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Medications People Use to Sleep?
Conducting an informal survey on what meds people on this forum are using, if any, to help them sleep . . .
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Permalink Reply by Jim Schmidt on
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Benadryl.
Yes, I know it's against doctor's recommendations, as it can aggravate sleep apnea, but it helps to wind me down at the end of the day. I'm a night owl, and can easily stay up until 2 am - which is a pain when the alarm clock is going off at 7. It helps with anxiety too, which sometimes keeps me up at night as well.
But now that I think of it, I'll have to see if I have any melatonin in the house as an alternative to Benadryl.
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Hi All,
The doctor tried me on Ambien and I staggered around like a drunk the whole next day. Once was enough. Now, I sleep or not.
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I used to use Ambien religiously. But I was always slightly hung over the next day, and when I did finally stop, it took at least a week for my body to remember how to sleep on its own. Won't touch the stuff now. I sometimes use B6 at night, but use it erratically so I don't know if it as effective as taking it every night.
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i take an antidepressant when i go to sleep. helps me sleep and keeps depression in check.
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Permalink Reply by David Starobin on
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A couple of aceteminophen tabs (Tylenol) takes the "edge" off to help me fall asleep. I don't do it often, but it seems a safe way to help me get to sleep for the occasional times I need it.
Warm milk, melatonin, calcium supplements all work, too. A bit of exercise during the day helps, like a walk for 20 minutes or so. Of course the best way to fall asleep is to get up early the morning before and stay awake all day. Might not work the first night, but after a day or two you'll fall asleep for sure!
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A leetle Trazadone about 25 mg
Re: ambien etc (even trazodone) I find that the first time I take it I am knocked out then enxt day but get acclimated quickly. So I try not to give up after one bad day.
I tried a lot of stuff before falling back on my very first sleep med. Otherwise I am up every few hours.
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I don't always use sleep meds, but when I do I prefer melatonin. Stay sleepy, my friends.
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Permalink Reply by Sharon Michalove on
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10 mg trazadone; Ambien never worked for me, I would wake up after a couple of hours
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I often take half an ambien (the script is for 10 mg) . A whole pill doesn't seem to be necessary. This works well for me.
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That's interesting - I have always taken a low dose too tho my shrink said ppl get acclimated and can take like 3-400 mg - I never did. I got up to 50 mg before OSA probably bc that was the size pill I had <G>. I liked Ambien better bc it didnt used to make me dopey (I was taking sleep aids for depression) but once I got apnea I got sensitive to everything - maybe all part of being fat and out of shape - tho if I exercise or even run errands I am out the next day.
Sharon Michalove said:
10 mg trazadone; Ambien never worked for me, I would wake up after a couple of hours
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Permalink Reply by The Dreamer on
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I'm currently on a script for Lunesta...which doesn't really help me sleep, it just makes it so I don't lay awake for hours each time I wake during the night.
I used to take an advil some nights, lately I've been taking an aleve (pretty regularly since I broke my foot before thanksgiving). Doc had prescribed lortab, on the condition that I was still using my cpap....tried it one night, laid awake most of the night trying to keep breathing. Think I should get a new doc....
Sometimes if things are really bad, I'll add some melatonin.
My mother mixes high doses of melatonin with zopiclone(?) and zolpidem(?).... I do have some left over ambien from when I was on that....laying awake on that stuff was horrible. Though not as bad as laying awake on remeron (muscle soreness in arms and legs, and tingling, among other things....like intensified HH and more frequent incidence of SP).
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Permalink Reply by Dave Drake on
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I take two cocktails, one in the morning and one an hour before bed ... I'm a depressed, cardiac, naturalistic "couch potato" with RLM, PAD & Apnea ... so there's lots of meds & vitamins & supplements which go into the cocktails ... for sleep the primary meds are Requip (or Ropinirole for the RLM), fluoxetine (or Prozac for depression), Bupropion (or Welbutrin for depression), (4 more meds for cardiac/PAD problems), B1, D3, K2, CoQ10, fish oil, and of course melatonin (God's gift to the tired sleepless souls of the world)
WOW ... what a mess
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