severe insomnia

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Hi peeps

I thought I would ask the list for advice re this.

I cannot get to sleep and then wake up really early and so the

cumulative effect is that I am heading towards sleep reversal, a

place I do not want to revisit.

I am wondering if it is anything to do with my meds, Armour and/or

Pred. and h/c.

I increased the Armour up to three grains and then, only three weeks

later, made another eight grain increase.

I waited 10 days and then reduced the h.c which I have been taking

along with Pred. I am in the process of getting to all h/c and had

been taking 10 mg Pred for a few months. The last cut was from 5 Pred

+ 10 h/c to 5 mg Pred + 5 mg h/c.

Don't know if anything here is the cause.

I took amitryptiline for about 10 weeks at 75 mg and the GP said I

could taper over 2 weeks. I wonder if this is a protracted withdrawal

but cannot source any info on this.

Going from the frying pan into the fire, I accepted a prescription

for Zopiclone (Zimovane) last night from the emergency doctor as I

was going out of my mind from disrupted sleep. I took 3.75 mg and it

did not work.

So sleep at 2 am, up at 6 am. Would be lovely if it were sufficient

for my needs but it is not and so I sleep in the afternoons which

means I then cannot get to sleep when I go to bed and so it has been

going for weeks and weeks now....... the downward spiral.

Mo