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Stop Sleeping Pills Guide
Stopping Guidance
• Use CBTi to help you manage insomnia.
• Develop your dose reduction (taper) plan with your doctor and pharmacist. Check-in with them often.
• Aim to reduce your dose on the same day of the week every 1 or 2 weeks.
*Each stopping plan should be personalized to suit your needs. Develop your plan using the Stop Sleeping Pills Planner
• You can reduce your dose the same amount each time until stopped. Or, you can slow things down, especially near the end, by making smaller dose reductions, lengthening the interval between dose reductions, or both.
• Your plan should be flexible. Make adjustments based on how you are feeling
How long have you been taking this sleeping pill and others like it to help you sleep?
Have you tried to stop this medication or others like it in the past?
What problems did you experience?
What else are you using for sleep (e.g., alcohol, cannabis, herbals, others)?
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You should reduce the dose slowly
2 weeks No taper required. Increase your sleep drive – rise 15-30 minutes earlier than usual the morning after your last dose.
3-4 weeksReduce your dose by half for 2-5 days before stopping it. Increase your sleep drive – rise 15-30 minutes earlier than usual the morning after your last dose.
2-3 months Reduce your dose by half for 1-2 weeks. Optional: then ¼ dose for 1 week. Increase your sleep drive – rise 15-30 minutes earlier than usual the morning after your last dose.
4-24 months Plan to gradually reduce your dose over 6 - 12 weeks. Use CBTi to treat insomnia.
Over 2 years Plan to gradually reduce your dose over 6-52 weeks. Use CBTi to treat insomnia.
Your stopping
plan can be brief
© 2019 D. Gardner, A. Murphy
On your planner, write in the week number, date, daily dose of the sleeping pill and/or the number of tablets per day. At the end of the week add a comment about how the week went.
WEEK DATE DOSE (mg/day)
DOSE (tablets/day) END OF WEEK COMMENTS
Sleeping pill name
Stop Sleeping Pills Planner
© 2019 D. Gardner, A. Murphy