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I can't sleep

BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Ever since June I have been having sleep issues. I was afraid to tell my pdoc because hubby made me promise to try it his way....so I did with still no success....I used to go to bed around 8 or 9 pm my time my way but either could not fall asleep or could not stay asleep. Then hubby said my problem was sleeping to early. So, I decided to start staying up later. I have been staying up late (my husband's way) For a week now, and still no luck. I still can't sleep. I had sleep issues way before I started taking the Zoloft so I know my medicine isn't the culprit. I drink soda after 2pm. My one friend says that it's the soda drinking habit that I have is the reason why I can't get any sleep. Do you think she is right or wrong. If she is what should I do? If she isn't what should I do?
I see my pdoc tomorrow at noon.

Thanks in advance,

Princess
Shelly4
Shelly4
http://www.impactlab.com/2007/01/28/top-10-foods-for-a-good-nights-sleep/


http://ezinearticles.com/?Sleep-Inducing-Foods-And-Why-They-Make-You-Sleepy&id=1024892


http://www.sleep-deprivation.com/articles/sleep-disorder-treatments/foods-and-sleep.php


http://sleep.lovetoknow.com/Sleep_Inducing_Foods


http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Sleep/sleep_ins_food-and-diet.htm



These should help unless all you want is a pill to put you into "false" sleep. Using your body's resources and natural remedies if you can will be best. Hugs
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Shelly.....I was away at the store and forgot to pick up some chamomile tea.....so I will just have to go without it tonight and we deffinitely don't have any turkey or banannas in the house. Thanks for the post.......but all I really want is a sedative. I want a sedative to help me get to that false sleep.....as it were....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Seriously, then, if that's what you want- call Poison Control like Amal suggested and take the benydril. Your ER doc was not wrong. It is safe.
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
I am willing to wait and see if there's anything else to take that my pdoc can offer tomorrow-- or see if she will give me that restoril.....jamieson says she takes that during emergencies like mine when she can't sleep......
deleted_user
deleted_user
ok...i am seriously confused. you won't take benedryl like a doc told you was ok and amal encouraged you to check out by calling poison control but you want a sedative, right? benedryl has a sedative effect as well as being an antihistamine.

one it is cheaper than a pharmaceutical sedative, two it does not require a prescription from a doc, pdoc or otherwise, third it will give you the "false sleep" you want, and fourth, as far as I know(i could be wrong someone please correct me) it will not become addictive as a pharmaceutical can become.

for the love of jehosophat call POISON CONTROL AND/OR A QUALIFIED PHARMACIST OTHER THAN CVS. go back to the grocery, buy chamomile tea, bananas and turkey so you don't have to resort to a "drug". also, try all of the suggested alternative therapies FIRST.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i HAVE taken restoril and do not recommend it. yes you will sleep, but it is not a true, restfull sleep. mine was filled with wicked real, nonstop dreams that were not restfull. i took it twice and would and will only take it again under dire extremes.
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
any dream is better than not dreaming at all.......I don't remember the last time I dreamt......I would give my kidney to be able to dream again.....at least then I was getting my sleep.....I wished away all of those horrible dreams I was having......I prayed that god would make them stop.....well he made them stop alright......now I am not sleeping at all....
Shelly4
Shelly4
Princess your post about ONLY WANTING A SEDATIVE TO GET FALSE SLEEP, convinces me that you are just seeking drugs or attention here. I cannot advocate any kind of sleep meds unless you at least try all the other alternatives. Maybe you should seriously consider talking to your therapist about your obsession with getting prescriptions for drugs for everything under the sun. There will always be something but the certainty is that you REFUSE to see the benefit in doing anything that might requre any kind of work on your part.

That is sad because you are a wonderful woman that could benefit from it without the sedating effects of drugs, if you would only try. It is your attitude about drugs that confuses me. Maybe it is also what frustrates your hubby.

This attitude really is a form of addiction and I base this on many of your previous posts demanding a drug to quell a symptom as if that is ALL there is when you havent even tried. To me, that is sad.
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