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Trading opiots for benzo's
I was put on ambien for sleep and klonopin for anxiety. I want to take a nap but can't took my benzo and still can't. Took two and still can't... I dont want to trade drugs. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.. feel low and alone. sux 9 days no opiots.. Whats goin on?
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Honestly Hon - I would stop now - seriously don't add fuel to the fire. Your brain needs time to adjust back to the natural endorphins and until you stop firing those receptors you are delaying progress. Lack of sleep is just a cross we have to bear and it is a ROUGH, heavy cross - I soooooo understand.
I've tried melatonin, valerian - now I've moved on to a supplement I got at Whole Foods called Restul Sleep - it contains Valerian, Passionfruit flower, Hops, Wild Lettuce Leaf and I am having some measure of success with it. If you can't find a supplement containing those specific ingreds you could combine your own - most can be purchased at a whole foods, amazon or other more larger supplement shop.
I also started using Binaural Beats last night and I have to say had one of the best nights of sleep in recent memory. You can search for it on youtube and it uses frequencies that stimulate or emulate deep REM sleep. I'm just learning about them but so far it is pretty interesting stuff.
Whether you stop now or take them this week and stop next you will deal with sleeplessness and it is sooooooo easy to keep using them. I'm coming of 12 years use!
My point is there are other things you can do, different things work for different people. Become a seeker!
I've tried melatonin, valerian - now I've moved on to a supplement I got at Whole Foods called Restul Sleep - it contains Valerian, Passionfruit flower, Hops, Wild Lettuce Leaf and I am having some measure of success with it. If you can't find a supplement containing those specific ingreds you could combine your own - most can be purchased at a whole foods, amazon or other more larger supplement shop.
I also started using Binaural Beats last night and I have to say had one of the best nights of sleep in recent memory. You can search for it on youtube and it uses frequencies that stimulate or emulate deep REM sleep. I'm just learning about them but so far it is pretty interesting stuff.
Whether you stop now or take them this week and stop next you will deal with sleeplessness and it is sooooooo easy to keep using them. I'm coming of 12 years use!
My point is there are other things you can do, different things work for different people. Become a seeker!
The doc put me on valium when I came off booze. It just made me want valium AND booze. Sleep during w/d is almost impossible. It does come eventually - it just takes a few days. But - it feels horrible. I HATED not sleeping. Doc put me on Neurontin to help with sleep - ask your doc for a sleep-aid that's non-addictive? Or look at over-the-counter options. Good luck - keep posting.
I agree with IWill... Ambien is ok for really short term but it has insane side effects. Iwill sometime we will have to swap Ambien stories.... Ive been off for 13 days now after almost 3 years...
My advice Rick is to use any and all of that as a complete last resort.
My advice Rick is to use any and all of that as a complete last resort.
I was gonna do it just for the next week and stop... I know there power and that freaks me out too.. What do you think//???
You're withdrawing from the opiates. Your brain chemistry is all whacky. It wants the opiates back, and it's letting you know. I would get OFF the klonopin ASAP. I took valium for the first 2 days off opiates and it didn't help with anxiety much, not at all with sleep. You just have to accept that you're not going to sleep for a while. Ambien as another addictive med. Try some herbal stuff. Kava tea is great. Valarian is good. You will sleep when your body need it.
Take care.
Take care.
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Ambien - oh let me tell you. I am almost a month off Ambien after being on it for a very very long time and I'm struggling to reclaim sleep. I wish I had been more diligent in my earlier life to try to figure out what keeps me from sleeping or what my issues are rather than bandaiding it with sleeping pills.
I have done CRAZY stuff on ambien (and these are NORMAL side effects which occur even if you are not abusing it) - sleep shopping - packages have arrived with no memory of ordering, I've cook huge meals (they were delicious), I have had detailed conversations with people with no memory, I have burned myself, I have taken baths (really dangerous) - no end of stories after years of usage. Let me encourage you to find whatever alternative methods you can. This is just my own experience and of course everyone is different.