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Where to get help for insomnia???


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I'm over 5 mo.s out and like the rest of you I've read on this board, insomnia is a challenge. I avg. 3-5 hrs a night with no change since I jumped. My question: Where do you go or who do you see without someone trying to shove another pill down your throat!! A sleep clinic specialist or a  Psychiatrist??

 

 

18 yrs 1mg of Ativan at night,

1 month wean.

Here I am.

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After 18 years my guess is its gonna take a hot minute to get back to normal.. You've tried OTC stuff? meditation all that jazz?  My guess is its just gonna  take time without another med. I hope someone can help you out. Maybe a sleep specialist could help I dont' know.

 

WTG on getting off of this crap and being so strong for so long its not easy.

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Don't waste your time or money. Nobody can do anything to speed up the recovery of your GABA receptors. Time is the only real cure and it is free. I spent a lot of energy on trying all sorts of things early in my withdrawal in the hopes of getting sleep. In time I learned to do what I could to accept my situation and the days just sort of passed by until I slowly got better and better sleep.

 

I don't want it seem that I am downplaying your concerns. I know what you are going through and how rough it is, but it is the situation that you are in right now and there is not too many external things that you can do about it.

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