Posted by jeninco on July 26, 2006, at 21:16:00
In reply to Re: I pray that you all » jeninco, posted by johnnyj on July 26, 2006, at 17:08:02
Thank you Johnny. And I do know what you are going through. Insomnia is the reason I started on remeron-all of the sleep aids either stopped working or gave me horrible headaches.
I am reading an excellent book now that I highly recommend. It's called, "Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School" by Gregg D. Jacobs. It basically teaches you to reteach yourself how to sleep and to let go of the things you have taught yourself to believe about why you can't sleep.
I completely understand what it's like though to go on and on without sleep. Experts will tell you that eventually your body will kick in and overwhelm you with the need for sleep, but it hardly happened for me.
Can't ambien and lunesta be responsible for bringing on depression? I felt a little bit of that from taking ambien every other day or so; it was one of the reasons I was able to just try getting by on less sleep. Have you thought about talking to a therapist? I've been advised to try that, hypnosis, accupuncture-things like that.
I really hope you are able to get some relief soon. I'm so sorry you are having such a rotten time.
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