Venting Severe worsening of finasteride symptoms, I no longer experience sleep urges. Permanent insomnia

[finasteride_end]

Title. I can no longer feel drowsy. My quetiapine no longer has any effect even at high doses. Mirtazipine does absolutely nothing. Magnesium does nothing

Maybe now I can actually persuade a doctor to give me sleeping pills. Yeah, right. They know I have a long history of mental health problems

I'm truly fucked if this condition has taken sleep from me. Before I used to be unable to stay asleep, but at least I felt the need for it. Without sleep there is no hope of a normal life for me even as an unemployed person

Jesus Christ I just want to be healthy again

 

[fadedghost]

Title. I can no longer feel drowsy. My quetiapine no longer has any effect even at high doses. Mirtazipine does absolutely nothing. Magnesium does nothing

Maybe now I can actually persuade a doctor to give me sleeping pills. Yeah, right. They know I have a long history of mental health problems

I'm truly fucked if this condition has taken sleep from me. Before I used to be unable to stay asleep, but at least I felt the need for it. Without sleep there is no hope of a normal life for me even as an unemployed person

Jesus Christ I just want to be healthy again

Im dealing with something similar.

I gave up coffee and thisndrug i was using around the same time...

Had a hard time sleeping...

Then an asshole kept me up for multiple days with bullshit... Can't go into detail bc too identifying but it sucked.

Now my brain feels like it's broken and I've lost whatever it is thaf makes me sleep, like my brain can't figure out how to repair itself.

I am tired and scared but mostly just tired.

I hope it changes over time. It's awful. I'm right there with you for different reasons.

 

[FuneralCry]

It's just so cruel and terrible to me how there's all this suffering in existing, I hope you find the relief you search for.

 

[Sunset Limited]

Same here welcome to club. I lost my natural sleep ability. It is about 15 years. I tried everything without benzos. Now using mirtazapine + hydroxyzine. Both are long acting drugs. Those are what i am doing to sleep.

- 200-300mcg mirtazapine. less tomorrow because it's effects 24-36 hours. cumulative.
- 12mg hydroxyzine. less tomorrow, 6-7mg. If it is going well, taking lower doses of both.
- Completely dark room.
- Noise-canceling earplugs.
- White noise.

This is working good for now. I never feel sleepy, it's just slowed down, but not sleepy. This is alone a good euthanasia reason. Only those who have experienced it can understand.

 

[finasteride_end]

Zero sleep last night. Still don't feel tired in the slightest bit tonight. No idea how I will last until the doctors reopen. I can't believe something so physically fundamental has been taken from me

Godspeed to my fellow sufferers