100 Days Off - insomnia and other symptom update

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At 100 days drug-free, I am left with the following:

 

Insomnia for last week has not been severe. I am getting 4hrs sleep per night.

 

My depression is not intense at all but I have lingering anxiety.

 

My head pressure does now seem to go. I have squeezing sensations, burning and tingling brain, and fire ants crawling all over frontal lobe. I am afraid this might last awhile. I feel my sleep will continue improving but I am very concerned about these symptoms. 

 

My cognitive function seems okay but towards evening I feel brain-dead and unmotivated. 

 

Can anyone relate with all this or at least with the head symptoms. With no change yet can I still even have hope for improvement? 

 

Take good care everyone and don't give up.

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It's good to hear that your sleep is improving.  You were basically getting zero (or nearly zero) sleep for a while.  The additional sleep has to be helping your cognitive functioning.  Amazing, isn't it, how 4 hours of sleep can be acceptable?  Just think of when it increases to 5 hours!!

 

I'm sure the head zaps and squeezing will resolve as will the 'chemical' anxiety.  This withdrawal/recovery takes so freakin' long, but you're well on your way.

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I'm so glad you're getting some regular sleep! 4 hours is incredible progress. It seems to me some of these neuro symptoms hang on but that doesn't mean they're permanent or will stay as intense. I still have the tingling/wet/mentholated feeling on my face with some body warmth (not quite burning) which is vast improvement. I use it as a marker. As long as I have this I can't freak out about the insomnia being caused by something other than wd.