I've never been on a forum in my life but now I need some support. Is anyone on here ???
I need some advice. Whenever I read online people's comments on zopiclone addiction. I seem to get 2013/ 2014
nothing current
if there's anyone out there. I'd really like to discuss
Hi kerry. I'd be happy to talk to you. Would you like to explain to me your situation on here or give me your email address?
You ok?
Hi Kerry, I'm here. I was on zop for 4 years, up to 7.5 a night, and they stopped working so I went off them. Even tapering it was hard, shakes, memory loss, panic when I can't sleep. It took about 6 weeks for the worst of it to be over. Hang in there, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I still have trouble sleeping, but I do sleep. Some nights the urge to take a pill is really strong, I pray, do deep breathing, no caffeine after 10:00a.m. Try hard, it is worth it.
Thank you patty
it's been a bloody nightmare for me
in a nutshell. I have alcohol problems. So my sleeping got troubled from drinking of an evening. Alcohol disputes your sleep Always knew it. But couldn't admit it
anyway. I went into rehab Done 28 days
come out felt great( alcohol mainly but fessed up about the pills )
natural sleep etc Clean and sleeping great
then I decided I could just have some " emergency " ones in the drawer in case I have bad night
within days. I'd done 28 x 7.5 mg Literally in 5 days
now. I can't get off the bloody things
I've just ordered 3 months supply on line as doctors won't give them to me !!
Its driving me crazy
coz if I don't have them I literally get bed time fear !!
I'm trying diazapam as I've heard they can be helpful in getting off zopiclone
but with addiction running thru by blood. I'm bound to get hooked on them too
i really thought rehab would work but unfortunately. For me. It hasn't
Kerry, I totl understand I have a tendency to also drink too much, my daughter was killed by a distracted driver and sometimes it seems a drink feels right. I know it isn't but what you going to do. If I'm in a really bad way and had more drinks than is a good idea, I know I won't sleep and will probably have panic issue so I take a Gravol. It will mess you up for the next day and also can be addictive, so only 1 a week. Let me know how it goes
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Thank you Lindey
it's been a bloody nightmare for me
in a nutshell. I have alcohol problems. So my sleeping got troubled from drinking of an evening. Alcohol disputes your sleep Always knew it. But couldn't admit it
anyway. I went into rehab Done 28 days
come out felt great( alcohol mainly but fessed up about the pills )
natural sleep etc Clean and sleeping great
then I decided I could just have some " emergency " ones in the drawer in case I have bad night
within days. I'd done 28 x 7.5 mg Literally in 5 days
now. I can't get off the bloody things
I've just ordered 3 months supply on line as doctors won't give them to me !!
Its driving me crazy
coz if I don't have them I literally get bed time fear !!
I'm trying diazapam as I've heard they can be helpful in getting off zopiclone
but with addiction running thru by blood. I'm bound to get hooked on them too
i really thought rehab would work but unfortunately. For me. It hasn't
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Good luck!!
Hi Kerry
Yes I am still currently on here whats on your mind if I can help you I will
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it's been a bloody nightmare for me
in a nutshell. I have alcohol problems. So my sleeping got troubled from drinking of an evening. Alcohol disputes your sleep Always knew it. But couldn't admit it
anyway. I went into rehab Done 28 days
come out felt great( alcohol mainly but fessed up about the pills )
natural sleep etc Clean and sleeping great
then I decided I could just have some " emergency " ones in the drawer in case I have bad night
within days. I'd done 28 x 7.5 mg Literally in 5 days
now. I can't get off the bloody things
I've just ordered 3 months supply on line as doctors won't give them to me !!
Its driving me crazy
coz if I don't have them I literally get bed time fear !!
I'm trying diazapam as I've heard they can be helpful in getting off zopiclone
but with addiction running thru by blood. I'm bound to get hooked on them too
i really thought rehab would work but unfortunately. For me. It hasn't
What is gravol.
bin all the tablets and see your gp about withdrawing on the ashton plan. Tell her to google it if they not heard of it. Basically you. Withdraw on diazepam by reducing the strength over the weeks and months. But you ha e to be committed. Other people on this site have done it successfully in the past. Also Google the council for involuntary tranquilliser addiction. Cita for short. They can be very helpful.
Gravol is an over the counter medicine for motion sickness it's Dimenhydrinate 100mg. I'm in Canada and I buy it at the drug store. The next day you're very sleepie most the morning. If you take them more than a few nights they stop working. Never take more than the recommended dose of any medicine. Good luck, it's hard but there is no shortcut.
Thanks for that, but I don't think we can buy it in the uk. Not that I want to anyway, as I currently take one 7.5mg zopiclone a night and mostly that works for me. I have been taking the same dose now for around fifteen years. Have tried coming of them but couldn't. I don't abuse them and will probably carry on for as long as I can. If I am forced of them I will definitely try the ashton plan as I mentioned previously.
The Gravol is only if you are having a hard time coming off Zopiclone. I was on 7.5 for years and then it stopped working. The choice was to increase or stop. It has hard but worth it. No more memory problems,a lot calmer, fewer panic episodes.
Hi Kerry, i too am an alcoholic. Hence the reason why i went on zopiclone (Imovane) in Canada.My doctor told me that pam drugs such as valuim and adivan are highley addictive. The alternative is a safe non addicting drug called imovane... LOL! it almost seems that my life is controlled by them I stress out when i'm about to run out I have a few different doctors and many different phramacies. doing all this sh*t to get the little blue pill. F.M.L.its crazy when i go to a meeting now i shut down because i feel so guilty about the imovane use even know it is not classified as anarcotic i think it's wosre. Love to chat more but, work is calling bye for now.
Hi Kerry,
I am in the UK and have just finished a 10-day course of Z (well, yesterday). A close friend died recently and this has effed up my sleep and general well-being. Hence taking it, which I LOVE... good night's sleep and no sleep-hangover in the morning, as it were. Which is also why I understand why my GP gave me such a short course of it. Am going to therapy etc to try and sort it out. Don't just rely on chemicals, love. Please.
Hello Kerry, I only joined forum two days ago, after running out of my zopiclone 7.5 for 4 evil days! I have been really ill. Dizzy, sickness, and terrible headache..... All on 8 hrs sleep in the 4 days.
I have just got my new prescription but am afraid to take them now, knowing that I've become addicted. I've taken it for ten years and thought mistakenly, that it was good for me. I'm hoping that as I've 'coped' for 4 days that I can carry on doing so till the terrors and sickness go away SOON.
I never would've taken this stuff had I known the truth of it.
Please ANYONE let me know if they have any advice.
Kerry, good luck to you too. Let us hope, that with good support on here we can get through this successfully.