iwas diiagnosed with chronic insomnia at the age of 13. iwason remeron fora while, but then it stopped working around age 17. so they tried me on rozerem and they didnt work.i talked to my doctors and got off of all my meds for about a year and some odd months, till i felt like i needed to be back on then.because my insomnia came back with a vengance. since i was about 18n a couple months old and my chronic still at 24. i have tried lunesta, ambien, ,trazidone, thorazine, restoril, seroquel, melatonin, doxepin, valerian root, OTC Diphohydromine, and non of them worked. i feel like i dont respond to treatment. i work on deep dephormatic breathing, only associate my bed with sleep and sex. i limit my caffien intake after a certiam time of day. i try to go to bed at the same time of the night. i have pretty good sleep hygene.my dr. and i are at our wits end becausei have tried almost every drug they make for insomnia. my dr. doesnt know what to put me on because ive basically tried them all. are u think there are any meds we may have looked over. please help me, i’m atmy wits end here. thank you for ur time.
Have you been checked for hyperthyroidism?
Blessings
Have you been checked for hyperthyroidism?
Blessings
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As you have discovered for yourself, pills are not the answer. They do not fix or cure insomnia, and they only work for a short period of time. Some of the pils you have taken make insomnia worse – much worse – and can take a very long time to recover from.
Of course your doctor is at wits end – very few doctors understand insomnia, and most of them can do little more than give you pills because they don’t know how to cure or fix it.
You need to make sure your Doctor has done all of the appropriate medical tests to eliminate any underlying health causes. You may have to find another doctor if your current doctor won’t do that.
Have a sleep study done to make sure you don’t have apnea, but don’t expect them to have any answers otherwise – sleep doctors don’t understand insomnia any better than anyone else does, they are "sleep apnea" experts, not "sleep" experts.
Other than that, you are on your own, my friend – there are no doctors out there that understand insomnia and know what to do about it.
I found a wonderful book at the library, I think it was simply called "Insomnia". It is written by a woman who spend years talking to sleep "experts" of all kinds, and it talks about drugs, sleep studies, causes of insomnia, research, and so on. You should look for it, it will at least help explain a bit about what is going on with you.
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