I took Xanax nightly for 6 years for sleep. Every time i filled the script i would ask my doctor, are you sure it is okay for me to take this every night? 'Sure it's a very low dose,' she would answer. Here i am years later - 4 weeks out from a medical detox. The insomnia was so bad, it was horrendous.
I am now unfortunately 1 month on Gabapentin and I have to take a sleeping pill every night to sleep and these pills have lots of side effects, in my opinion. However, I cannot sleep without a sleeping pill. So, I have gone from one controlled substance to another and am scared, quite frankly. The doctors keep telling me it is okay to rock back and forth between Sonata and Lunesta. I sure hope it is, because i have heard that before.
I now need something to help me sleep - and get off these sleeping pills.
I read somewhere that there is an antidepressant that is used to help with sleep when dealing with Xanax rebound insomnia. if you know about this, please let me know. I do not want to stay on the sleeping pills....