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Noca
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07 Oct 2017, 4:24 pm

raw83472 wrote:
Noca wrote:
I slept perfectly until I was about 18 yrs old. I take like a half dozen drugs to sleep at night and have struggle with sleep a lot for over a decade.


What drugs do you take? I've tried Seroquel, Unisom, Trazodone, Remeron, Sonata, Ambien, Xanax, and Lunesta... but currently I only take Remeron (15mg) and Lunesta (3mg, which I just started on). Remeron works every night to put me to sleep within about an hour, so I no longer have issues going to sleep. Highly recommend trying Remeron if you haven't since it's the only medicine that puts me to sleep each night without a problem. Although, now my issue is that I always wake up at 3 AM and can't get back to sleep. Here's my drug experiences...

Seroquel (50 mg): Works for a couple of days, then stops working.
Unisom (25mg): Works for a couple of days, then stops working.
Trazodone: Gave me priapism so stopped taking it.
Ambien (10 mg): Did absolutely nothing to help me sleep
Sonata: Did absolutely nothing to help me sleep
Xanax (0.5mg): Helps me sleep but it's very unrefreshing sleep so worthless for me.
Remeron (15mg): Works to put me to sleep every night. Highly recommend. I've been taking this for the last 5 months and it never fails to put me to sleep.
Lunesta (3mg): Just started this about 5 days ago so not sure if it's helping yet.


I have tried everything.

I am currently on for sleep:

75mg Seroquel, 50mg Benadryl, 100mg Doxepin, 0.25mg Clonazepam, 10mg melatonin, 900mg gabapentin, 7.5mg zopiclone vaporized Hurkle (Medical Cannabis), Lavender essential oil.

I have been on:

Seroquel IR
Seroquel SR
Zyprexa
Zyprexa Zydis
Geodon
Risperdal
Saphris
Clonazepam
Diazepam
Lorazepam
Alprazolam
Temazepam
Bromazepam
Zopiclone
Starnoc
Lunesta
Remeron
Trazodone
Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline
Anafranil
Doxepin
Lyrica
Gabapentin
Hydroxyzine
Clonidine

Also been on natural stuff like:
Cannabis
Chamomile
Lemon grass
Lavender oil
Passionflower tincture
Valerian
Melatonin



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08 Oct 2017, 4:03 am

This just happened to me after a bad case of the flu.

I have exams in a few weeks so I need to fix it quickly!



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08 Oct 2017, 8:44 am

Tomzy95 wrote:
This just happened to me after a bad case of the flu.

I have exams in a few weeks so I need to fix it quickly!


Here are some of the things I did to combat my episodes of insomnia.

-reduce the stress levels at home and work
-WIND DOWN in the evening
-stable waking hours (up EARLY and to bed EARLY)
-bright lights in the morning
-pitch black bedroom with no clocks on show
-NO gadgets (leave the phone/tablet in another room!)
-cut out caffeine (that includes tea and fizzy drinks like cola and redbull)
-try honey and hot water as a supper-time drink
-write down anything that is troubling you before you go to bed
-put an extra duvet on top of the mattress but under the bottom sheet (double folded in half to give double thickness)
-make sure you are not over-heating - wear less in bed
-do any jobs that need doing early in the day - the evening is for telly, music or reading
-make sure you get time alone to wind down before bed