Need sleep help!!!

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I am getting 8 0 day sleeps with 1 6 hour in between Even zzzquil does not knock me out. Has anyone tried 5htp? Melatonin worked but then my dr I could take because I have a problem with my immune system and it is to be avoided. Please any help is appreciated. I am going to end up in a mental facility. I have tried meditation it relaxes me but still cant get to sleep

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You're going to survive this. Many of us have been through this and we thought we were dying. You are going to get better. I've had this. And now I can sleep. You're going to be able to sleep better soon. Hang in.

Try Progressive Muscle Relaxation. Because it's a drug that's causing this, it might not be strong enough to help. Keep reminding yourself you're going to get better.

 

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I was at my absolute worst at around 5 months out. It got to the point where, after days on end of almost no sleep, I ended up in the ER on my birthday. I think I tried just about every OTC sleep aid there is, but nothing seemed to help me. I also tried Trazodone, which only kind of/sort of worked for me. I then went to see a psychologist who specialized in sleep therapy. My takeaways from those sessions were the following:

 

1) breathing exercises (they may not seem to help at first but keep at it)

2) no TV or internet within 2 hours of bedtime

3) read a nice, boring book at bedtime and/or listen to calming music or sounds

4) write down a list of things you enjoy doing or experiencing or are thankful for (e.g. I'm a music nerd so I'd often list my favorite songs released in a particular decade)

5) try sleeping in a different room or in a different bed (e.g. I had internal tremors so bad at one point that I made a pallet on the floor to sleep on! The firmness of the floor seemed to help, though)

6) get direct exposure to sunlight first thing in the morning (e.g. I would sit out on the deck and eat a bit of cereal in the morning)

7) exercise (e.g. walking) when you can, even when you feel like a zombie

don't get exasperated when/if you fail to fall asleep: This only makes things worse. Just do your best to let things be. Eventually, everything will get back to normal.

 

Good luck, and Godspeed to you.

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Thanks the thing is I slept fine during taper and for past 5 months post jump. The jump caused me an autoimmune problem. Now nooo sleeping like none.

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I, too, slept fairly well during the taper. But it's not uncommon for insomnia to come crashing down on one several months post-taper. BB is littered with such accounts. However, I cannot comment on the autoimmune issue as, to my knowledge, I do not suffer from any such ailment. Hopefully, you'll crash here in a few days and get a bit of sleep. Take care.

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What do you mean by 8 0 and 6 0 ... is that hours or minutes ....I am going into 21 months and my sleep returned to 4/5 hours every night at 16 months sometimes less and then there was odd night I got none ...at 18 months it all returned to none hardly ...if I fell asleep it was for minutes and no more on/off for two hours for a couple of nights and none for the rest ... I will then get one night at 6 hours if i am lucky ....nothing i do makes me sleep ..why this came back worse I don't know ..I have never taken anything since tapering, this is the worst symptom