[Bu...] Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Hello everyone, I have been having terrible insomnia. I felt asleep at 11:00 pm and woke up at 12:30 this is really breaking me… I have a question for people who went through this… Im very very very tired and sleepy but once I go to sleep is like my body releases anxiety and energy and I wake up because of it. I mean for people who went through indomnia had a similar experience? Or they just didnt were sleepy at all and couldnt catch sleep? Thats the worst because Im suuper sleepy and I dont feel anxious but I go to sleep and my body is like nono time to release energy and anxiety… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ka...] Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I had all sorts of variations of insomnia - trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. At the end of my benzo career, I was taking a clonazepam at bedtime and more of it during the night because it didn't hold me asleep for more than 3-4 hours. When I tapered off, it took a year or so to adjust to sleeping without them. I had some nights of zero sleep. The insomnia issue was hands down the hardest part of withdrawl for me. I did learn that is was possible for me to function without sleep - not ideally but function I did. This is all history for me because I sleep better than I had in several years now that I am off and healed. I don't think there was any easy way around this dreadful issue; I simply had to go through what I did to get to the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Bu...] Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Thank you Kate for stopping by…. Im just surviving one day at a time… My only hope is the words of freedom you describe and the success stories people share. Insomnia is the reason why I reinstated my past several attempts… But this time Im committed… I can imagine myself sleeping peacefully through the night ohhh God what I would pay for having this…. People take sleep for granted… Survive… survive… survivee (Klonopin post withdrawal) Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ka...] Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 If you are already off Klonopin and want to stay that way, I suggest you throw any leftovers away. I had to do that because I was afraid I would get tempted one sleepless night and start on them again. It was actually a relief when I knew that was no longer an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Bu...] Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Kate, I have a question for you… Going to sleep at night has become dreadful for me… I fear it now! Does this happen to you? I know feel as if it is not the withdrawal but now the fear of not sleeping what is keeping awake… Im terrified I dont know if I can live like this much longer : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ka...] Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Yes Butterfly, the same thing happened to me. At first I couldn't sleep at night and then I feared the insomnia so I dreaded evening/nighttime because I became fearful that it would happen again. I eventually fell into a pattern of terrible sleep one night or even two nights and then I would sleep better the next night because I was so exhausted. Eventually all of this worked itself out and I sleep very well now but it took a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Bu...] Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 I cant Kate, this is too much for me…. All the withdrawal symptoms are a walk in the park but sleeping for 40 min a night is just killing me… besides all night Im just making myself more anxious and having panic attacks… I dont see the light… I cant live my life like this… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Bu...] Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Maybe I can take benadryll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Bu...] Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Please if anyone else has a story or something that helped… I beg you please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[sl...] Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Phenergen, may help, it's a sleepy antihistamine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ka...] Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I finally asked my doc for an Rx for Trazodone which helped but I will say this - I already had a lot of healing behind me when i began taking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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