When does the normal sleep come back???

[mo2000]

Hey all... 11 days!!!

Please tell me when my sleep will return to "normal"... I am really getting SICK of this!!!  I have been taking Advil PM, but it gets maybe 4 solid hours of sleep.... I don't want my body to become to used to it too... afraid I will have to take it for the rest of my life!!

[worried878]

what was ur doc and dose?
Everybody is different...i was a 100 mg plus hydro user and didnt have that issue...i had the opposite and could sleep 16 hrs a day...but it was not fun cos i work...i was sooooo tired!  I hated it..had to do a rocket shot to make it out the door every morning.
hang in there..it gets better..valerian root helps me when i have a problem...if u have to ask ur dr for sumpin safe for sleep.  Sleep is important to recovery...cos we get weak without it

[gnarly_1]

HI MO congrads on 11 days....your thew the worst of it now...the sleep thing can be a real mind screw its usually the last thing to return to normal and as far as giving you a time its different for everyone ...I broke a 16 1/2yr addiction to narcotics with the last 6 1/2 being on methadone so it took months for my sleep to return for most people somewhere in the vicinity of 3 to 8 weeks is considered normal ...I know this isent what you want to here
but it is the reality for most of us...there are a few things you can take melatonine works for some I found valarian root to be helpful some people swear by benadril and it is non addictive ..for me the best thing I found was a good hot soak right b/4 bed and for a wile you just got to be ok with getting 4 hrs of sleep eventually it will become 5 then 6 my record has been 7hr since I have been off methadone and 6 is the norm for me...what I wouldn't give for a solid 8 or 9hr of sleep in a row but for now I have learned that 6 is working and I wake up refreshed ...I find it better to go to bed later then to wake up at 3 in the morning you may want to adjust your bedtime accordingly ...try to just hang in there ...good luck and God bless.....Gnarly      

[merrymaria]

sleep will come....have you tried melatonin?  it s a natural hormone that is safe for short term use...i know what you re going through...i couldn t sleep real well for about 6 weeks but everyone is different...our brains just have to level out....congrats on 11 days...keep going and sleep will return...hang in there...maria

[LeaAnn807]

Hey!  It takes a bit.  A few weeks at least!  Sorry.  I wish it was better news.  Everyone is different though, so you could sleep sooner than that.  A lot of it depends on how long you were on drugs.  I am over 2 months clean, and I still wake up in the middle of the night, wide awake, and it takes me a while to go back to sleep!  

Good luck!  Congrats on 11 days!  That is great.  Keep up the good work.