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Sleeping tablets
DrewKaree:
Wife has the same issues at times. She went to a place called "The Vitamin Shoppe" or mebbe it's "Shop". Dunno if you can find them online.
ANYHOO, she found some that were all-natural tree-huggy organically-no-animals-were-harmed-in-the-making-of type. And they have a couple different ones. Seem to work well for her, although they told her to switch active ingredient products so her body wouldn't become tolerant of 'em.
I have no problems NOT sleeping where I feel the need to take a pill. An hour seems to refresh me, and when I get that hour, I'm hard-down for that hour. I never considered taking a pill.
daywane:
I have some prescription sleeping pills.
side affect? fell very groggy all day after 8 hrs sleep.
funny we all have problems sleeping.
I do not take them on on week days I save them for week ends.
I sleep 1 or 2 hrs and wake up for 3 or 4
sex knocks me out the best. ( not kidding)
If I have a problem (PC Problem. I solve it in my sleep)
quarterback:
--- Quote from: daywane on April 18, 2005, 07:22:14 pm ---I have some prescription sleeping pills.
side affect? fell very groggy all day after 8 hrs sleep.
funny we all have problems sleeping.
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It's common.
shmokes:
I highly recommend researching melatonin. Just do a google search and read a few different sites. The effects are more subtle, but there is no hangover whatsoever and for me they work wonders.
Melatonin is the chemical your own brain releases to put itself to sleep and seems to be tied to the light and dark cycles of day and night so may not work for people who work graveyards, but I don't know.
Anyway, people usually take 1-3 milligrams and one guy, to prove its safety took something like 10,000 milligrams in one night with no appreciable side-effects (other than a good nights sleep, I guess). Another, formal study, had 4000 women take 4 MG every night for a year (or maybe 1000 women for 4 years), once again with no negative side-effects reported whatsoever.
You can pick it up wherever vitamins and herbs are sold including Wal-Mart, etc.
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: shmokes on April 18, 2005, 08:33:35 pm ---I highly recommend researching melatonin.
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I haven't slept a good night's sleep in pretty much my whole life and I can vouch for Melatonin. It's natural and worked pretty well for me when I was taking it. No side effects.
I needed something a little harsher though...
Turns out, I wasn't sleeping well because I was suffering from undiagnosed RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) or as my beloved likes to call it, "The Kicky Legs". It's a neurological disorder that causes my legs to 'pulse/kick' every 15-20 secs while I sleep, keeping me from really ever fully enjoying REM sleep (as well as infuriating my girlfriend trying to sleep next to me).
After a recent visit with a neurologist, I'm now taking Requip (a derivative of a drug used to treat Parkinson's) and the creepy-crawly, uncontrollable leg-kicking is now under control...I sleep WAY better, although I'm still getting used to the daytime side effect of (unfortunately) drowsiness.
Fair trade in my book, 30-odd years of haggard sleep had certainly taken it's toll and made me the psycho I am today! Maybe some sleep will finally mellow me out ;)
The only reason I'm really sharing this is that it's estimated a good 15% of the country is suffering from it and are not aware of the symptoms. It's a fairly new diagnosis, and very little is known at this point. No cure, just treatment.
mrC