Sleep Tracks for non drug sleep help

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Ok, Teakettle.

 

My hats off to you!!!!  It has been a week doing the Sleep Tracks system and I am seeing improvement!  I still have periods I wake up and still have a hard time getting asleep but it is taking less time to get to sleep and LONGER periods of time asleep for sure!

 

I know that it will take awhile before I have retrained my brain to work fully and sleep like I used to, but I think im on my way.  If I feel this much improvement after 1 week, I can't imagion how much better it is going to be after 1 month.

 

Thanks!

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Teakettle, did you ever try the white noise found at simply noise (see my sig line)?

 

It has several types of white noise in variable oscillations, and is free.  Another member here suggested it.  I don't know if it has any brain retraining capabilities, but I have found it helps tremendously for sleep....I am checking into your new program as well.

 

Thanks, Robin

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Hello

 

 

 

Believe I am happy that you are getting benefit from Sleep Tracts.  Keep using it for at least a few months and then have it ready by the bed at ready till you feel 100%.

 

 

Fairrobin the only white noise around my house is Mrs. Kettle and lets just say even in good times I would need some Heavy Duty Ear Plugs to get some sleep.

 

I have often thought about the Good Old Days pre Mrs. Kettle (no kids, no house payment, no accountability/responsibility, no benzos etc.....)

 

 

Have not tried the white noise you mentioned (since its free I may have given it a try prior to Sleep Tracks way back when).

 

When I was in the worst of my withdrawal, insomnia was the most intolerable problem.

 

Scared the heck out of me.

 

Actually it was so bad, I was ready to jump and UP DOSED to 1mgK to do a slow titration (scared I would have a 18 month protracted withdrawal in Hell with NO Sleep).

 

When I found Sleep Tracks recommended by several Buddies who had made it to the other side I ordered my own sleep tracks.

 

I did use the sleep tracks for months during my withdrawal.

 

It took a few weeks to really make a big difference.

 

Many nights I would wake up after using Sleep Tracks to go to sleep and fire up the Sleep Tracks to go back to sleep.

 

It did not always result in my going back to sleep, but did help to pass the time and I just keep faithful that it was retraining my mind to sleep.

 

Today at almost 6 months post last dose, I sleep GOOD and can not remember the last night I used my Sleep Tracks.

 

 

Wishing a Good sleep for all my Buddies!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

P.S.  Still enjoy the Protection & Healing benefits of my TIN FOIL HAT!

 

 

 

Teakettle

 

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Hi Tea - Glad your sleep tracks program helped you.  I am now having trouble sleeping - not from Insomnia but from horrible anxiety that won't let me rest or have peace of mind.  I don't know if the Tracks program will help with that.  What do you think?  I can sleep when my anxiety is not real bad, which isn't often so I know it's not insomnia.  I checked out Sleep Tracks in Google and quite a few links came up.  Can you tell me which program you bought?  Is there an author or person whose name is mentiioned in your program? 

    thanks Tea - any help would be appreciated - I am so tired and weak and sick from all this.  don't know how to manage anymore.

Love Hoping2BFree

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Hello Hoping2Bfree

 

Sorry to hear that anxiety is getting in the way of a good nights sleep.

 

sleeptracks.com    

 

Yan Muckle

 

 

$69.00 Basic

 

$79.95 Premium (includes Anxiety ease & Power Nap)

 

 

Sleeptracks gives you a 60 day period to try out the program with a NO QUESTIONS ASKED RETURN policy FULL REFUND.

 

I tried the anxiety ease a few time but never really consistently so I do not know how well it works.

 

If anxiety ease is anything like the Sleeptracks (kinda is in that it is Sound Waves) it may take consistent use to be effective.

 

 

Hope this helps Hoping2Befree.

 

 

It does get better at 6 Months post last Benzo dose!!

 

 

 

Teakettle

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I may have to check this out myself.

Thanks Teakettle!

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Thank you Tea!!!!

