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When couples try to overcome sleep medication dependency together

My partner and I both take sleep medications but we're trying to get off them together, and it's been awful — we're both anxious, neither of us is sleeping, and we keep triggering each other's insomnia while trying to white-knuckle through withdrawal. We know we need support but we're also trying to support each other and failing at both.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Simultaneous withdrawal is creating a feedback loop of mutual sleep disruption and anxiety.

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“Where Are You with Sleep — the science and the practice across traditions?”

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