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Day 9 and still no sleep - need help
I'm on day 9 (made an error in other posts, wishful thinking) and I am still having a great deal of trouble getting any sleep.I have been using valarian tea and getting some slight calming from that. Last night I took a valium and was able to get a few,interrupted hours of sleep.
I was on 4 per day of Lortab (5/500) for about a month and a half before back surgery for sciatic pain. Following the surgery I was on Percocet (7.5/325), a total of 17 over 4 days. I had been bed ridden from the sciatic pain for about 3 months, so I'm also recovering from loss of muscle strength from that.
I've been doing a couple walks a day, up to about a mile, which is about my limit following surgery.
If anyone as any suggestions on how to get some sleep or comments on how long I might expect this to continue, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm going to try to make it out to get some melatonin today to see if that helps
I was on 4 per day of Lortab (5/500) for about a month and a half before back surgery for sciatic pain. Following the surgery I was on Percocet (7.5/325), a total of 17 over 4 days. I had been bed ridden from the sciatic pain for about 3 months, so I'm also recovering from loss of muscle strength from that.
I've been doing a couple walks a day, up to about a mile, which is about my limit following surgery.
If anyone as any suggestions on how to get some sleep or comments on how long I might expect this to continue, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm going to try to make it out to get some melatonin today to see if that helps
Another night and no sleep. I'm really getting frustrated.
When is my body going to give in and let me sleep?
When is my body going to give in and let me sleep?
16 days isn't far off for me, I can make it!
Did sleep come to you gradually after that?
It's 6:05pm and my eyes sure feel like they want sleep! I'm going to try and make it until about 9:30 or 10 before I try hitting the bed tonight, after a hot, epson salt bath. Wish me luck getting a little sleep.
Did sleep come to you gradually after that?
It's 6:05pm and my eyes sure feel like they want sleep! I'm going to try and make it until about 9:30 or 10 before I try hitting the bed tonight, after a hot, epson salt bath. Wish me luck getting a little sleep.
I also started using 5HTP a week before I wanted to quit to get it in my system. It seems to have helped.
I went back and looked at my old posts and I posted on day 16 saying that I finally started sleeping....you're almost there
Thanks 50oh4!
You are correct on the focus issue, it is the toughest thing for me right now. I do feel a little better if I keep myself occupied somehow, even if it is simple tasks. I'm still not in any condition to get back to work following my surgery. I work as a remodeler and I'm probably going to have to scale way back, creating another source of anxiety. Top that off with the fact that my wife is working out-of-state so we can make ends meet and I've got a lot on my mind.
I'm glad I found this site, you and others like you ave been helpful as I work my way thru this.
You are correct on the focus issue, it is the toughest thing for me right now. I do feel a little better if I keep myself occupied somehow, even if it is simple tasks. I'm still not in any condition to get back to work following my surgery. I work as a remodeler and I'm probably going to have to scale way back, creating another source of anxiety. Top that off with the fact that my wife is working out-of-state so we can make ends meet and I've got a lot on my mind.
I'm glad I found this site, you and others like you ave been helpful as I work my way thru this.
It was months before I got near proper sleep when I stopped taking Lorcet10/650 and Xanax2mg for about 8 yrs. The worst thing for me to break away from was the Xanax though. Pure hell on Earth, if you will. I began taking Meletonin...DID NOT work at all, and I was taking 10, then 20, and so on....then I began taking Benadryl just to calm me down, try to stop the chest pains so I could even breathe type of thing. Dollar General Stores carry the Rexall brand which works well. Where I live, you can get a 265 count bottles for $6 (you might need that many in a months time...I do). The ABSOLUTE WORST thing you could do, is to start taking Valium for your Hyrdo withdrawl!!!!!!!!! Dont get started down that road, PLEASE!!! Thats just trading one habit for another, and the Valium is a benzo (same as Xanax). The Benadryl will make your mouth extremely dry though, so try and drink alot of fluids. If that does not work for you, ask your DR. about Trazadone. It IS NOT anywhere near a narcotic. It is more like an anti-depressant type medication, which helps increase the amount of Seretonin in your brain (serotonin is a brain soothing chemical, which is made in your own brain). Most people with major depression and so on, have LOW levels of Seretonin which is useful when coming off of opioids, because the opioids have damaged your brain receptors, and they need time to heal, and to start accepting the Seretonin your brain is making, but your damaged receptors will NOT allow it to travel over the synapses in your brain. Read up on the seretonin, receptors and synapses thing....it will inform you and it will keep your mind off other things (which, right now, focusing must be hard for you). Good luck and keep us posted, please. :)
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I also had trouble sleeping during wds I suffered horribly then I finally got smart about it and I tried another approach I tried not to stress about the sleep thing I would say okay if I am not gonna sleep then I will watch some good movies at least and I did get some good movies in and got caught up on all of some Netflix stuff I wanted to watch then I also started exercising and also went for long walk early evening and then I would also try and ride my elliptical and then a nice hot bath and I used yummy bubble bath and epson salt to relax me and no caffeine past 3 pm it worked I finally slept 5 hours straight and each night it got better.
It didnt happen overnight It took awhile but I just started working on it and stayed positive and now i am sleeping like a baby better than I have in years I slept last night 10 hours . I dont wake up and feel sick like I used to when I was on pills. Life is better I feel like each day My body is healing more and more. Good Luck and keep posting :)))