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Originally Posted by thickntired
Hi,
I was a drinker & mainly heavy pot smoker. So, I was a very lethargic person. Now with about 45 days sober I have yet to sleep 8 or even 7 hours at night!! I wake up between 3 and 4 am no matter when I go to sleep. Pills don't work as prescribed and I do not want to over medicate again.
So, I feel like I'm going crazy!! I've tried no adderal or caffeine & meds. But I wake up at clock work after about 4-5 hrs sleep. This is getting so annoying.
And I'm afraid of never getting into a natural pattern again.
Has anyone had this problem?? I'm a walking zombie. Grrrrr!!
TnT
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Yes, and still do.
Problem is i used to smoke pot to get some relatively decent sleep. However i couldn't sleep even before, its been going on for the fifth year now with varying degrees of severity.
For instance i managed to fall a sleep aroound 1 am today, but it was 4 am the 4 days before.
My mind just won't turn off and i fall a sleep only when i've exhausted my batteries.
Over medicating is something i did as well and indeed it is walking on thin ice.
However thinking you will never be able to reach a desired sleeping pattern is quite normal. Everyone has to ventilate somewhere, we are all full of various thoughts, feelings, fears etc. and these things eat us up from the inside out, until one finds a way and a place to cast these things out of him/herself.
As for myself i still haven't found a way, but i did find elopement in blues, wich keeps me quite pleasureable company most of the time.