i just have a question about sleep patterns after you stop using meth. i used speed for 35 yrs and now that ive been clean awhile i still find it impossibleto lay down and fall aasleep...it's miserable to say the least! my question is how long does insomnia last and what are some things i can do that im not trying presently, if you have anything that works for you....i could use some tips. ive tried hot teas (yum) and milk (yuck),breathing...etc. anybody have anything to share...please do! i hate this insomnia it's almost driving me insane i swear...thanks!
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LOL I was just thinking about this the other night how I loved to do speed just to stay up, and now that I'm clean I want to be able to sleep. Just kinda strange how that works isn't it?
Meth causes insomnia so it is really something in my own journey that I've just learned to deal with. Once we get tired enough our bodies will shut down. Than my sleeping times are changing without even trying. I think that I should be sleeping when everyone else is sleeping at night. Still I find it hard to get any sort of good sleep or the right time.
I am lucky myself to be able to get 3-5 hours of sleep a day. Sometimes I find myself up until 2 or 3 in the morning. Waking up about 6am.
I would suppose that if we wanted too we could get a Doctor to give us some sleeping pills. I have a script for them but with my breathing issues I just don't like to take them. I just try to keep busy while I am awake and when I get tired enough than I do sleep just not like I would like too.
Glad you are here.
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There are supplements available I chose L tryptophan for a long time you can also use magnesium to quite the mind and relax but that L-Tryp worked really good for me coming off crack and alcohol
Not a meth addict, but looking from the physiological standpoint... the drugs (all of them) offset our brain by adding too much dopamine, serotonin, etc. into our system.
Our brain tries to re-regulate itself with the drugs in our system, causing all kinds of chaos. Kind of like zeroing out a scale with a weight on it.
When we quit using, our brain takes a while to re-regulate itself, and we end up feeling pretty awful.
This might be a problem for a while... the best thing you can do is to limit the amount of foreign chemicals in the system and try natural ways to get yourself to sleep.
Things like exercise during the day and guided relaxation at night worked for me and many others.
Sleeping pills are not a good idea. They are dangerous mood altering drugs that are highly addictive. No sense in switching addictions! Physical excercise has always worked best for me. Follow that with a soothing herbal tea...then i sit in my recliner and pick up a book..... it's zzzzzzzzzzzzz's in no time.
Lets get one thing straight...until you have kicked methadone,witch was prescribed for having my right arm,and breast amputated from m. r.s. a,with a hospital stay of nearly 8 months,only to be sent to a methadone clinic.2 yrs,and 150mgs daily,although herbal,potassium,magnesium,calcium ect...a LITTLE helpfull towards the last 3 months of withdrawal,the other 6 months needed REAL DRUGS FROM DOC......IT can and will kill you if you dont have a plan that includes reality,and medication,and plan~shlam,all,everything,life as you knew it is out the window...thats it..there is NO RYME OR REASON to methadone withdrawal.ITS long,and will test your will,and spirit to live.Somehow i made it,next month 1 yr sense the comedown,7mths sense last dose.yes the symptoms eventually subside,not all of them...ever,every system in my body has had to regroup,and remember what its there for,and lets not forget your mind....that process,well i still have drug dreams,strange taste,and smells,no sleep,constant diarea,just to name a few,your pleasure center will learn to work again,i can tell when i play my drums,or piano,it gives me real pleasure chemicals,but honestly life unmedicated is real,its raw,and it at times sucks real bad.everbody wants to hate,and see me fail,i find pleasure and a strange insight on subjects that never interested me before.look all i have is my experience,what a shitstorm of a memory.almost positive i would need another amputation to ever recieve pain meds again,but now my brain has moved on to new,and worse addictions.stuck in junckie~limbo
Do you think you might have some depression? This is an older thread, but I'm bored. Some associate depression with just hibernating in the bed and sleeping. But there are also those who experience anxiety and insomnia as their primary symptoms. That was me... During treatment, I got stabilized and after I celebrated my 1 year, I was totally able to get off Trazadone ( an old anti-depressant in large doses, a sleep aide in small doses ). I'm still on the Paxil, but I hope to one day wean off that too. I sleep like the dead, I dream amazing dreams and I remember them!!!!
Doctors tried shoving anti depressants on me. Forget about it. I would white knuckle the moment it 'came on' My brain simply can not, will not accept that crap. Further more, I am not depressed. I would get so angry at these new Doctors.
I had to take myself off all meds, by myself. 28 years on 45mil of Methadone, something that never should of happened to me. I too had this forced on me during a hospital stay, never knowing what was coming when I left the hospital. They never told me. Shuffled off to a Clinic because Doctors did not prescribe. State laws were different back then.
Long story short, I crawled off of it. I won. I am free of methadone. It can happen. I began rebuilding my broken down, depleted system. I knew about Cal/Mag. Our muscles need both to stop the involuntary jerks, the kicks, the can't sit stills.Vitamin D. My new Doctor took tests. He found that my body had an almost 0% Vitamin D level! Alarming isn't it. 50,000 Miligrams asap were ordered for a daily dose over a few months. My muscles finally relaxed, that feeling we have when we are a child.
Next, I had to start building up actual muscle. Protein Powders are now my friend. I am seeing a return of the once natural muscle tone I owned as a young dancer.
To some who might read this, I realize this may seem to be a long stretch of time. I only share with you, so you might think about taking the steps now, while you are kicking. Don't wait 3 decades. Times have changed. The information is out there. Drinking protein drinks really give the brain and muscles something to work with, even if you are still using. I notice that I wanted less Meth , I could skip days when I had Vitamin C roaming through my brain, my veins.
