Hello, I have stage 4 bowel cancer and have had nearly 18 months of chemo. When I was diagnosed I asked for sleeping tablets and have been taking them ever since. My consultant and also my GP are encouraging me to stop them. I have tried but poor sleep makes me more fatigued,emotional and anxious. I feel that being perhaps addicted to them is the very least of my worries. The stress of running out of the tablets,(zopiclone),and having to make a GP appointment for every repeat prescription is just adding to the misery of having cancer and using up my limited time. Perhaps too much detail but I live alone, when my partner stays he snores so I need tablets to sleep, I want to enjoy my relationship with him as long as possible.

I’d be interested to know what others think of this and whether anyone has a similar problem. I feel guilty for needing  them and feel that I am a bad patient.