Posted by robot on January 10, 2006, at 0:01:57
In reply to Treatment-resistant insomnia and I'm sick of it!, posted by vbAgent on January 8, 2006, at 1:37:03
dont know if anyone else sugested this, but if you do try another AD, Remeron knocks me out.
Also, in the long term, you might try learning simple meditation. Ive found that its helped me sleep just paying more attention to my breath. And doing this sitting in a chair helps me get sleepy because Im not as stressed feeling like Im trying to go to sleep. Learning to sit still doing nothing for a little while is good for general mental health.
You might try a restricted diet (I wouldnt recommend fasting while on meds) of uncooked foods and natural water for a week every so often to begin cleansing out toxins from your body.
Meletonin is good for sleep, though youve probably already tried this.
If youre not getting much sleep anyway, maybe you could just stay up 2 nights on purpose; that might help you sleep on the third night, but only give yourself 8 hours. Then 8 the next night. I have no idea if thats a good idea or not for you, it just occurred to me.
Others on this board would know more about it than I.
> Well, it's safe to say that Lunesta 2mg has completely lost it's sleep-promoting effect. I'm totally sick of it. Insomnia sucks. I just don't know what to do...I've gone from Lunesta to Ambien CR back to Lunesta, and now I'm immune to thier hypnotic effect.
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> Any good psychiatrist would probably correctly suspect that insomnia isn't my primary disorder; I also have adult ADD for which I now take 15mg/day of Adderall. He/she will want to prescribe either an antidepressant or antipsychotic to augment the sleep-aid to treat some underlying anxiety and/or depression. I do NOT want that to happen. I have never experienced relief or benefit from an AD. Seroquel was very helpful but I'm extremely uncomfortable taking such a powerful drug solely for treating insomnia. Maybe I should just suck it up and do what has to be done. Sometimes I think I need a mood stabilizer. I just don't know...I'm plagued with indecision and irritation. I just want to cry...I want to punch a hole in my computer monitor. So frustrated...so very frustrated. I just want a regular sleep schedule!!!
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