Posted by Mr Cushing on November 29, 2002, at 10:33:43
In reply to Re: Sleep cycles and mood, posted by Larry Hoover on November 29, 2002, at 9:13:12
I have to agree with Larry Hoover 100%. I've suffered from insomnia for damn near 25 years (all my life). It got to the point where on average I was getting "maybe" 3-4 hours of sleep a night done in shifts. Let's just say that about 6 months of this took a huge beating on my body and on my mind.I've been on Clonazepam now for about 4 years off and on. When off of Clonazepam, I barely sleep, it's back to the original problem. When I take Clonazepam before bed, I sleep soundly for about 7-8 hours and wake up feeling rather good. A bit of a morning hangover, but I just have a cup of coffee and I'm ready.
I've never had to increase my Clonazepam dosage either during the 3-4 years that I've been on it in order to get a proper night's sleep. .5mg of it is all I need, which calms my mind down, and which allows me to get into periods of deep sleep that I've never before even knew that I could achieve.
I'm supposed to be going to a Sleep Clinic sometime in the next few months to have some tests done and to see if they can recognize what the overall problem is to my insomnia. But if that doesn't fix it, I have absolutely no intentions of ever coming off of Clonazepam. Insomnia is like a slow torture that will eventually drive you mad.
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