Hello guys
I’ve been taking medication to sleep up and down the last year, but more regularly the lasts months, and didn’t missed a day since I quit the booze 14 days ago (of course, that helped a lot).
But I was wondering how long I should wait after I quit the alcool to stop using the sleep pills? I know I should ask my doctor and I will, but I wondered if anyone here already experimented something similar. The reason is that theses pills are making me a little weird in the morning, and sometime I feel weird almost all day. But at night it takes me minimum 2h to fall asleep when I didn’t had those.
Anyways, I’m looking forward to being clean and sober AND of meds, that would be great …
Idk about medication in america(?) but most prescription pills in Austria shouldn’t be stopped at once. Means you have to take a while half of them etc to slowly allowing you body to get rid of it. So talking to a doctor is definitly important.
Also there are many prescription free products like valeriane and passion flower that are useful to easy the mind. Furthermore there is hemp oil/ cbd. Idk if its allowed in america(?) tho…
Its really good that you think about quitting the pills since some of them creat a addiction of their own.
I wish you good luck!
When I need to I take melatonin at night. I started with one and sometimes I take two. I get the chewable kind at Trader Joe’s.their brand. I can takes pix if you want.
When it comes to medication I don’t experiment. For me that is just returning to my old behaviors. I have a doctor. I talk with my doctor. I read the fact sheet on every medication I take. I refuse to take any type of narcotic.
My personal experience over the years is that I shouldn’t fuck around. When I was active I want off and on so many meds that it made me crazier.
Call your doctor. That’s the only advice you should be following on this forum
Thanks guys.
I know how I have to stop them, my doc already told me before and I done it.
But my question was more considering the “being sober” part. Like after how many times after you’ve stop drinking the sleeps was getting better ? I just wonder if I should wait longer