Insomnia

[alex]

As I have posted before, my symptoms during the day, even though awfull, are manageable.

Sometimes, if my day has been "good" I come home and realize that I am in w/d because I get to my room, I see the bed and then I remember that I am gonna have a bad night.

As Claudius posted, extreme anxiety has not been an issue in this moment of w/d. Insomnia has.My sleep is VERY disrupted.

I really would like to know how this symptom has improved or behave during W/D for you people.

I have being able to "manage" with teas, Valerian, PATIENCE and a little benzo: 0.25 I know I shouldn´t but if I don´t sleep, I´ll be a lot worse.

Please I REALLY need some veterans to tell me how they cope with insomnia in early w/d and how it evolved.

[Luc]

There's no doubt, Alex, it will be improving. So often what is needed is simply more time. How long are you able to sleep during the night these days?

[Luc]

Perhaps you will be able to find some natural remedies in here, Alex; http://www.earthclinic.com/ailments.html

[Sheila]

People's sleep definitely gets better with time.

What about researching meditation and brain wave entrainment CDs -- these things have helped me with sleep.

[alex]

There's no doubt, Alex, it will be improving. So often what is needed is simply more time. How long are you able to sleep during the night these days?

I am able to sleep (disrupted) from 1am to 5am and then I sleep some more in the morning.

When my nights are "manageable" I feel a big improvement.

7 months Effexor free.

[Cosette123]

Hi Alex, I have had problems of insomnia for months in withdrawal:I used to go to bed late in the night and could not sleep before 2 or 3 am.
This situation has slightly improved with time.Even if I know I cannot sleep sleep I use to go to bed at 11 pm.

[Junior]

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[Junior]

Alex, I posted this in another thread about insomnia http://antidepressantwithdrawal.info...ping-improving

I've had this issue for over 4 years now although it fluctuates depending on where I am at with my taper. I know how hard it is. Another thing I do is go back to bed once my son has left for his day program. I often manage another hour or so and it makes all the difference.

You could also try things like acupuncture and meditation.

[Luc]

You could try searching for some meditation videos/music on Youtube, Alex. There is lots of it. You could find something that would suit best in your situation.

[alex]

Thank you all.

I´ve had better control of my insomnia in the last days.

I have this "method" and recipe and is working for now.As a matter of fact, things are slightly improving; I went down from 0.50mg Xanax to 0.25mg

Despite my fear from my condition, I think I´m slowly improving; anxiety is much better.

7 months Effexor free (I hope is worth it)