Posted by Guy on March 3, 2014, at 12:46:41
I have suffered for almost 20 years with anxiety, panic, headache and severe malaise. Have tried almost every med in the book and still feel no better. I am convinced my problems stem largely from a lack of deep, restorative sleep. A naturopath once told me that drugged sleep is not real sleep and that I will not start to feel better until I am off all meds and back to a normal sleep pattern for at least a month. Unfortunately, that is not in the cards for me as I experience extreme, unbearable insomnia every time I try to wean off of meds. At the moment I am taking 30 mg Remeron along with 5-10 mg diazepam. I sleep through most of the night (with some awakenings), but get up feeling unrested and generally unwell every morning. I still have distant pre-med memories of entering a state of deep relaxation and waking up feeling groggy from sleep. No more--all I ever get now is shallow, dream-filled sleep that leaves me feeling ill all day long. It has caused premature ageing and will no doubt shorten my life by many years. I think this whole sleep issue is one of psychiatry's dirty little secrets.
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