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my biggest concern right now is successfully weaning off of prescription sleeping pills
Pills are not the answer. You did not need pills before you had insomnia and you do not need pills now to get over this condition. The problem is psychological, therefore the solution is also psychological and is not in your physiology. That’s why pills don’t help. There’s nothing wrong with your brain chemistry so you don’t need a drug. The answer is in getting the right kind of therapy specifically for insomnia – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). Find a therapist in your local area who specializes in CBT-I or hire Martin Reed, the founder of this website. He helped me tremendously and I am now sleeping 7 hours a night. Also, read Sasha Stephen’s book, The Effortless Sleep Method.
Hello SueJo and welcome to the forum. You are absolutely capable of sleep without pills — just as Deb suggested. With that being said, if you are currently relying on sleeping pills it can be difficult to simply stop taking them without a tapering-off plan or implementing techniques to address the root cause of your insomnia.
Have you discussed your desire to get off the sleeping pills with your doctor? Have you spoken to him or her about CBT for insomnia?
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