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Insomnia, depression, anxiety

Posted by azkidney57 @azkidney57, Jan 11, 2020

So here I am it’s 4 am I have been awake since 3 am I often wake up. I can’t go back to sleep. I can’t text my friends I could be they would ask why I was texting so early. I tried my usual sleepy time tea, Clonazepam, deep breathing etc etc and I still wake up! I remember when I was I in the hospital I would call the nurse and I would have morphine injected into my IV port and that would help me sleep. I can’t have morphine. OxyContin also made me sleepy. Can’t have that anymore I ran out. It would be so nice if I could get 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Maybe someday.

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mrbip | @mrbip | Apr 8 8:58am
In reply to @contentandwell "@azkidney57 I have trouble sleeping too. I generally wake up too early so give in to..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@azkidney57 I have trouble sleeping too. I generally wake up too early so give in to it and go back for a nap later in the morning. When I was on oxycodone and OxyContin they kept me totally awake!

@gingerw I too can’t quiet my mind, some nights are worse than others, depending on what is happening in my life. It’s miserable.

@rainer I do use melatonin and I think it helps. It has been approved by my transplant team. I take 3mg. I have heard that higher doses cause nightmares.

@elwooodsdad there’s number of those counting methods for falling asleep. I think the real help is that they put you on a mindless activity.
JK

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For me, melatonin is useless, even at 10mg. I'm a hard-core insomniac, but I just put up with it, helped by 1 or 2 daytime naps. The major problem in not sleeping at night is that it's boring and wastes time.

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sooz1954 | @sooz1954 | Apr 8 4:02pm

Have you tried melantonin or CBD or THC? I am having similar problems, though not as severe as yours. I love love love my coffee and have cut that by early afternoon. Many folks tell me that THC/CBD gummies are very helpful but I haven't researched or tried any. If anyone out there has experience with natural supplements, please share. Thanks.

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vilmabelen | @vilmabelen | Apr 9 1:03pm

If I don't drink any products with caffeine like soda, coffee, chocolate I'm able to sleep. After 12;00 pm I'll pay the price the whole night. I can go turning and twisting or watching television, but without any success. Sometimes I need a little 25mg of trazodone, and that I'll do it for me. I have to definitely avoid caffeine.

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junkartist | @junkartist | Apr 14 12:25pm
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@junkartist

I usually sleep a lot and am still tired. Today I woke up around 3 am and can't go back to sleep. I am at my cousin's house a long way from home. We came to bring my sister some of her belongings that we didn't have room for when we brought her here. It wasn't working out at our house. She is a very negative person. Older than me and we are the only two of our birth family left.

She is doing very well at our cousins house, where she has a nice room and her own bathroom. She only "punched" me once, by which I mean a negative verbal attack. Not worth telling. I responded politely, without anger.

The problem is I feel like I'm suffocating. My cousin and her husband are wonderful and their house is very nice, clean and organized. Food is wonderful.

It may be that contrast from my house which I left with lots of boxes from sorting out my sister's stuff on top of our stuff I've been working on lessening for years. It may be because she won't talk to me about the $2500 she owes me & my husband for moving expenses. (Not worth telling the whole story.) It might be all the old childhood stuff she brings into the conversation.

Three more days before we leave. I've talked enough. thanks for listening.

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Thank you all for telling your experiences and advice. (The only adult childhood who's talking to me.) I am now at my son's house taking care of his dogs. It's relaxing, quite. The dogs are not good conversationalists, but they are comforting and cuddling.

After I had a fall here, I had the first conversation with my sister that was congenial and healing. It is the first time since the last time we visited. I'm sleeping okay.
A few days after I came, I got a call from my cousin that my sister is in the hospital. Serious and unpredictable. I got scared (of intruders) I scared 0f carbon Monoxide. Both are kind of silly, with barking dogs, and electronic locks. I called my husband and smoothed things over.
Thanks again for your help. I go home Tuesday. I hope I can help other people.

