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Hello guys im new on here, ive had insomnia for 15years and on zop sleeping pills the doctor is trying to take me of them. Any ideas what i could take alternative ?
Welcome to the forum, Gail — glad to hear you are coming off the sleeping pills. Sleeping pills are not an effective long-term solution for chronic insomnia. Instead of looking for an alternative medication, I highly recommend you look into cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques.
CBT-I is recommended as the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Furthermore, since CBT-I techniques are skills-based, they remain with you for life — so, should sleep issues ever return in the future, you will know exactly what to do to get your sleep back on track.
CBT-I works because it addresses the root cause of most cases of insomnia — incorrect and/or inappropriate sleep-related thoughts and behaviors. When we get rid of the perpetuating factors behind insomnia, sleep improves — and it improves for the long term.
I hope this helps.
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