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postpartum insomnia

Posted by Rosebud on November 05, 2002 at 12:12:56:

Hi. I'm looking for support. I've got an 8 month old son, nannies watching him all day, and have had insomnia since about week 2 after his birth.

I took Ambian sporadically for a few months, then had about 3 weeks of good sleep on low doses of Serzone. But my psychiatrist egged me to take more, which led to sleepless nights. Then I did Ambien twice a night, and Xanax once a night (again at the suggestion of the psychiatrist).

After about 20 nights of Xanax, I realized what it was and stopped, cold turkey. Two weeks of withdrawls and Remeron later, I take Ambien nightly and get 4 hours of sleep.

I'm seeing an acupuncturist and taking chinese herbs, because my digestive system is also shot to hell by the withdrawl.

Is it "rebound" insomnia when you can't get back to sleep?

If anyone can learn something from this posting, the message is: NO benzodiazpines (Xanax, klonopin, tamazapam, etc). It has been a huge setback for me.

I've got a new psychiatrist, and am seeing another sleep specialist in a week or so. (The first one I saw back in June said I had "psychophysio insomnia". No duh.)

I've already done a 9-week state of the art group insomnia workshop that used "stimulus control" (i.e. getting out of bed), and sleep restriction (i.e. even less sleep). It helped many people in the class, but not me. Those it helped all said it was very, very hard, but worth it.

I'm rambling a bit; I've got a lot of time to kill as I sit around trying to get better. Any other postpartum experiences out there?

Jenny


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