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Hoping,........ check out, Simply Noise, it is in my sig line, it is free white noise and oscillates like ocean waves, you can set it to run all night and it is free.  You might try it until you receive the other program.  I love it!

 

Robin

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Hi Fairrobin - Thanks for the tip.  actually I did listen to it when you very first mentioned it.  It didn't help me then, but I'll give it a try again.

Thanks for reminding me!

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Thanks Teakettle for the information. I have ordered the sleep phones pajamas and as soon as they arrive I will be ordering the sleep tracks.

Hello, Could you share with me the information on how to order the sleep phone pajamas? I really would appreciate it. Thanks, Linda k.

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Hello

 

 

 

 

sleepphones.com

 

 

 

 

Teakettke

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Thanks,

        I really enjoyed this thread. Linda

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Thanks for the heads up on Sleep Tracks. I' m going to try it. Maybe it will help keep me asleep and in bed at night. 

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I tried it and it did nothing for me about three months ago. I tried it for two weeks.

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Hello Buddies

 

Insomnia is probably the most common and one of the most difficult benzo withdrawal symtptoms. As benzo addicts/dependents or what ever you want to call us

we have developed a habit of seeking immediate relief from symptoms of anxiety, insomnia or whatever. A pill has been the way we deal with our issues.

and we are accustom to expecting immediate relief. Take the pill and feel better or mellow our or nod off to seep. Unfortunately in the long term our pills will tend to no longer work and we will find  that we move from drug to over the counter stuff to herbs or whatever just to get some relief.

Life is tough and once our bodies have been sensitized to drugs its very painful to go through withdrawal and let our bodies get back to the normal cycles of sleep.

When we take benzos, trazadone, benadril, unisom, betablockers as has Jittery18 the non drug therapy systems like Sleep Tracks will not work efficiently if at all.

I am sorry to hear that Jittery18 found no relief from Sleep Tracks during her 2 week trial.  http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=36309.msg618918#msg618918. That is not really surprising, as Sleep Tracks suggests a minimum of 30 days of regular use and  recommends that drugs not be used during the healing process. Don't get me wrong, I understand the desperation of a person in withdrawal who can not sleep. I tried multiple prescription drugs and over the counter stuff. When used without sleep drug aids (not counting the benzo's you are cutting) and given a lengthy trial 1-3months or more, most people will find that the Sleep Tracks program retrains your brain slowly to where you are able to sleep naturally without reaching for a drug. It take patients and commitment. Maybe you will be one of the few who does not benefit. Most who fail at the Sleep Tracks program have either not given it a lengthy trial or are complicating their natural sleep cycle with drugs.

Be aware that it is very common for Benzo Buddies to not share all the drugs that they are using when describing their situation. I am not one to criticize those who

may hide drug abuse beyond benzo addiction. However it is wrong for those who give less than a full effort at healing or who regularly use numerous drugs to put down

a drug free sleep healing system like Sleep Tracks. If you read this thread you will find that I used a combination of sleep hypnosis and Sleep Tracks to improve my sleep

and help me make it through the worst of withdrawal. That's what its all about, making it through withdrawal. Be it placebo or real healing, Sleep Tracks has been an

asset to me getting through my withdrawal and dealing with the post last dose insomnia.

 

Hope I have helped those who want help and are willing to make an effort to beat insomnia!

 

Teakettle

 

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Thanks TeaKettle

Very much.

I tried it when I was fresh out of cold turkey, and I too went months and months and months without sleep. I have never taken an Rx med since coming out of detox 12-10-10. I know that I personally did not give it a good enough try, I did not do 30 days. My sleep is so much better than the old days on the K \Remeron and in the cold turkey but it's still no where as good as I want it to be.

I'm going to pull it out again and give it a go.

Thank you!!!

Melo x

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Thanks for the breakdown, Teakettle.  I have taken no sleep aids since stopping Ambien (benadryl, melatonin, etc) due to high sensitivty to most supplements, etc and tried my best to survive insomnia with natural techniques, including an audio program similar to sleep tracks, progressive muscle relaxation, sleep hygeine, aromatherapy, etc.  It was tough, but things eventually improved over the first year off.  I now am left with a handful of symptoms, but insomnia is not one of them!  Now getting the best sleep in my adult life

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Hello Buddies

 

A pill has been the way we deal with our issues.

and we are accustom to expecting immediate relief. Take the pill and feel better or mellow our or nod off to seep.

