C, why are you so concerned about sleep? You know, everyone has periods where they don't sleep, but it isn't that serious a problem unless it's prolonged. Yes, it does lead to problems down the road, but only when it lasts a long time (as it has for me, unfortunately, but even for me after 8 years of my personal odd reaction to stopping Paxil, I'm not dead of it.) And how do you know you're having cortisol rushes?