[sdaven02]

I’m hoping to hear from others who’ve experienced something similar and can offer some encouragement.
My sleep issues started about 2 years ago and led to sleep anxiety. I’ve been on Lunesta since then, which helped while I worked on educating myself about insomnia/sleep anxiety and getting therapy support. In October, I felt ready to slowly taper off, and for the past 4 weeks I’ve been sleeping well without medication.
However, about 5 nights ago I had a random really rough night, and since then my sleep has been very rocky. I know this is my body remembering old patterns and my sleep anxiety flaring up, but as you all know, understanding it logically doesn’t always calm the body.
Last night was the worst yet. I went to bed at 10:30p and didn’t fall asleep until 5:00a, even after using all my usual ACT tools. I tried to focus on resting and letting my body do its thing, but it was brutal.
My question: Has anyone else gone through a “relapse” or “rebound” after stopping sleep meds, or just in general? Does it resolve on its own and how long does that take? I really want to avoid going back on medication, but nights like last night can’t become the norm.
Thank you all for any advice or reassurance, it means a lot!

[sleep]

I can hear your desperation. When I have a bad night I get that fear but then I remember the videos I have listened to on this site. I will have bad nights and good nights. Just like I will have bad days and good days.

I have been sleeping really good for the last 8 months. But there are nights that suck at times. I say well if I dont sleep tonight I will sleep tomorrow. I know now sleep eventually comes back so why worry about it. It just might not come back when I want it to, I have no control over my sleep but it will come back.

I was on trazadone and that made me dizzy and sick and benadryl worked great until it didnt any more so I am off meds. Occasionally I will take an ibuprofen. I do know if I get upset or aggravated it messes up my sleep but only temporay. I try to journal or think of a solution during the daytime and my sleep will get better the next night.

[Chee2308]

If you had a bad night, it means absolutely nothing except you had a bad night. There is nothing you can really do about it. Life has to move on, because you have other priorities in life that you need to attend to, right? An occasional poor night is never harmful or unhealthy. It is even normal because good sleepers get them too.

Here is the irony about a poor night: it is actually a sign of sleeping well not poorly. Because your sleep drive has reduced, and nothing can reduce sleep drive except sleeping.

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