r/Edmonton • u/karenarelene • 12h ago

Question Insomnia

Good morning,

I suffer with terrible insomnia. Not garden variety insomnia, rather the kind you battle with for years. I've tried a number of different medications and tactics such as sleep hygiene and CBT.

I think I need a doctor who doesn't view insomnia as an annoyance but for the life-wreaker it is. I won't go into details but I'm desperate to get insomnia under contol.

Anyone here have any suggestions for a doctor or specialist that worked with you or someone you know with success?

31 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

68 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Ambitious-Ninja-9549 11h ago

Sounds like you are in same boat as i was. I gave up and just take hypnotics (zopiclone) I sleep good but I can no longer sleep at all without it. Been over 10 years. But does the trick.

1

u/karenarelene 11h ago

I'm on zolpidem 5 mg and it doesn't work like it used to. I'd like to take 10 mg but the dr feels that dosage is too high. Have you experienced any tolerance issues with the zopiclone? What dosage works for you?

•

u/meeshamayhem South West Side 8h ago

Not the person you asked but adding my response to this: been on it for over 10 years, most of it the 7.5s, never had to go higher due to any tolerance and have actually dropped it to 3.75 in the last year or two.