I really need advice about my zopiclone I have to take 5 7.5mg every evening.

My advice!  See a psychiatrice and he will prescribe the right medication for you.  If you don t sleep with 7.5mg you probably need an anti-psychotic to calm you,  with your anti-depressant you will sleep  for sure!

Oh my dear this is a horrendous thing and no judgement cause that is how I was 1 or 3 weeks ago. I can't believe a doctor would prescribe you FIVE a day! That doctor should be banned from practicing. I started on one and soon discovered these things were great during the day too. I was calm relaxed and happy. It escalated quickly and soon I was taking up to 10 a day during the day. I signed up with 4 different doctors and told them I was on 2 a day giving me 60 a week. Then my short term memory started to play up and I would forget things after minutes. I WAS in fact a walking zombie. I looked horrid with puffy eyes, more like big bags under my eyes and was making silly mistakes and work all the time. But I loved them and the feeling it gave me. I was in bed before my kids. Just my life and HEALTH where at great risk and I knew it. I had to get off of them. I weaned myself of them taking away 1 every day. When I was down to 1 I just threw the rest away. Yes I felt scrappy for about 2 days but I slept well. Day and night. It's only been about 3 weeks now but I feel like a new person. I completely agree with the statement about. Go and see a psychiatrist asap and get on the right meds, be completely honest with him/ her. There are other sleeping aids that hep. For me Stillnox (sp) can knock me out at night so I could never use in the day. Thing is you don't know at all what will help you but a good psychiatrist can walk you through this. The less pills the better. I just take an anti depressant that also helps with anxiety and a mood stabilizer. No more sleeping tablets. Your body knows when it needs to sleep. If you going through some stuff or are just plan emotional, anxious etc. Go see that doc and get off Zopiclone. This pill almost destroyed me. And look at me today 3 weeks later I am a fully functional human being again. ( ps my good psychiatrist never allowed me sleeping tablets, it.was me that when to any length to get them, a proper addict. Am here if you want to talk but please try start weaning yourself off before you land up like I was.

Sending love and blessings and grace and mercy.

Claire

I am taking Yelate and Epitec. Google the name Yelate as it is called something else overseas. But yes, those are working for me. Yelate is antidepressant and anti anxiety. Epitec is a mood stabilizer. But ask your doc

Hi guys ty all so much for your advice. I'll start from the beginning. I've been an insomniac ever since I can remember I also suffer with really bad panic attacks and when I don't sleep I have really bad panic attacks. I also have back and hip problems so I'm in a lot of pain all the time. I'm on a lot of medication and also antidepressants (omg I'm a walking disaster lol) anyway I've just found out that I was misdiagnosed so I'm now coming off my pain medication. I'm getting the help I need with that but I've not been able to talk to anyone about just how bad my sleep problems are, I think I'm scared to as I've asked time and time again without any luck. I get my sleeping tabs offline I have been getting the same ones for a long while now but I just wanted to find out if ten would be harmful I know I have a high tolerance to a lot of different meds. So ty guys my mind has been put at ease until I can change my doctors and hopefully have a better understanding of my history and the help I need xx

One other thing. Exercise is really important and make sure with all your meds you are taking a good multi vitamin. Sometimes a blood test can find out where your body is lacking too.

I cannot emphasise exercise enough. I KNOW it is hard when all you want to do is isolate and lay around. You have to force yourself. Set a goal, go a little further each time you exercise. It promotes sleep and after a few weeks you will start feeling great, achieving small goals at a time. Again I KNOW KNOW KNOW how hard it is to do when you feeling emotionally, mentally and physically drained but it WORKS. Try. Try hard, force your self even if you start by just walking around the block and breathing in the fresh air.

Let me know how it goes.

God bless and sending love xxx