Sleeping Pills.. Bad Mornings Lately!!!!!

Hi Kels - What you're describing is pure anxiety - I get it too. My father and mother both suffer with anxiety (what a pedigree I have!) and of course, having cancer makes it much much worse.

I also have terrible problems sleeping, always have. I find it really difficult to stop my brain going into overdrive, so I can't relax.

I do take Zolpidem now and again, which work better for me than Zopiclone - BUT.... There's a drug my GP put me on when first diagnosed called Mirtizipine, which is a new type of anti-depressant/anti-anxiety pill, which also has sedative effects when taken at night. He seems happier for me to be on this than to take sleeping pills all the time.  It definitely helps with the awful anxious feeling in your stomach, and maybe will help regulate your sleep so you could gradually wean yourself off Zopiclone.  Worth a try?

Let me know how you get on, Jeanie xx

Hi - it may be that your Serotonin levels are out of kilter from long term use of sleeping pills (& also from the chemo). My sister suffered this sleep anxiety etc until she read about Serotonin levels and ditched the Prozac etc. Basically changed her diet & took more excercise (gentle) to boost the serotonin. I'm no medic, but whatever she did helped a lot -  once she realised what was causing the problem she tackled it head on. It's a vicious circle really, but have a google for some info / ask your Dr etc or maybe try meditation as an alternative.

Jewels x

Hello Kels,

I saw ur blog, not sure if this will help at all actually but here goes. I have Hodgkin Lymphoma which I have had since Oct 08 and mine has been stubborn. I have problems sleeping and had Zoplicone in Hospital last year. I had it once or twice and remeber feeling very bad the day after and it didn't help me sleep either. At the time I thought it must have been the combination of drugs I was on because I was taking alot!

However a few months ago i mentioned again that I was having sleeping problems and they gave me Zoplicone to try at home. I took one and went to bed, it didn't help me sleep any better but the next morning i woke up with an awful taste in my throat and an awful feeling in my head. I felt like i had been whacked by a sledgehammer and had a cotton wool helmet put on. I felt fuzzy, disorientated, really uneasy and in no state to drive let alone anything else. I even had to ask my friend if what i was wearing was ok because i felt as if my judgement was bad and i could have got dressed in the dark for all i knew!

I know this sounds similar to what u decribed but u have obviously taken them for a lot longer than i did but they really didn't agree with me at all!

Hope things get sorted

Emma

xxx

Just read your blog.You sound so alone and desperate.NHL is quite enough to contend with without your additional problems. I'm afraid the only person who can help you is your GP and if he/she won't help,switch to another Doctor.

The only thing I will say is,please,please don't buy drugs on the internet. The packaging might look the same and the tablets may appear to be identical to the ones you were used to but there is no regulation whatsoever and you may be taking something which could range from the innocuous to the downright toxic. In fact they could be causing your symptoms.

I do hope you can get the help you need.

Gray xxx

I agree with Gray, you dont know what your taking when you buy from the internet.The best advice i can give to you is go to your GP and tell him you have become addicted to the sleeping pills you have been taking for years,and you want to stop. Your Doctor will gradually cut them down slowly. Its best if you come clean with him and tell him you have been getting the tablets on the internet because you need more, if his a

good doctor he will help you, if he doesn't then change your doctor. You

must try and get help, for your sake and your daughters.

With Love Lucylee. xxxx