Into day 8 and want to sleep

[Jaybird30]

Hi all how is everyone?  I'm on day 8 and feel extremely awake tonite.  Last nite I slept fine but not the case tonite so far.  It's only 10:30 but I should be tired.  Is it normal to have good nites and bad nites at this juncture in my recovery?  After last nite I thought I was golden!  Other than that I feel great, eating good, happy all day and the energy is coming back already!

[bmdad]

The sleep thing can take a bit to get back on track. For me it seemed like the first 5 days in I could sleep like crazy. After that I couldn't sleep for about a week and then I had good nights and bad nights for another week. So everything sounds pretty normal. The sleep seems to be one of the longest lingering symptoms for everyone. Seeing that you got a good nights sleep last night is a great sign that you are well on your way. It shouldn't be long now and you'll be right back to yourself again.
Congrats on your clean time. Keep up the great work!
Best of luck!

Brian

[AnnieNYC]

Hi Jay,

My experience is that W/D is different with every time you do it...and it doesn't get better (all the more reason to get clean and stay that way)! What's happening to you sounds normal. I used Benadryl for sleep last time, and it really helped.

Hang in there!

[Jaybird30]

Thanks Melinda for the advice!  I guess Ill us the melatonin tonite!  My last clean time21 days) was different!  Last time I was able to sleep after day 4 but I felt like hell longer!  Those devil pills really **** you up!

[melinda147]

Hi Jay
that is the way it went for me I think if you give it a few more days things will mellow out for you and you sleep pattern should return...
and just about everyone I know that has done this has said sleep is the last thing to come...
hang in there your doing great...
Melinda