Insomnia Forum Posting

Posted by Acru Fox on August 14, 2002 at 10:05:09:

Trying to get off all drugs!!!!...help...

For the last 1 1/2-2 years I took 50-75mg of benadryl sleeping pills to help me get to sleep and keep me groggy enuf that should I awaken to use the washroom I wouldn't be alert enough so I'd fall back to sleep. My hours were as follows

1:30-2am wask up at 9:30-10, but I wanted to wake upe earlier so I went to bed at 11pm instead but since then things have been an utter hell for recovering...

I had gone a week or so without much sleep , intially I went to the hospital and I was given ativan, I slept better but was only give a 5 days dose, after that things slowly got worse again until I had to go back again. This time the emergency doctor gave me chrolal hydrate, stuff so strong made me so sick to my stomach and in the end made me sleepy/drunk than anything else.

I saw my family doctor and he pescribed me some really bad meds. First zopliclone, which after wearing off after 5 hours I would wake up and be unable to fall back to sleep without taking another half pill, after 2 weeks this drug left me with a bitter taste in my mouth and I didnt each much of anything.

Then my doctor put me on desyrel which after two nighs I prompty flushed down the toilit, I couldn't stand feeling so out of it and the feeling I'm too drunk to sleep.

I decided to see another duty doctor who put me on sontata/starnoc, which was absolutely useless, when it wore off it did the same thing zopliclone did and would wake me up.
I tried natural valerian root but it made my muscles feel strange, feel warm and tingly....

Now all that being said what should I do now? I haven't been on anything long term other than benadryl Previous to a month ago I got 6 1/2-8hrs sleep and over half the time when I got 8 it was uninterrupted.

I've noticed two other things as well, I had a ringing in my left ear two weeks ago and I couldn't hear our of it, then I got some sporin creame and it went away, then I got a sore throat, now I have a dull ache at the back of my neck/head.

Now that I've given all these details :) Any pointers I should do? Drink lots of water every day and clear my system out of all these drugs I was given over the past month? I REALLY don't wanna get hooked into this insomnia rut and have only had it for a month now, is there anything other than valerian root I can take to calm me down from all this stress of sleep meds I've been put under since the middle of July?

I've been off Benadryl for 2-3 weeks totally now, am I suffering withdrawl from it?

What should I do? My family doctor is of no help and just says I'm 24 and shouldn't be on anything, which is what I wanna do, I just wanna get back to how things were a month ago. I feel like my body has just gotten sick of all meds.,

someone please help :<

Follow Ups:

• Re: One month insomnia help!!! crusader 10:26 8/14/02 (3)
  • Re: Re: One month insomnia help!!! Acru 13:31 8/14/02 (2)
    • Re: Re: Re: One month insomnia help!!! crusader 15:31 8/14/02 (1)
      • Re: Re: Re: Re: One month insomnia help!!! Grey 09:11 8/15/02 (0)

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