How to come off prescribed sleep medication if you struggle with insomnia or sleep problems?

It's always best to watch the entire video so that you can see the step-by-step explanation of how I help and support clients in my practice. 

But here are some chapters for you:

00:00 Introduction to coming off sleep medication that has been prescribed to you

02:12 Teaching Sleep Skills for Life

03:37 Discussing the plan to come off sleep medication

07:27 Making a practical plan to come off sleep medication

08:20 Deciding to come off sleep medication

13:59 How I put a plan together for a client who wants to come off sleep medication

14:54 Unhelpful 'trying' mindset

25:25 Three ways to come off sleep medication

38:08 Conclusions to coming off sleep medication that has been prescribed to you

I have more and more enquiries from clients to find out how to come off sleep medication. 

Unfortunately, sleep medication is often the first thing that is recommended for long-term insomnia and sleep problems. Whilst there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking prescribed sleep medication, more headlines are suggesting that long term use might night be very beneficial. 

Personally, I’m not a prescribing practitioner, which means that most clients already have used sleep medication even before they start working with me. So it will be something that it is still part of their life or it was something that they have used before. 

No matter what the situation, considering coming off sleep medication that has been prescribed to you is a bit of a complex conversation. Every client I’ve worked with who wanted to come off prescribed sleep medication was in a different place, so it's important not to jump into a decision without consulting a practitioner who is knowledgable about how sleep medication works.

So if you want to learn how to come off sleeping pills or other sleep medication that has been prescribed to you, my advice is always to speak to someone first about it. That way you can really consider all the different options you have to stop taking sleeping tablets or other sleep related medication. 

Coming off sleeping pill can be a big or smaller part of learning how to cure insomnia or simply overcoming your insomnia or sleep problems. Depending on your situation learning how to overcome insomnia naturally is going to have to include your previous history and what other things you might struggle with. 

So sleeping pills or tablets are naturally only part of the picture that I look at when clients want to come off prescribed sleep medication.

In today’s video which is a bit of a longer one, I’ll take you through all the things you have to bear in mind when you’re planning to come off sleep medication. 

I’ll walk you through these step by step, so you can really look at how you want to approach creating a practical plan that you can work through. 

Coming off prescribed sleep medication is possible, but please make sure that you consider all the things I mentioned in today’s video. This way you can set yourself up to be successful and really overcome your long-term insomnia or sleep problems for many years to come.

I hope that his video will help you to have all the necessary steps you need. 

Beatrix