Made it out! - 8 months insomnia free
Hey guys, my name is Alex. Tbh I wasn’t part of this community up until now, I wish I knew about it long ago when my life was at its worst due to insomnia. I used to tell people to which I talked about this, that there’s no worst punishment in life than not being able to sleep. Thank god i found the way, I’ll share my experience and how I got out for good, hopefully someone finds this information useful.
If you are reading this, and feel like this is you, let me tell you things will get better soon enough.
At the age of 18 (I’m 26 now) I started medschool, first year and al half was tough but at least my schedules were predictable, if I studied during the day I got to sleep at night no probs. Then came 4th semester, and with it, night shifts. This is where it all started, (won’t get into details) my schedules became so unpredictable, sleep patterns totally wrecked and so a few months in some psychiatrist gave me Clonazepam (which I loved), it helped me sleep when I needed to which was great for me, now I could adapt to the uncertain. Long story short I got tolerant and started switching between different medications to get my sleep right. Fast forward to 2025… and so 5 years have passed of using and abusing every medication you can think of, you name it I’ve tried it. I couldn’t get any natural sleep on my own except during the day when my body just gave up on pure exhaustion.
If any this is your case, here comes the good part.
See when I became a doctor I got obsessed with my sleep, did many if not most of the tests out there. But eventually I moved to Spain (used to live in Colombia) and found a molecule which had recently been approved for insomnia. No doctor wanted to prescribe this to me, so I had to get my paperwork and wait for months just to have the right to prescribe this to someone, and when I did I prescribed it to myself.
The name is DARIDOREXANT, sold as QUVIVIQ
I won’t give any medical advice through this post, DM me if you have questions
First take, slept like a baby that night. It took me 2 months of medication with this to completely allow my body to recover from all those years of medication induced sleep.
I’m living the dream, finally feeling tired at 9pm, waking up at 7am feeling so energetic, no mood swings, no insatiable hunger at night.
I hope this helps at least one of you guys, I really do!