Paradoxical insomnia

[[Jo...]]

I am 3.5months post CT from 12 days Bromazepam and a short taper (7days) with diazepam.

Had some pretty severe sx.

I can swear I don’t sleep but my hubby claims I do. I lie in bed at 10pm and seem to wake up after 2hrs. Don’t feel like I’ve slept at all.

Has anyone dealt with this and does normal sleep return? 

[[Th...]]

Yes, sleep returns, in it's timeline, not yours.

I'd read this post.  http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=235100.0

Insomnia is one of the top 4 "common" symptoms after doing a CT or tapering off of Benzos.

[[ty...]]

The Way

 

Did you get that "tired feeling" back after you recovered?  I would do anything to actually feel tired when i go to bed at night...almost 12 months off and my sleep is all over the place.........most nights i get 5 hours.........sometimes 6 and sometimes 2...always broken.

[[sp...]]

i fell asleep great last night, within minutes...woke up exactly one hour later for no reason.....couldnt go back to sleep again.

[[Jo...]]

Thank you Theway2 for taking the time to reply and thanks also for the advice.

Seems like a high price to pay for only a few weeks on this poison.

I look forward to healing in due course just as you have!

[[...]]

Actually so does my sleep watch. It if claims I’m sleeping.

My parents also claim I’m sleeping but I feel wide awake

[[...]]

I personally think that for some people insomnia is either very long lasting or permanent. It’s great that theway recovered but that is just not true for everybody. I am 18 months and still not sleeping but 2 to 5 broken hours a night. I keep hoping that eventually some form of sleep returns and allows me to live my life. I hope your recovery is as quick as theway’s was. I love hearing about people that recover relatively quickly.

[[Jo...]]

I am getting worried about this. It seems strange that I have no sleepiness at all. Most people reporting insomnia seem to have a sleep drive but only sleep for short periods etc. I would be interested to hear from more people who never felt sleepy but have now recovered and sleep normally.

[[sp...]]

i had one year of complete hell with insomnia 10 years ago folks. I was getting off of 15MG of valium and literally would go 3-4 days in a row without sleep at a time.....crash and sleep then rinse and start again. It was a living nightmare...the good news is once i was OFF valium....my sleep returned to normal and i went 10 YEARS with never staying awake all night....once in a while there would be a night where i wouldnt fall asleep til 4am but that was it. Once i was fully off benzos it took about 2-3 months of spotty sleep but after that i was golden. So it DOES return. 10 years...think of that...10 years where i never once did not sleep. I was a complete idiot and went back on benzos once i couldnt sleep due to a divorce. Now here i am stuck in same situation.....insomnia sometimes for days. So i can guarantee you the insomnia you are experiencing is because of the benzos.