Did you use sleeping pills?

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  • 1.I am currently using sleeping pills
  • 2.I used to use sleeping pills for sleep
  • 3.I Had never used sleeping pills before

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I use an antidepressant med that causes tiredness.

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Sleep is important. For years I had horrible insomnia and racing thoughts. I’d have to drug myself to sleep on pot and used fans and white noise. When diagnosed I used xanax a benzo for a few years but had a gran mal after stopping it suddenly.

I no longer use sleep meds and sleep like a baby most nights. Zyprexa 10 mgs is all I need and exercise helps a lot as well.

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I am still young and I am taking sleeping pills,it shows I am so sick…but I guess it’s temporary

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I’ve been through just about everything, but am currently using CBD oil and, less often now, Ativan.

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I have used all rx sleeping pills, only my 1mg of xanax a night makes me sleep for even.2 hours at a time. Even on Zyprexa I didn’t sleep that was 40mgs, seroquel 900mg, no sleep. I’d be tired, but like too tired to sleep, so I’d nod off driving sometimes. Not good for rural SD where I was living. I quit that ■■■■. It didn’t help with my symptoms anyway for sz, so was a waste.

I tried CBD oil, didn’t help either, and was expensive as all hell. Never been a drug user ever either. I’ve had shitty sleep all my life, so was a drinker in high school. I will in my desperate state if being over 5 days of no sleep I’ll have a cocktail. But, know yourself, no your best practices.

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During my first psychotic break I couldn’t sleep. I think I went three days without a full nights rest. Since then I’ve been fine, in fact I’m wishing I could stay up later. The medicine has a sedative effect. So far I’ve been wrestling getting exactly how much I want out of my day and then deciding when I want to wind down.

I hope you guys find rest and something that works for you. If you have a racing mind, I would practice trying to slow down. I don’t know if its possible, some of you guys really get worked up. I think though that its at least something to work on to try and see if it bears any fruit for yal.

I literally think “in” with an intake of breath and “out” with the exhale, and if I’m having any trouble getting to rest, I first get as comfy as I can trying out the positions I like, and then I give this a go, and I’m out shortly after.

If you have backpain or any recurring pain problems look into specifics on how to best remedy those.

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I have some as a prn but I haven’t taken one in a few months.

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I stopped meds for many months.Now antipsychotic plus sleeping pills,as needed.

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Yeah, I’ve always been wary of taking sleeping pills; I’ve heard too many stories of people who get addicted to them or overdose on them.

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For a short time quite some time ago I was prescribed Ambien.

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They never worked for me

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I use sleeping pills when I’m having immense pain.

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I use Seroquel/quetiapine, which had a very sedating effect on me

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Here in the UK they only prescribe a weeks worth of sleeping pills cause they are very addictive. I have used them in the past. But never longer than a week.

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I count ask them to my pdoc. I sometimes need a sleeping pill in order to have a good regimen like not sleeping in the day, but in the night. I am on 10 mgs of Zyprexa, but its still not enough to put me in sleep. Well, I am quite passive in the day, which is not helping, so like you, I guess its smth temporary while living with the hope to get more active in the future and have no need for sleeping pills…

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TRIGGER WARNING

ii have used them once and that was with the attemt to end it

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I’ve always used something to help me sleep even if it was just Benadryl. But for many years I used that and many years I used Ativan and now I use my Saphris.

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Currently just using melatonin, 300mcg and I take two. It helps.

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I have to take trazadone every night to help me sleep. Taking clozapine at night also helps.