 

When we take benzos, trazadone, benadril, unisom, betablockers as has Jittery18 the non drug therapy systems like Sleep Tracks will not work efficiently if at all.

I am sorry to hear that Jittery18 found no relief from Sleep Tracks during her 2 week trial.  http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=36309.msg618918#msg618918. That is not really surprising, as Sleep Tracks suggests a minimum of 30 days of regular use and  recommends that drugs not be used during the healing process.

 

 

Teakettle,

 

First, I was just reporting my experience, and I think it's quite rude to single me out and pass judgment on me. Second, I never took a pill to "deal" with my issues, I was poisoned by Cipro prescribed for an infection and had a reaction that is a hundred times worse than benzo wd, with a much worse prognosis. Doctors misdiagnosed me and gave me benzos.

 

Do you have a job or a little baby to take care of? Because I do and it's hard. And yes, I needed immediate relief.

 

There is much controversy over the true efficacy of brainwave entertainment. I definitely think that people should try non drug therapy first without a doubt. But some people have struggles you may not understand, and cope the best they can and need relief. I'm not scared of drugs because of my experience. I think they should be taken with caution but some medications are lifesaving and help people have a better quality of life when no other options exist.

 

Please try not to single people out and sound so judgmental. Just because you follow your statements with statements such as "dont get me wrong in not judging" doesn't mean you are not in fact being judgmental.

 

Best,

 

Jittery

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Jittery

 

Are you Ok. I know you're really struggling at this point with sleep and stress, along with work and caring for your little one. What's going on with you, you've been posting a lot about feeling judged. I don't think anyone is judging you. I think that you post and ask for advice and people give their opinions. I don't think anyone is attacking you at all. I think Teakettle was just stating the facts about the Sleep Tracks program. I know for me that I bought it but didn't stick to it for 30 days. I was drug free but did not follow the protocol, that could be why it didn't work for me. I'm willing to give it another shot.

So many of US, and that includes ME, come on here in desperate times posting for help, begging for someone to reply. If we don't get the answer we want to hear, we can't take it personally. This is a long, dark and lonely road and most of the times we just have each other who might get what we are going thru.

 

When I decided to work with the trauma specialist, he let me know that it's never worked for anyone still on the drugs. It's not meant to judge anyone, it's just been his experience. We all know the hell of not sleeping; I had a business, not a little one, and I couldn't work for more than a year. I was totally brain injured from the drugs and sleep deprivation. Did I need to work, yes of course, but "I" couldn't. I sold my house and did what I had to do to survive. Everyone has a different story, and we have to respect it. When you put your story out there and then ask for advice, people are going to give it. What works for one may not work for another, but we keep trying, because we all want to get through this. We all want our sleep back, our lives back. Please don't feel judged, we are all just trying to help.

 

I had the worst case of insomnia you can imagine. I didn't sleep more than 0-3 hours a night for nearly a year on the drugs, I was totally nuts. I was so sick, it was insanely awful. That was from the Remeron, the K was added and I slept for a month or so, but whacked out drugged sleep. Then in cold turkey I barely slept for 4.5 months, 0-2 hrs many nights, puking on the bedroom floor almost every day, or dry heaving, it was pure hell. I can't believe my husband didn't leave me..... Thank God.

 

The more time away from the drugs the better it's getting. I still have to sleep alone in a cool dark room like a bat, but it's getting better and better. For me I knew that no OTC med, or Rx drug or even supplement would help. I tried tart cherry, melatonin, all sorts of herbs, valerian etc. Nothing helped. So I just said I have to stick it out... Is it 100% NO WAY, but it's 80%. Sleep is coming back.