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lizziel1 | @lizziel1 | Apr 15 12:53pm

Perhaps an antihistamine would help you sleep?
I was recently prescribed Atarax for anxiety (since my doctor insisted I stop my benzo med.😡). They didn’t calm my anxiety, but one night I took one because I developed hives. Atarax is basically an antihistamine.
Well I fell asleep quickly, and didn’t awake until noon!

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allanbee46 | @allanbee46 | Apr 15 5:12pm
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@sooz1954

Have you tried melantonin or CBD or THC? I am having similar problems, though not as severe as yours. I love love love my coffee and have cut that by early afternoon. Many folks tell me that THC/CBD gummies are very helpful but I haven't researched or tried any. If anyone out there has experience with natural supplements, please share. Thanks.

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Yep, as a sleep aide, CBD drops have worked better than melantonin
*drops/mg depending on the maker and dosage/mg

*pluscbdoil.com 25-mg CBD
*cbdfx,com 1-ml (CBD & CBN)
*MARY'S Medicals 25-mg (CBD & CBN)
*www.RISEWMEDS.COM 30-mg CBD

I hope this helps
Allan

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con123 | @con123 | Apr 16 7:29am
In reply to @lizziel1 "Perhaps an antihistamine would help you sleep? I was recently prescribed Atarax for anxiety (since my..." + (show)
@lizziel1

Perhaps an antihistamine would help you sleep?
I was recently prescribed Atarax for anxiety (since my doctor insisted I stop my benzo med.😡). They didn’t calm my anxiety, but one night I took one because I developed hives. Atarax is basically an antihistamine.
Well I fell asleep quickly, and didn’t awake until noon!

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For people like me, antihistamines have a paradoxical effect - they wire me up! When I was forced off my 1 mg of Klonopin at bedtime after 12 years, leaving me a raving insomniac, I was first offered Vistoril, an antihistamine and when that didn't work, Remeron, which is an tricyclic antidepressant that acts like an antihistamine in your brain. It did not work either. A neurologist/sleep specialist prescribed 2 mg Lunesta and it works to help me sleep, but I am having night sweats again (65 so this is not menopause) which wake me frequently. At least I can go back to sleep, but it is not uninterrupted. Also some nights, I have leg cramps that get me out of bed. But some sleep is better than no sleep, and I am calmer when I wake up.

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wa34937 | @wa34937 | Apr 17 6:03am
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@con123

For people like me, antihistamines have a paradoxical effect - they wire me up! When I was forced off my 1 mg of Klonopin at bedtime after 12 years, leaving me a raving insomniac, I was first offered Vistoril, an antihistamine and when that didn't work, Remeron, which is an tricyclic antidepressant that acts like an antihistamine in your brain. It did not work either. A neurologist/sleep specialist prescribed 2 mg Lunesta and it works to help me sleep, but I am having night sweats again (65 so this is not menopause) which wake me frequently. At least I can go back to sleep, but it is not uninterrupted. Also some nights, I have leg cramps that get me out of bed. But some sleep is better than no sleep, and I am calmer when I wake up.

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I can't imagine how you must have crashed and burned getting off Klonopin? I almost wound up in the ER tapering Ativan after a line of benzo's. There is no perfect solution to insomnia, I recommend a THC/CBD tincture balancing sleep with hangover the next day. You don't get high or addicted IMHO.

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kawanhee | @kawanhee | Apr 17 7:01am
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@wa34937

I can't imagine how you must have crashed and burned getting off Klonopin? I almost wound up in the ER tapering Ativan after a line of benzo's. There is no perfect solution to insomnia, I recommend a THC/CBD tincture balancing sleep with hangover the next day. You don't get high or addicted IMHO.

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Curious about why you almost wound up in ER from tapering of Ativan.

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boharley14 | @boharley14 | Apr 17 10:13am

I feel for you ! There are days I am up 24 hours. My problem is falling asleep, not staying asleep
Like you, I wish for the days I can have sleep
Good luck to you

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