Hi DE,

I never heard that about BP and melatonin. I have HBP as well. I searched the net and found that it seems to be true for people on procardia (I think a betablocker?) but there seems to be some suggestion that it may help lower BP in others. I have never used it, but I too have horrible sleep problems, although I do think that on the whole I sleep better now after surgery. I also found that taking a pain pill before going to bed helped me sleep, even though pain pills tend to make my hyper. I think because my back doesn't wake me up during the night that way. However, I have a very llimited supply of them so I can't use them for sleep. What have you tried for sleep aid?

Regards, Brenden.

Hi Brenden,

I haven't really tried any type of sleep aid mainly because I also worry about becoming dependent. I too slept well after surgery. Thanks for your response. It may be pain waking me up but I'm not sure. I'm sorry to hear you have problems with your back.

HI DE,
Sleeping well is so basic! I have a CPAP mask and machine that helps me. It humidifies the air I breathe at night and I need it badly. Without it I wake with a migraine every time. At first Drs. gave me an Oxygen machine with humidity to breathe at night but that wasn't enough. I had a 'sleep study' done and for me I do better with the CPAP. But I wake up many times from sleep and I still have tremors/shakes/RLS/whatever... a lot. Dr prescribed ropinarole- for this but doesn't help much. So I quit it. Does anyone besides me have involuntary shakes or jerks in their bodies when trying to go to sleep or wake up? Can't tell if its because of high PTH or my older age or ? Or maybe its my daily exercise?
I have became accustomed to it.

I think what wakes me up is my asthma and pain in my hip/shoulder. I usually wake up with chest pain due to my asthma. It hard to breath in or out too deeply and it really hurts. I've never had a sleep study. I wish my doctor would get me one but she would just try to give me a pill. Yes, many times my leg jerks as I'm falling asleep. Sorry that you have such a rough time ck. *hugs*

Hi everyone; haven't been here in a while, but you might try a little magnesium citrate. It seems to be more important for constipation and pain and sleep than potassium. Try adding a little zinc also, and if your calcum isn't too high a little vit D3 can be added if it's really reallty low. A lot of people don't agree with me on the D3 (just no prescription high doses of D2 from the doc). Vit d3 is really instumental in the pain also. Like I said, th D3 has got to be taken into consideration with other things before you take any, and if your calcium's really high it's a toss up. Some people take a little and most people won't. The magnesium ration is for however much calcium you are getting during the day you should take half the amt. of magnesium. I would get bloodwork done on all of that before I did any of it and ask the doc if a little of this or that would be ok. Except for the fact that your doc may not know much about parathyroidisms.
Is parachild still here. If so, I'd ask her on the vit. D3 supplement, it's so different for everybody. In fact, don't listen to me and believe me on anything, these are just suggestions to check out. However, I can tell you the magnesium really really helped my pain. normalparanot

The post I just did before this one should be considered one persons's view from their situation (i.e. mine) and not neccessarily for everyone. Please don't accept anything I say for truth without checking with others more knowledgeable and get levels from your doc if possible.

And I see someone mentioned magnesium on another thread so this probably is old hat by now anyway.

Don't know anything about possible adverse interactions, but valerian root has worked well for me. It's available in capsule form at many health food stores and is fairly safe as far as I know.