Insomnia is one of the dreadful side effects that one experiences when they are going through opiate withdrawal. Opiates include but are not limited to Heroin, Oxycontins, Dilaudid, Codeine, Vicodin, and Morphine. Opiates are extremely difficult to come down off of, more difficult than probably any other drug besides maybe alcohol. Once these drugs are stopped, the body needs a great deal of time to recover. Initially, the person might even require hospitalization because they can be that sick. Clonodine can be prescribed as a temporary measure to assist with the withdrawal, resulting in a temporary relief of the insomnia.
When a person is born, they have natural opiates that are produced regularly throughout their lifetime. They are called opioid receptors which stimulate the brain and are responsible for lifting a person’s mood, helping that person feel motivated for everyday purposes, and natural pain relief. When a person starts using opiates regularly, these opiates is much more stimulating than the ones that a person is born with. This causes the natural receptors to die off and quit producing usually within a year of the addict beginning use of the opiate....