I've NEVER been good at sleeping. lol I'm always up

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to be up in five hours...and sleep is not coming any time soon...

that's the worst....because then, you're almost afraid of falling asleep...because you might oversleep. and it adds another issue to the cycle!

I don't sleep much, but having another human inside you causing all kinds of physical ailments tends to do that :-) Here's hoping tonight/tomorrow is the big day.

just remember to breathe! positive vibes being sent your way for an easy (ok....as easy as pushing a 6+ pound human out of your body can be) labor and delivery...and happy and healthy mama and munchkin :) good luck bamboo!!

Yes, lots of sleep ness nights or ones with little sleep. It's hard when you have to get up and go to work.

What is this sleep thing you speak of? Lol

Exactly, imiss! Sleep...what's that?

It's too hot to sleep!!

A few of us struggled with sleep for a while after
Arrest and trial. If it goes on for too long,
Check with your doctor to help.

I have just the opposite problem, I never want to stop sleeping... Maybe because when I do sleep it is constantly interrupted by crazy dreams or my kids waking me up because they are growing, sick, scared, you pick - LOL... Sometimes I fall asleep reading them bedtime stories and then I wake up an hour or more later and am like what the heck happened? Maybe I am developing narcolepsy? ;)

If any of you are having problems sleeping, let me help.

Go to Wal Mart or any pharmacy and buy some diphenhydramine tablets. That, BTW, is the generic name for Benadryl. The OTC form comes in 25 mg tablets. Buy a small pak of 16 or 24 at first. Take one 30 minutes before bedtime. If that does not work as well as you would like, try two (50mg) at bedtime. Fifty milligrams usually works well for most people. One of the problems with higher doses is that diphenhydramine tends to stay in the body for a longer time and sometimes you might have a minor hangover the next day, but it is usually nothing you cannot get through. You might have to adjust the dosage to your body chemistry. Make sure that you do not try to take this during the day as it does cause sedation.

The package you buy might not have "diphenhydramine" written so it is easy to spot. Ask the pharmacist or his aid for help in buying the right drug. Just get the plain diphenhydramine. Do not get some cough or cold combination that contains diphenhydramine, just straight plain diphenhydramine. It is very cheap and if it works well, you can buy 100 tablets for four dollars.

If you are up to 3 tablets of the 25mg diphenhydramine and still cannot sleep, go to the pharmacy of your choice and buy some Melatonin tablets. It works well in most cases also. Just use the dosage on the side of the bottle.

I have a degree in pharmacology, so I know these meds usually work.

Just trying to save you ladies some money, as there is no need going to the doctor and paying for an office visit and possibly an expensive prescription until you try the diphenhydramine and Melatonin first.

rewdiazepam

Rew. can you take the benadryl and melatonin together?

Be careful with taking benadryl, your body can build up a resistance to it.

Hey Rew do you know anything that can help with the odd panic attack? I had one this moring thanks to the crazy women nextdoor to me.