 

I am certain that it will for you too. You were not like this before, you will recover. It can take 2 years for the hormones to heal for us gals. You've got to be realistic about the effects of the BC pill and the Traz. This is not meant to be judgmental, but they have to play a part in your healing, the low progesterone etc. But the good news is that you will get it all sorted out and you will recover. My P is low as well, but I've decided the same as Sunny, to wait until two years to consider a P cream\pill.

I am deathly afraid of pills and doctors, but that's my issue. I'm working with Susun Weed's programs for healing, I am getting better but it's so darn slow.

 

Jittery, just know that people here are trying their very best to help each other. Without the support of this site I don't know where I'd be. most likely believing the drs who told me I needed this garbage, which clearly I do not.

Time, faith, patience and love. the best healers...

Melo x

 

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Melo,

 

Thank you for your reply. However, I do think it was inappropriate for teakettle to list the meds I've taken and post a link to my blog.

 

I never asked for advice on this post. I merely stated my experience with the program he/she was advocating.

 

I really do not find any comfort or value in others acting like prescription drugs are the devil. They are not always something to be afraid of. They arent ideal but they do help some people and in some cases they are lifesaving.

 

The challenges of a small child are nothing like that of a job. It's a 24/7 respinsibility when a tiny life is 100 percent dependent on you for their happiness and survival. Sitting down to rest isnt an option. Going for a walk in winter when she can't be out in this weather is not an option. Cooking detailed meals isn't always an option...it's survival. They are wonderful but it's ver hard ESP in withdrawal. She always comes first.

 

It was totally wrong to list the medications I've taken and post a link to my blog to have others see where I've went wrong, as to say "look at her choices it couldn't have possibly worked for her".

 

I don't think I'm being oversensitive here. I know darn well being drug free is best but for me right now that's not possible.

 

Im glad you are healing. I know how awful you had it. You've taken good care of yourself and I'm sure that contributes to your healing.

 

Best

Jittery

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jittery18

 

I am sorry that you were offended by my post.

 

I did not single you out.

 

You posted "I tried it and it did nothing for me about 3 weeks ago. I tried it for 2 weeks.

 

The other buddies might benefit from knowing that you did not use Sleep Tracks for the minimum of 30 days recommended and added in a few extra drugs that might just have helped with the failure of sleep tracks to improve your sleep.

 

I used sleep tracks with and Ipod & ear buds for months. Going on over a year now. It has helped me and many other buddies. Sleep tracks offers a $ back guarantee

so there is not much to loose in giving it a try.

What ever gets you through the horror of benzo withdrawal insomnia is OK with me. I tried many herbal sleep aids, melatonin, Rozerem and even Trazadon (for a very short time).  I felt it unfair to the other buddies for you to make a statement of Sleep Tracks not working with out including that you did not try it for very long and had mixed in a few other chemicals that just might alter the results.

 

I do have a wife and two children whom I help to support and care for. It is difficult to keep a family together and functioning while going through benzo withdrawal and recovery. Some of our buddies have lost jobs, homes and even spouses. Withdrawal from an addictive drug is hell.

 

I am sorry that you are suffering withdrawal symptoms including insomnia. Maybe give the Sleep Tracks a try every night for months & months and just possibly "brain waive technology" will help you to heal.

 

Wishing the best health for you jittery!

 

 

Teakettle

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I missed this post orignally. Thank you Teakettle for the tip. I'm looking into it for sure. Thanks for taking time to pop in every now and then. It helps more than you know.

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I bought an old school box fan and am able to sleep better.  Granted I only get about 4-6 hours of sleep right now due to w/d, but the white noise helps a lot.  I forgot about that until I remembered one day a couple of months ago that I actually grew up with a fan in my room.  So I guess i got used to having white noise.  I have heard of others who use sounds like this to sleep and it works great for them.  Maybe I will try this when I get off of my sleep med.  I am just nervous about hearing water.  I already go to the bathroom enough in the evening.  ha ha.  Hearing the sound of the beach would be really nice. 

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Which one are u using. I've been using various binaural beats and am very impressed.