Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter

#128 - How To Stop Taking Sleeping Pills: I Can Never Stop, I Can Never Quit


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Insomnia treatment often involves pills and when those pills fail to solve the problem (or even if them seem to help) the desire to discontinue the pills may arise. In this episode we will:

  • Discuss the overall theory of sleeping pills
  • Highlight the use of Trazodone as a sleeping aid
  • Walk through strategies and useful ways to discontinue sleeping pills
  • Explain why individuals wean oof of medications
  • Touch upon the dangers and risks of discontinuing sleeping pills
  • Explore why discontinuing medications is difficult

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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