Zopiclonified
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:06 pm
I was due for my next appointment with a Psychiatrist who was treating me over the past months, but when I called him to tell him that I have run out of Zoplicone, he turned me down flat. Saying that I ought to be warded to be weaned off Zopiclone.
In the first place, Insomnia is very much part of my Bipolar condition, so how can I be weaned off Zopi? And if all the other sleeping pills are also addictive, then how the hell is any doctor or shrink going to address my Insomnia??
So I tried one night without my Zopiclones: it was indeed Hell on Earth. For almost 5 hours, from 7pm right up to around 12:30am, I got it all: racing thoughts, tingling & cold hands/feet, tired and sleepy but my mind doesn't want to slow down - much like a sick PC that will not Shut Down. I was up ALL NIGHT. Because I suffer from recurring Nightmares without Zopiclones.
The next day, I visited my family GP who had no qualms about issuing me some more Zopiclone and I'm now back on my feet.
I wonder, what kind of shrink would just shut out in his patients in the cold like that? I'm definitely NOT going back to this "psychiatrist" ever again. My GP does a better job then this Uptown Shrink.
In the first place, Insomnia is very much part of my Bipolar condition, so how can I be weaned off Zopi? And if all the other sleeping pills are also addictive, then how the hell is any doctor or shrink going to address my Insomnia??
So I tried one night without my Zopiclones: it was indeed Hell on Earth. For almost 5 hours, from 7pm right up to around 12:30am, I got it all: racing thoughts, tingling & cold hands/feet, tired and sleepy but my mind doesn't want to slow down - much like a sick PC that will not Shut Down. I was up ALL NIGHT. Because I suffer from recurring Nightmares without Zopiclones.
The next day, I visited my family GP who had no qualms about issuing me some more Zopiclone and I'm now back on my feet.
I wonder, what kind of shrink would just shut out in his patients in the cold like that? I'm definitely NOT going back to this "psychiatrist" ever again. My GP does a better job then this Uptown Shrink.