Dallas Bragg explains why insomnia hits hard during meth withdrawal. Your brain's still running on the addiction cycle, flooding your body with adrenaline even though you're not using. Breaking it takes a doctor's help with sleep meds and building a new routine from scratch.
You are having trouble sleeping even during the abstinent periods between Tina use, and it is negatively affecting your life. Our subconscious operates on patterns. You have a built-in addictive pattern which can be noticed when you begin observing and notating the time periods between use and the behaviors and the thoughts that reoccur. When you are attempting to abstain from Tina, the biological body doesn't know that. So it will anticipate the next using episode and flood your brain with chemicals to prepare to be wide awake for long periods of time. What you are dealing with here is an influx of adrenaline as the body prepares to be blasted with meth. So to interrupt the pattern, I often suggest that my clients speak to their doctor about sleeping aids. Forcing a new sleeping pattern could not only change your addictive cycle, but help you think clearly and regulate your emotions. And that, my friends, is the key to recovery.
