justinJustQuit

So even with Librium, I am unable to fall asleep tonight. I have a therapy appointment at 7:00 A.M. tomorrow, so that's 8 hours from now. Depending on how bad I feel, I might just pull an all nighter till the worst symptoms are gone. Usually day 2 for me is easy until bed time.

justinJustQuit

Earlier I felt totally excited to get this over with, and I still AM excited. I just thought I'd be able to sleep.

Pondlady

Maybe try a hot shower / bath? I've read where the hot water raises your body temp and when you cool off, it's similar to what happens when you fall asleep naturally…your body temperature drops. I also like listening to soothing music.

Dee74

I could never sleep the first night.

Try and get some rest, if not sleep - lie there and close your eyes - if you can't do that, read...or maybe some classical or ambient music?

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justinJustQuit

Lol I'm on here killing time and looking at a car I'm going to buy tomorrow. 2013 Mustang Gt. I'm giving up on sleep till I cant hold my eyes open. I just need to get there. haha

EndGameNYC

It's bad enough having severe and chronic insomnia, but not sleeping is only part of it for me.

Lying awake at night, my mind seems more active than at any other time of day. I have racing thoughts around most of the poor decisions I've made throughout my life, my failures, people I've hurt...all wrapped up in snowballing feelings of dread. I'd call it a nightmare, but I'm awake when all this happens. And it's relentless. The longer I'm awake, the worse it gets.

I've been this way since early childhood, and I simply had to tough it out until I was old enough to drink heavily and pass out. And I only discovered that remedy by accident. Without prescription sleep aids, I simply do not sleep, and truly feel as though I'm among the walking dead the following day.

justinJustQuit

wow EndGameNYC that really sucks. I discovered alcohol relieved the anxiety that I have coping with an absolutely miserable childhood. Through therapy, I'm getting there.

I'm guessing even if I dont sleep tonight, my symptoms will slowly go away. Not sure if sleep progresses me to day 2 or if it's the amount of time.

Banquo

In my detox I watched a whole series of House night after night. Usually take 3rd night sleeping gets easier. After a week I had the best sleeps ever.

Good luck.

EndGameNYC

Yes, I agree that you have reason to be optimistic

Booze did tend to calm me down when I first started drinking...until it only made things worse. One of the reasons I drank as much as I did in the early years was to knock myself out at night, though I don't know that I would have stopped drinking earlier each night had I not suffered from insomnia.

The thing is, I don't have the horrific negative thoughts I have when I'm suffering from insomnia at any other time during the day -- though, of course, they do occur to me from time to time. The content of those thoughts simply are no longer a part of my daily life, and haven't been for a very long time.

justinJustQuit

I think I have built a librium tolerance. Last time I detoxed, I took 40mg and i went to sleep fine. This time I took 75mg and I'm just now getting a little tired. I just hope when I have to be awake in 6 hours, most of these symptoms are gone.

I'm going to be on bp meds for about a week due to bp spikes during alcohol withdrawal.

justinJustQuit

Well, I was up to a fifth (750 ml) a night. Can't expect withdrawal to get easier. I hope your insomnia gets better. I'm doing therapy and have found it helps quite a bit.