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Posted by Natalie on December 15, 1999 at 20:21:00:In Reply to: Re: wife who cant sleep through the night HELP PLEASE! posted by Roger on December 15, 1999 at 18:08:25:
Roger, that was well-said. I get so tired of people suggesting that what works for them will work for me, or for anyone else. First, there are causes of sleep problems that may need medication. Depression is a notable example.
Second, to say that what works for one person should work for another is just not right. I've tried behavior mod and every psychological treatment my psychologist (who is a well-respected and excellent therapist) could think of for many months. I refused medication for a year. Nothing worked. When I gave in and took medication it took forever to find one that works, because what works for me has to work with my body chemistry, not with anyone else's.
I refuse to take anything addictive, and tried my best to be off the medication. It didn't work, and I'm going to take an antidepressant for the rest of my life. And I am perfectly fine with this, except when people who don't know anything about me imply that I am doing something wrong or lazy by taking my medication, rather than doing the psychological or other treatments that don't work for me.I don't need a sleep study to know why I don't sleep. Anyone who hears the story of things I've been through in my life knows why I don't sleep. And years of therapy didn't change this, and are unlikely to, no matter how many years I go. Antidepressants help me sleep, and for me are the only solution that works.
Nobody attacks people who take other medications for problems. Not sleeping is a health issue; if your body doesn't make the chemicals needed for sleep, then getting them from somewhere else is just as necessary as getting insulin if you are diabetic.
If anyone doubts that my body doesn't make proper amounts of serotonin and norepinephrine, i invite them to spend a night with me when I am off my medication! Sure, this isn't true for every insomniac, but I'm not suggesting that everyone take the medication I do, just because it works for me.This is an issue I'm touchy about, but it really bothers me that there is some stigma about the treatment that works, and telling someone right off that drugs don't work when you have no idea of what could be causing her problem isn't fair to her. She needs to learn about possiblities for causes and treatments, see a doctor, and then choose the path she feels is right for her.
- Re: wife who cant sleep through the night HELP PLEASE! Paul Norris 12/19/99 (0)
- Re: wife who cant sleep through the night HELP PLEASE! Roger 12/16/99 (0)
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