Side effects - benzodiazepine tolerance---SUDDEN CHANGE!!!

[blackdb1]

Swim is sitiing awake at 3:00AM and is getting really frustrated because of the past few nights he has been having a really hard time getting to sleep and once asleep he wakes up again an hour or 2 later and has more difficulty falling back asleep!!!

Swim is prescribed Alprazolam .5mgs 3x a day and Klonazepam 1mg 2x a day and 2mgs at bedtime. For the past 2 months swim has been taking nothing during the day and around 1-2mgs of Klonazepam and sometimes 1mg of alprazolam if needed.

However about 3 or 4 nights ago swim started having diffculty falling and staying asleep. He doesn't think his tolerance could grow SO RAPIDLY!!! For instance today he was stressed out upon waking up so took .5mg alprazolam and 4mg klonazepam followed by 2mgs klonopin and .5mg xanax before bed. He fell asleep alright tonight but woke up 2 hours later and could not get back to sleep! GRRRRR!!!

Swim has been eating alot of sweets before bed and thinksthis could be interfering. Another theory he has is that these past few days he has only been awake about 6 hours and then hes back to bed as he has not been feeling well??? Maybe if swim were more active again and stayed up longer hours as before he would get better results from his medication?

Swim appreciates any help in advance!!! Seriously!!! Swim has had to lower his tolerance in the past by taking diphenhydramine and occasional cyclobenzaprine to help him get his tolerance back to where he can get a GOOD nights sleep with .5mgs of xanax or klonopin but he has not increased his dosage he has actually been taking less the past couple weeks so it should be fine??? Thanks in advance!!! -bdb1-