Not long after my wife started taking the sleeping pills, I have observed the effects of increased tolerance.
At first, she took 0.5mg Lorazapem and got a good nights sleep. Within a couple of days, that wore off, and she was back down to like 2 hrs of disrputed sleep. So she increased the dosage to 1.0 mg Lorazapem. But that only worked for a couple of days. After seeing her GP, she started switching over Zopiclone along with Zoloft. That had mixed results, as the Zoloft seemed to increase her mood swings. Her initial dosage of zopiclone was 2.5mg. But she followed the same pattern - after a couple of days, she increased her dosage of zopiclone in order to get the 6-7 hours of sleep that she so craved. She is now on 7.5 mg of zopiclone along with 50mg of Zoloft.
Not really sure what to do here, or how to help her. But I've asked her to see her GP again to see what alternative medicine there are for helping her to fall asleep.
The good news is that when she gets at least 6-7 hours of sleep, her signs of anxiety disorder disappear - sweaty palms, heart racing, muscle tension. When she gets only 2 hrs sleep, the anxiety disorder returns - mood swings, heart racing, muscle tension, sweaty palms.
She has been going through a pattern of 1 good nights sleep followed by 1 sleepless night. Not sure what to do next.
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