Insomnia

Insomnia can also be a symptom of withdrawal from certain medicines. This occurs when the medicine is discontinued, if your brain has adapted to a sedating or hormonal medicine. Please review the following list of medicines that can cause your brain to adjust its chemistry, resulting in insomnia for a period of time after the medicine is stopped:

• anxiety medicines

• antidepressant medicines

• narcotics

• estrogen.

Have you recently discontinued any medications from the categories above?

Yes, a medicine change may be the cause of my insomnia.

No, I have not recently stopped any of these medicines.