Insomnia

Agnia

hi, i suffer from chronic insomnia

Please could someone share their experiences regarding insomnia and what medication they are taking for it

Thank you, kind regards

Agnia

i dont know that i didn’t loose my mind yet here under the influence of all the circumstances and without sleep

i suffer from a very chronic insomnia , 50 mg promethazine doesn’t help

Agnia

im not able to sleep at all at night

Rachel_Scope

Hi @Agnia. I'm so sorry you're struggling with insomnia, it must be very difficult. Have you spoken to your Dr about the medication not working?

The Sleep Charity has some information about insomnia and different ways to manage it. Maybe it could be helpful?

Hopefully one of our members will be able to share their experiences.

Agnia

Hi Rachel thank you

yes many times i was reporting to the dr that promethazine doesn’t work is too weak for me

Rachel_Scope

What was their response to that? Did they not offer any alternative? If they didn't, I wonder if it may be worth seeing a different Doctor so you can get a second opinion. It's not fair on you to have to keep suffering.

Agnia

They said that zopiclone will make me addicted

Im here lonely and im suffering really long time without stronger medicine

Agnia

i really don’t understand it that how possible that I’m left without stronger medicine And suffering

i experience slow speech

The long term sleep deprivation im experiencing can cause diabetes ( im pre diabetes already, intestinal disease ( i have a problem with my intestines) symptoms similar to schizophrenia and other problems

Agnia

i would also like to add that in my case when im housebound i need a stronger drug than promethazine due to the fact that i dont engage in any physical activity that may have a positive impact on my sleep quality and sleep in general

Rachel_Scope

Thanks for sharing your experience @vikki66 😊

Do you have any mental health support @Agnia? If not, do you feel like you would benefit from some?

ricky1040

I tried a lot of things. I cluding zopiclone and phenegran. Phenegran did work but really leaves me groggy the whole next day.

The best thing I have found and still use is high strength melatonin. [Removed by moderator - medical advice] It has worked wonders for my sleep.

Community_Scope

Hi @ricky1040. I've just had to remove some information from your post as we don't allow recommendation of medications and their strengths. Hope you understand 😊

ricky1040

Absolitely get that. Sorry I didn't realise

Agnia

Hi Vikki thank you very much for writing here i really appreciate it

Agnia

Hi Vikki, thank you very much for writing here i really appreciate it

Agnia

Hi Ricky , thank you very much for writing here i really appreciate it

Hi AKR , thank you very much for write here i really appreciate it

kind regards

Agnia

thank you so much for all kind people who wrote here

i don’t drink coffee alcohol at all, i don’t smoke

i don’t sleep all night long

in my case especially when i reported that promethazine was too weak for me and this medicine is insufficient and too weak my hands are falling from helplessness

i read that insomnia may lead to development of depression, i suffer from a very deep depression already , insomnia is a disease and in my case very advanced insomnia

Catherine21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/908489#Comment_908489

I take 60mg amtriplyine doesn't help laying here wide awake everything seems scarier Lonley at night

Albus_Scope

I have periods of really bad insomnia and I agree things can seem tonnes worse at night, especially the overthinking. I just got into the habit of if I couldnt get to sleep in an hour, I'd get up and do something, often a nice hot bath with an audiobook. I found once I started overthinking things, it'd make things even worse. So the key is finding ways to help your mind switch off, the more you worry about not sleeping, the more likely it is you wont sleep.

Agnia

hi thank you so much for all kind replies and for all kind people who wrote here

my brain needs to be provided with right substance or reduce nervous activity just as it happens and how it works after taking for example zopiclone which drug is a new generation medicine

i took this medicine helped me a lot

i fall asleep very quickly without waking up

this medicine is no longer prescribed to me and my life is like nightmare

Catherine21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/909222#Comment_909222

Ah yes same was like a dream taking these doctor only gave two weeks !! I was looking forward to taking at night and cutting off for the day