Suggest Treatment For Insomnia After Discontinuing Working In The Night Shift

Posted on Fri, 23 Mar 2018

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Question : Good Morning,
I need help with sleep problem, I can't sleep during the day and even at nights. have been to the hospital and the Dr prescribed Ambien, I took it and it did not help, after my second visit I was prescribe Trazedone and it has not help with the sleep problem as well. Before when i use to take over the counter tylenol or motrim pm, i normally will fall asleep within 30 minutes or and hr.

I worked 12 hour night shift from July of last year till February 24 this year that I stopped working, a few days after I stopped working this shift, I started having this problem. Now I'm completely lost, I need help on what to do in order to be able to sleep again.
Any suggestion will be highly appreciated

Answered by Dr. Dr. Soujanya (54 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
My suggestion.

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

I understand your concern about sleep regulation. I would like to advise you to start on benzodiazepines like Clonazepam which would help in regulating your sleep.

I can understand from your history that because of your shift patterns, your circadian rhythm has gotten altered and you are not able to stabilize it.

Discuss this with your doctor to change to long acting benzodiazepines if you are not finding response with the current drugs.

Hope this information would help you.

Regards,
Dr. Soujanya
Psychiatrist

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