Sleeping pills

[Girl_gunner]

Anyone got any experience of coming off these?
I've been taking them regularly for 3 years.

[JavaKrypt]

Speak to your doctor

[SuzyCreamcheese]

i never found any of them worked if i take for more than a couple of days in a row so never had a chance to get reliant on a specific one.

Have you got other techniques for getting to sleep instead?
Id suggest slowly lowering your dose and seeing how you get on

[Girl_gunner]

Nothing else works but I'm butting heads with my doctor about this issue. The problem is I don't take them everyday but I take them as and when I need them and the thoughts of not having them makes me want to throw up. I've tried lowering the dose/ changing brans with little success and I'm just becoming increasingly aware that I feel a bit dependant on them..

[SuzyCreamcheese]

maybe the problem isnt with the sleeping pills as such, but just frustration with your sleep problem, which i can totally relate to.

I think using them on an as and when basis is very reasonable, and not a sign of reliance.

I also have the same fear of dependance, but also realistic and accept that i do have a sleeping issue, and i will pretty much do what it takes to make sure i get sleep each night, although i always give myself a good chance to get to sleep naturally first or with minimum help.

whats your sleep routine?

[Girl_gunner]

maybe the problem isnt with the sleeping pills as such, but just frustration with your sleep problem, which i can totally relate to.

this is very much agree with

I think using them on an as and when basis is very reasonable, and not a sign of reliance.

I also have the same fear of dependance, but also realistic and accept that i do have a sleeping issue, and i will pretty much do what it takes to make sure i get sleep each night, although i always give myself a good chance to get to sleep naturally first or with minimum help.

whats your sleep routine?

at the moment i'm in a good routine really i work a 9-5 job monday to friday i go to bed around 12 and it get to 1 and i cant sleep i reach for the pills and wake up at 7. the thing is one bad nights sleep really cracks me and my whole week gets fucked coz i cant catch up.

[SuzyCreamcheese]

i think thats not a bad routine already, but id maybe consider going an hour earlier, so if you cant sleep straight away and need a pill, youre still getting a good 7 hours. Gives you more leeway

[Girl_gunner]

i think thats not a bad routine already, but id maybe consider going an hour earlier, so if you cant sleep straight away and need a pill, youre still getting a good 7 hours. Gives you more leeway

thanks for the advice i'm gonna try going to bed an hour earlier and see how things go

[moomoo15]

do it really slow, cut down slowly.... i felt a bit woozy and sick x

[SuzyCreamcheese]

if we could get natural sleep, we wouldnt be taking sleeping tablets

[adude111]

I work at a nightclub and when im not working, i lie awake in my bed untill 3-4am. I was thinking about asking my doctor for something to help me sleep during the week. I want something that i wont be dependent on but i cant trust these drug companies and the side effects. Seems like the drugs fix one thing but cause/potentially cause so much more harm.
Going to try a natural store first.