[Lozelise]

Hi everyone, I’m not addicted to my sleeping pills so there’s no issues of withdrawals but I want to stop taking them because it’s worsening my confidence in my own ability to sleep. I’ve been taking them now for 10 days straight because I had a work trip and just haven’t been able to stop since then. Now when I try to sleep on my own, I just can’t fall asleep and I give up trying about 1am and take one because I’m not willing to risk my following day to be ruined. I’m heading down a path of being reliant on them now.

How do I stop with confidence? Any tips?

[Martin Reed]

I suspect that confidence only comes following repeated, committed, and meaningful action — and action doesn’t require confidence; it just requires action!

So, if moving away from medication is important to you, it requires the action of moving away from the medication — even if that means some difficult nights.

In my experience, the tapering process chosen is less important when it comes to success compared to having a clear tapering plan in place and sticking to it, regardless of how each night goes. And, of course, it’s important to discuss this with your doctor before making any changes.

I hope there’s something useful here and I wish you all the best!

PS: The human body doesn’t require medication to generate sleep — it can do it all by itself, just as it can generate breathing all by itself without medication. Problems tend to occur when we (understandably!) try to control a bodily function that cannot be controlled and doesn’t need to be controlled.

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