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Anyone ever notice sleeping in the early stages of withdrawal worsens symptoms?

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Hopefully I am posting in the right forum but anyone notice that if you go to sleep soon after ur last hit and decide to stay in bed the next day your withdrawal worsens faster? Like I notice if I stay up and don't sleep as long (if I do go to sleep) that my body doesn't start to shutdown as fast. When I spend that first day in bed the fatigue gets horrible! My body stiffens and the withdrawal is soooo much harder as opposed to if I stay up OR sleep only a few hrs I notice the fatigue is less severe. Meaning that if I keep my body moving the fatigue doesn't get so bad. My problem is I get so depressed I want to sleep to escape the miserableness of the depression. Does this make sense? Anyone ever notice this?
 
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Actually i have found the opposite to be true. The longer i stay awake the worse the withdrawals get. I try and sleep through the next day and for some reason WD's don't get as bad until i get out of bed. During the first few days of withdrawal i tend to be really fatigued anyway.
 
When I used to go thru withdrawls all the time, I also just wanted to sleep all the time and not even get out of bed for days at a time, this works the first day sometimes, but usually when you try to sleep too much, it makes it that much worse imo...I mean, a persons body wont let them sleep all day, for days on end.

And really, during the tough w/ds, when I could get to sleep, it was usually only for a couple hours and I always felt much worse when waking up too.
 
I know it seems to be endless. I couldn't sleep though.. Ever, during those days. With restlessness.., impossible ime..
 
The lethargy is debilitating, or was for me from short acting opiates. Not sure what you type of drug you're taking.
I couldn't walk up the stairs. Peak symptoms are usually 3,4 days - so by day 2 -3 there was no sleep had for me and moving forward for a few weeks. The heroin was still in my system for day 1,2 for the most part. But, it does get better and level off physically on day 5,6. ime.
Sleep though didn't happen til 14, 15 days naturally. It's really important ime, to get some withdrawal medications for sleep purposes. :)
 
@Smoky. I used strong opiates + for so many years (since I was 14-15) and quit few years ago. I was having a fine normal life although I was on methadone, 60 mg daily. In the beginning the dose was higher.
This is now what I am trying to quit and it's been one of the hardest thing I've ever done.
I do take few meds required for this endeavor and have gone down considerably. Sleeping, however, remains being a challenge and so is the lethargy, despite of all medication I use. I wonder if I will ever accomplish that. And if it's worth it as I was doing so well ywith methadone only.
 
I am so mad:( I caved in. Was on day 2.5 but the fatigue was just too much. Walking up the stairs is brutal. When does that get better? I got enough for a cpl days and gonna try again. This sux so bad and is so hard. UGH! I just lay there for 2 days and the fatigue seems never ending.
 
fizzymk said:
When I used to go thru withdrawls all the time, I also just wanted to sleep all the time and not even get out of bed for days at a time, this works the first day sometimes, but usually when you try to sleep too much, it makes it that much worse imo...I mean, a persons body wont let them sleep all day, for days on end.

And really, during the tough w/ds, when I could get to sleep, it was usually only for a couple hours and I always felt much worse when waking up too.
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When i go through wd's i usually have meds on hand to knock me out if needed along with others meds to help other symptoms such as restless leg syndrome and general restlessness, anxiety, nausea and vomiting as well as diarrhea. I find that more sedating benzos like Temazepam combined with Zopiclone and Promethazine or if i get real bad Chlorpromazine helps me sleep through the first few days though i do get up to eat and drink plenty of water because if you don't you will be sicker then ever when those drugs wear off.
 
Shit I know what you mean, if I take like 300mgs of trazodone or 400mg seroquel or even if I fall asleep from benzos, I'll wake up either feeling okay until I start moving around or wake up feeling WAY shittier, like a wave of pain has crashed on me. It's like when you wake up in withdrawals after sleeping all night, it sucks... a lot.
 
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