By delaying your bedtime with sleep restriction only spending 6 to 7 hours of time in bed during the time of the rebound, you will fall asleep easier and counteract these adverse effects. An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure. In general, it is best to avoid the daily use of sleeping pills. Do not allow yourself to escalate the doses, especially beyond what your healthcare provider has recommended for you.
Try not to use multiple medications at once and do not use them with alcohol as this may potentially lead to overdose and death. If you find that you need sleeping pills beyond 2 weeks, speak with your healthcare provider about other options, including the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia CBTI. This therapy can be very effective to help you to taper the medications while putting some other skills in place to prevent the insomnia rebound.
You can use our Healthcare Provider Discussion Guide below to start that conversation with your healthcare provider. Get our printable guide for your next healthcare provider's appointment to help you ask the right questions. Tossing and turning night over night can have a big impact on your quality of life. Our free guide can help you get the rest you need. Sign up for our newsletter and get it free. Pharmacotherapy of Insomnia. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis. J Clin Sleep Med. Ann Intern Med.
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Sign Me Up. Print This Page Click to Print. Staying Healthy. In keeping with its long elimination half-life, flurazepam 30 mg continued to exert beneficial effects for the first withdrawal nights, but the possibility of a mild rebound insomnia cannot be dismissed during the intermediate withdrawal period nights following prolonged, consecutive, nightly administration more than 30 nights. The benzodiazepine hypnotics are generally preferred over other types barbiturates or nonbenzodiazepine, nonbarbiturate , but there are advantages and disadvantages related to half-life of the benzodiazepines.
The risk of rebound insomnia is greater with the short half-life as compared with the long half-life benzodiazepines. Abstract Rebound insomnia, a worsening of sleep compared with pretreatment levels, has been reported upon discontinuation of short half-life benzodiazepine hypnotics.
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