Posted by uncouth on May 13, 2012, at 12:12:48
hey guys,
so i'm at my wits end with this insomnia that's been plaguing me the last 10 months. it's causing severe and significant impairment in my life, what i can do in the evenings, my mood and cognition. we've tried meds from every class. problem is now both falling asleep, and early morning awakening. i'm considering washing out of all substances including antidepressants and supplements but am afraid, because simply nothing else has worked. have not been able to isolate.benzos failed, z-drugs failed (made me feel worse in the morning), trimipramine didn't work, seroquel not keeping me asleep and higher dosages impair me in the daytime, traz fail, etc. tiagabine, fail, gabapentin, etc. don't know why this is happening to me, but i may have triggered something permanent via a trial of LDN 9 months ago, or its just stress or medication related. i'm getting sleep study next month, but i hear those only really tell you if you have apnea.
my doc just finally prescribed me chloral hydrate two nights ago because nothing else was working. my pattern has been i can take something for sleep and it will make me very sleepy (anything) but I cannot seem to initiate sleep for hours, i wait for hours, and the only thing that initiates sleep is 5mg of saphris, which i have been trying to stop for months. i thought chloral hydrate would knock me out. made me very sleepy, but i was up for 3 hours after i took 1500mg!!! i really want to stop the saphris and want to find something that will keep me asleep, chloral hydrate didn't even keep me asleep as i woke up once again at 4:30am, which has been my pattern for 10 months.
i think i might have done this to myself with some supplement or maybe LDN caused epigenetic changes, but i can't seem to reverse it. it could be stress related too, who knows, but whatever ti is, it is non responsive to treatment.
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