Last night was my first night in two weeks without the little white pills. ‘How did it go?’ I hear you ask.
Fucking awful.
My mind kicked into super-busy-mode the moment I got into bed and I couldn’t settle for a few hours. Once settled, I kept stirring because I was alternately too hot under the duvet and then too cold outside of it.
I’ve slept badly for a long time. On a good night I would wake 4-5 times at least; on a bad night, far more. I don’t remember it being this bad though, and strongly suspect it’s related to stopping the pills (or rather, the effects feel worse as I’ve been getting used to sleeping soundly.)
So what now? Well, I’ve completely fallen in love with sleeping soundly, and I’d like to continue doing so, but reading the zopiclone page, I don’t think that’s suitable. I’ll be speaking to my doctor to discuss better solutions.