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 Mahariel |
Speak to me of sleep aids |
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Posts: 566 (11/04/08 05:56:53) Mad Clotheswhore |
Because I'm getting to the point where sleep dep will make me dangerous, both in action and deed. Some evenings, I just don't get sleepy. Others,
(which is the more frequent occurrence lately) I travel off to dreamland just fine, but wake up at three or four in the morning and can't get back to
sleep.
Anyone with any experiences they could share?
-Victoria
Your logic would be perfect if it weren't for the fact that it is lacking in logic. I make the shinies |
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Posts: 745 (11/04/08 18:09:09) GIRLFRIEND |
Ambien knocks me the hell out quickly, where as over the counter Sominex does it a bit more subtly. It still doesn't stop nightmares, though.
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Posts: 568 (11/05/08 20:05:07) Mad Clotheswhore |
Giving the ambien a try tonight, we'll see how it goes.
-Victoria
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Posts: 305 (11/06/08 22:04:45) Pick Axe Baby! |
I have started calling myself the in"mom"niac because sleep has become foreign to me. Interested to find out how the ambien works.
JennMineral Muse
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Posts: 342 (11/07/08 17:43:03)
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i take the Melatonin Plus from Costco when i need it, it works well.
"Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts." ~ Henry Rollins
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Mahariel |
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Posts: 570 (11/09/08 17:17:25) Mad Clotheswhore |
I've tried melatonin in the past, and it did nothing for me, except when I took it and kava kava on the same day, and I didn't sleep any more but had
the weirdest dreams when I did.
So far I don't have that much hard data on how the Ambien will work for me because I keep doing stupid things like having a glass of wine in the early evening, and I don't want to combine a sleep aid with alcohol. Going to try tonight, a half dose (5mg).
-Victoria
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Posts: 333 (11/14/08 14:29:45) Alive and Kicking |
Temazipam, screw the butterflies.
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Mahariel |
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Posts: 571 (11/15/08 21:15:40) Mad Clotheswhore |
So 5mg of ambien does squat, and 10 seems to give me about 7 hours. I haven't been taking it every night because I do not want to build up a tolerance or
dependence. I seem to be sleeping a bit better on nights in between at the moment, too.
Still giving it another week or two before any real decisions can be made on its effectiveness. There have been no odd sleep-walking side effects, or if there were at least my husband has neglected to mention them.
-Victoria
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Posts: 794 (11/18/08 16:54:27) Fatty. :( |
Temazepam has problems in that as a benzodiazepene, it definitely DOES cause dependency with long-term usage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temazepam |
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Posts: 337 (11/19/08 05:40:57) Alive and Kicking |
I'd really rather be hooked on any of that family of drugs than find myself sleep-driving again.
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Posts: 799 (11/19/08 10:23:51) Fatty. :( |
True, but the other problem is long term tolerance of the drug, which leads to needing increased dosages if it's consistently used.
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Posts: 338 (11/19/08 17:56:12) Alive and Kicking |
That's why I don't take it everyday.
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Mahariel |
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Posts: 575 (11/21/08 19:01:43) Mad Clotheswhore |
Yeah, I've been taking it every three days or so, so I don't build a tolerance or a dependence. Does no good to create a problem when you're
trying to solve one.
-Victoria
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Posts: 312 (11/24/08 09:10:15) Pick Axe Baby! |
So far so good?
JennMineral Muse
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Posts: 578 (11/28/08 20:26:44) Mad Clotheswhore |
I'm still taking it once about every three days. Last two times I've taken it I've only gotten about 6 hours of sleep, although one of those times
I did manage to go back to sleep after an hour.
Still an improvement over the 3-4 hours I was getting previously, and the situations causing the stress that was affecting my sleep are tapering off, so I haven't actually taken it since Monday.
-Victoria
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Posts: 315 (11/29/08 14:03:24) Pick Axe Baby! |
Sounds promising. Glad to hear your sleep patterns are getting better.
JennMineral Muse
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