Guilherme_FH
28-08-14, 16:40
Hi folks.
First of all, i apologize if this is not the appropriate section of the forum for this kind of post.... i just didn't found anything specific for this subject (quitting sleeping pills).
I'm here because i'm desperate. My life's been a horror rollercoaster since november 2013, when i started taking Stillnox CR 12,5mg (commercial name of Ambien CR here in Brazil).
I did this because i THOUGHT i had trouble sleeping, since i'd not always awake feeling "refreshed". So i ended up in this terrible vicious cicle of sleeping tabs, even though right now i see i had no real reason to do it.
Time went by and the Ambien stopped being effective. I came to the point of taking 3 tabs per night (2 to drift off and 1 when i woke in the middle of the night - which would ALWAYS happen, no matter what). I must state that until this point (around 2 months after beggining treatment) i was not consulting any pdoc....i was getting prescriptions from my step father, who is a general doctor. Anyway, at this point, i started consulting with a pdoc. She put me on 30mg of Mirtazapine (sold under the name of Razapina here in Brazil).
So i started taking it...along with my Ambien (because i was already dependent on it).
However, i was determined to stop all the meds, because i was always feeling "gloomy" and tired all day long. So i got off the Mirt, which was preety much ok. I did not feel any withdrawal syntoms. But when i decided to quit Zolpidem, my problems started.
I decided to quit Stillnox cold turkey...bad idea. The first week i had 3 hours of sleep a night max. Then, the next 2 weeks nights were all the same: i would sleep for 3 hours and spent the rest of the night constantely waking (sometimes i would wake TEN times). That was the point were i decided to get some relief from Zopiclone. So i took it for 3 weeks untill yesterday, when i ran off the meds and got no prescription for more, which forced me to quit cold turkey again. I must state that the med worked for only about 10 days, then i suddenly stopped seeing results.
My pdoc put me back on 15mg of Mirt now, so i can at least doze off for a few hours. It's not helping a lot though, since last night i spent waking every two hours or so. I am also taking natural meds, like Valerian (500mg), camomile tea (2 bags) and tryptophan (1000mg).
So, i pretend to narrate my painful journey here (i hope it doesn't botter anyone). I would also sincerely appreciate any advice on how to deal with zopiclone withdrawal.
Sorry for the long thread, but i had to tell somebody my whole story.
First of all, i apologize if this is not the appropriate section of the forum for this kind of post.... i just didn't found anything specific for this subject (quitting sleeping pills).
I'm here because i'm desperate. My life's been a horror rollercoaster since november 2013, when i started taking Stillnox CR 12,5mg (commercial name of Ambien CR here in Brazil).
I did this because i THOUGHT i had trouble sleeping, since i'd not always awake feeling "refreshed". So i ended up in this terrible vicious cicle of sleeping tabs, even though right now i see i had no real reason to do it.
Time went by and the Ambien stopped being effective. I came to the point of taking 3 tabs per night (2 to drift off and 1 when i woke in the middle of the night - which would ALWAYS happen, no matter what). I must state that until this point (around 2 months after beggining treatment) i was not consulting any pdoc....i was getting prescriptions from my step father, who is a general doctor. Anyway, at this point, i started consulting with a pdoc. She put me on 30mg of Mirtazapine (sold under the name of Razapina here in Brazil).
So i started taking it...along with my Ambien (because i was already dependent on it).
However, i was determined to stop all the meds, because i was always feeling "gloomy" and tired all day long. So i got off the Mirt, which was preety much ok. I did not feel any withdrawal syntoms. But when i decided to quit Zolpidem, my problems started.
I decided to quit Stillnox cold turkey...bad idea. The first week i had 3 hours of sleep a night max. Then, the next 2 weeks nights were all the same: i would sleep for 3 hours and spent the rest of the night constantely waking (sometimes i would wake TEN times). That was the point were i decided to get some relief from Zopiclone. So i took it for 3 weeks untill yesterday, when i ran off the meds and got no prescription for more, which forced me to quit cold turkey again. I must state that the med worked for only about 10 days, then i suddenly stopped seeing results.
My pdoc put me back on 15mg of Mirt now, so i can at least doze off for a few hours. It's not helping a lot though, since last night i spent waking every two hours or so. I am also taking natural meds, like Valerian (500mg), camomile tea (2 bags) and tryptophan (1000mg).
So, i pretend to narrate my painful journey here (i hope it doesn't botter anyone). I would also sincerely appreciate any advice on how to deal with zopiclone withdrawal.
Sorry for the long thread, but i had to tell somebody my whole story.