. Maybe 1 or 2 hrs..here and there. It was bad....I remember I was seeing stuff and all...crazy.

[avisg]

yeah It was sleep H *ll for me too I didn't sleep at the first 3 nights on the fourth I got some .It took awhile and it went back and forth a few  months.

[GoingToMakeIt]

I am still a melatonin guy. When I need it, I am knocked out. I take about 1-1/2 mg.
It is also a powerful antioxidant.

[worried878]

a friend of mine that uses benzos to sleep is trying the clonidine to sleep....she said it has helped alot...

[cgmomma]

From like day 1-4 I slept like 18hours a day.  I slept all day long and all night.  It was weird, like all I wanted to do was sleep.  It might have something to do with the clonidine patch.  I am glad though because I slept through a lot of the worst w/d.

[cathy5841]

OMG...i am with mimi...i still have trouble sleeping.  when i used i stayed up til 2 a.m. every nite.  i didnt use during the day only at night.  i have never had insomnia.  BUT I DO NOW.  i take tylenol pm every nite.   i am thinking my sleep will never return and learning to deal with it.

[mimi1313]

I had and still have insomnia. Unrelated to drug use as I have had it most of my life.As for the nottaking them after 5 that probably was a help as my dentist told me they do mess with your sleep.