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Re: Ambien withdrawal, and nightmares ?

Posted by mymisfit on March 17, 2006 at 07:33:42:

In Reply to: Ambien withdrawal, and nightmares ? posted by donb on March 16, 2006 at 22:53:52:

Hi Don:
I had a permanent tracheostomy on 11-14-05 and
the first few weeks I slept for about three hours, a deep sleep, and then would wake up with a start. For the rest of the night it was restless sleep, lots of dreaming and lots of nightmares. The pattern now, 4 months later, is intermittent. The last few nights I have slept solid for 5 to 6 hours and then am wide awake, sometimes needing naps later in the day.
For me there have been pluses and minuses to the trach --obviously the sleep issue has been helped, but there are emotional challenges and so much to learn about safety issues with a trach and that is what comes up in my dreams.
There is a website for those of us with trachs and I don't remember if I can list it here or not. I found it when I googled stoma care (also try larynagectomee). The site is mainly for laryngectomees, but has tons of information that helps those of us with trachs. It taught me about many of the safety issues and about proper humidification, stoma foam filters and other things my doctor didn't know about.
I too used Ambien prior to surgery, but have only used it twice since my surgery. For me Ambien either works too well (lots of fog the next day) or it doesn't work at all.
From sleepnet I have learned that it takes us awhile to get back to any kind of "normal" sleep pattern when we have had apnea and if I remember correctly, they say on the non-cpap forum, that it can take 6 to 12 months ro get back to a pattern.
You might also ask your question on the non-cpap forum and see what others there say.
Hope this helps in some way -- deedee

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