I used to be an awesome sleeper. Sleeping was my way of escaping the anxiety of my every day life. I would sleep for up to 12 hours sometimes because it felt so good. Lately I cannot sleep through the night.

After being on various benzos for the past 15 years I am benzo free! That sounds awesome but it is affecting me big time. I used to take klonopin every night before bed and I started gradually decreasing it because I didn’t have health insurance anymore. Now that I’ve been off of it for a few weeks, I can’t sleep through the night. I am able to fall asleep but can’t stay asleep. I wake up sweaty and with a stomach ache, which is probably due to my severe anxiety. This happens multiple times throughout my sleep and I have a hard time going back to sleep. For someone who enjoys sleep so much, this is a huge blow. I doubt I’m even getting close to 8 hours most nights because I constantly wake up and can’t fall back asleep. I am sure that not being on any benzos is contributing to this but there has to be another explanation.

I’ve learned about several different sleep treatments that don’t involve prescriptions but nothing seems to work. When I don’t get a good sleep I am irritated, tired, moody, dizzy, and totally out of it the next day. This causes issue with driving, work, and just trying to make it through the day.

I just want to sleep through the night.. I never though that was too much to ask. Is there anything I can do without going back on prescription pills?