gad insomnia

Mental health
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for those of you that suffer from insomnia due to anxiety, what medications have you used as a successful sleep aid?  the sleeping stopped working

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Hi there,

Not sure if I can be of any help, but I struggle to sleep with my anxiety at times, and there's a remedy you can buy which is herbal, and obviously then means your not pumping any harmful drugs in to your body.

It's called BACH, RESCUE NIGHT.

It helps you naturally drift off to sleep, really worked for me. Not sure if that's any help, you can buy it over the counter.

Ellie 😊

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I take quietiapine 25mg (from doctor) which sends me off every night. I've taken Zopiclone in the past but it becomes ineffective after a while.Only works for 2 or 3 nights in my experience. Hope this helps

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thank you.  yes i have used zipiclone but it is now ineffective.  i just started with the quietiapine .. but i have had to increase it to 75 mg

having anxiety from medications in addition to my own anxiety

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thanks ellie.  i will look for it

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I also take Quetiapine, but have recently upped it from 25mg to 50mg.  It just quietens the mind so you can drift off to sleep.  When you first start taking it you often feel quite tired the next day but after a few weeks this disappears and you start feeling a lot more clearer the next day.  This is how it affected me personally anyway.

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thank you.  i just starting taking it as well, but have increased it to 75.  do you take this in conjunction with another med for anxiety?

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Hey Suzie, yeh I also take 20mg of Paroxetine a day.  I'm only a month into it though and even though I started to feel a lot better a week or so ago I have noticed in the last two days my anxiety has increased a little so I might have to jump up to 30mg.

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I was given zopiclone, worked great for the first few nights but now not so good. I don't want to up the dose or get more as I know how addictive it is so I'm bk to square 1. Insomnia is the worst effect of anxiety it really makes it impossible to carry on as normal. Some nights I get literally zero sleep. I hope you find something to help

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I take 300mg Quetiapine along with Buspirone and Velafaxine. I also try having a milky drink just after I take them and read for about ten minutes. I'm out like a light. I hope you find something that works.x

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Hi Suzie. I have insomnia due to anxiety and depression. I have been on Zopiclone for 2 months now and it is working well for me. I'm up from 2hrs sleep to around 5hrs, which I can just about function on! Hope you feel something that helps

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i cannot handle the not sleeping.  last night i took 75 of quetiapine and woke up at 3, with anxiety.  i see there are alot of people with the same problem. i toke another 25 and a clonozapam.

thank you all for your info

 

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me too, the zopiclone stopped working.  how canyou function?  i cannot stand it.

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thank you .. is the quetiapine strickly for the sleep, or does buspirone help?