Dr. Sue McCurry
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Jul
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So I have some people who are coming to me
And they specifically they want their sleep to improve, but they uh they also want to taper off their meds.
And I have a tapering plan that I'll work with people to get them off of meds and it's it's so slow, it's slower than any physician would ever put 'em on because I'm not concerned about getting them to where they're not gonna have adverse physical effects.
I'm trying to get them psychologically prepared.
Because if you're gonna successfully taper off a sleep med that you've been on for a long time.
You have to believe your body knows how to sleep without 'em.
You have to trust that that's in there.
You have to have a really good reason to do it.
And my doctor's not gonna prescribe it after this bottle is empty anymore.
It's not a good enough reason.
There's always another doctor out there that will do it.
So you have to have a personal reason.
And you have to be able to tolerate heavy nights you don't sleep.
Because normal sleepers have bad nights.
And so you you have to people have to have these pieces in place, I think, to successfully get off of sleeping mats.
And if they don't have that, then I don't try to get 'em off the mat, I just say, Well
Let me know.
when you want to.
Take it Well, lots of people take something at the start of the night and then when they wake up at two they take something else, but they have to be careful what they take because they don't want to feel too groggy the next day, so they have to titate their doses right.
It becomes quite
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