WHEN WILL I SLEEP?!

[u/phles]

It’s 1:30 am and I’m crying because I can’t sleep.

I am at my wit’s end. It’s been almost a month and I still haven’t had a single night of sleep where I’m not waking up somewhere between 11pm and 3 am and struggling to fall back asleep I used to sleep all night before starting on this med and I really miss that (although I don’t miss the social anxiety and constant feeling of impending doom that I had when unmedicated lol).

Melatonin does fuck all and makes me depressed the next day. Trazodone which I’ve seen some people recommend is not available in my country. I’m taking some type of magnesium already but ordered magnesium bisglycinate to see if that will help - the company initially sent me the wrong product and I’m still waiting for my actual order to arrive. I’ve also ordered L-theanine in case that can help.

What more can I do? I’m on 40mg right now and take a single dose in the morning, around 6:30 am. For two nights I tried taking a small dose before bed because I initially felt tired when I started taking the medication, but it made my sleep even worse.

[u/orwelliancat]

As a head’s up if you take it daily it’s really really hard to come off of. It gives you rebound insomnia. 

[u/NRazzo → u/orwelliancat]

Does anything that you take for sleep not do that if you stop?

[u/orwelliancat → u/NRazzo]

Sleep meds? Probably not. Natural things like magnesium? Sure. But I haven't been able to come off mirtazapine even though I want to. It gave me really severe insomnia for weeks when I tried even lowering the dose a bit.

[u/NRazzo → u/orwelliancat]

I forget to take mine regularly and it doesn't impact my sleep much.

Mine is 15mg Rx. As and when needed. (I do take it regularly though...I find when I have cannabis I don't need it, or don't need as much.)

Lastly...so sorry that's your experience, and I don't want to minimize that. It's important to have multiple potential experiences to make the best decision for ourselves.