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Best sleep aids?
#5691054 - 05/30/06 03:16 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've been having a lot of trouble lately, not so much falling asleep, but rather staying asleep. I wake up multiple times a night and it can take me 10, 20, 30 minutes to fall back asleep.
I've got a young child and he often wakes up at some point during the night, and I or my wife usually grab him and bring him to bed where he sleeps the rest of the night. But often I have to get up at 5AM for work, he'll get up at four and I can barely fall asleep before I need to get up. Even if he doesn't get me up I'll still wake up waiting for the dreaded alarm.
Any suggestions??? I haven't really tried anything except Jim Beam. It seems anything I take will have worn off by early morning, and if it hasn't I'd be super groggy when I need to get up...
I think weed would actually be perfect but since I bought a house I just can't afford it  Anyone try Lunesta?
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691079 - 05/30/06 03:23 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Unisom, or anything with only Diphenhydramine HCL in it... make sure theres no Tylenol... like the Tylenol PM's...
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691083 - 05/30/06 03:25 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Alcohol can cause you to wake up earlier than usual. It happens to me. Last night for example, got drunk, passed out, then woke up a few hours later feeling like shit and all groggy.
I like Hydroxyzine pam and HCL version. Nyquil, seroquel, and benadryl. Benzos can be effective, but are overkill.. they make me sleep forever.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691085 - 05/30/06 03:25 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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before you resort to chemicals to help sleep,
do you drink caffiene? coffee? soda, etc? try drinking nothing but water and a juice every now & then. how your diet? well try eating healthier.
again, flush your system out with water you'll feel a difference within a week let alone a month.
also, do you excersize/workout? burn some energy so that when it i time to sleep, you are actually tired enough to do so.
i really hate seeing people turn to pills for a quik fix when a simple solution such as this works wonders.
good luck dude.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: 40oz]
#5691089 - 05/30/06 03:27 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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take melatonin, you can get it as a herbal supplement
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691096 - 05/30/06 03:30 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've got a young child, I bought a house, I have to get up at 5AM for work, waiting for the dreaded alarm ,I just can't afford it,
..... sounds like stress. Welcome to the club. Never tried Lunesta, I kinda prefer and {my kids are grown}Plenty of insomniacs on here willing to share tips, I'll bet ...
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: 40oz]
#5691098 - 05/30/06 03:30 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Passionflower works quite well, it will keep you asleep anyway but it makes me feel groggy as fuck for that first half an hour when i get up.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691101 - 05/30/06 03:32 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I forgot to mention Chamomile tea.. I prefer it to drugs.. safer and more natural. It will usually get the job done for me, and doesn't make me feel "medicated up".
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: BLAST_420]
#5691102 - 05/30/06 03:32 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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if all else fails from my suggestion above, the only thing else i would recommend would be melatonin as it is natural, paired with 5-htp for day time.
what i would then suggest is only using that pill regimen until you have knocked your body into a normal sleep pattern, then stop taking them & rely on your own body to adjust.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: vinsue]
#5691111 - 05/30/06 03:35 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
vinsue said:
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I've got a young child, I bought a house, I have to get up at 5AM for work, waiting for the dreaded alarm ,I just can't afford it,
..... sounds like stress. Welcome to the club. Never tried Lunesta, I kinda prefer and {my kids are grown}Plenty of insomniacs on here willing to share tips, I'll bet ...
Ha! Yeah, can't argue with that...
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40oz said: before you resort to chemicals to help sleep,
do you drink caffiene? coffee? soda, etc? try drinking nothing but water and a juice every now & then. how your diet? well try eating healthier.
again, flush your system out with water you'll feel a difference within a week let alone a month.
also, do you excersize/workout? burn some energy so that when it i time to sleep, you are actually tired enough to do so.
i really hate seeing people turn to pills for a quik fix when a simple solution such as this works wonders.
good luck dude.
Some good advice, thanks...
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691117 - 05/30/06 03:39 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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 Take twice a day
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: Magash]
#5691137 - 05/30/06 03:44 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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You're killing me, buddy...
Should've bought a house with a basement. And some seeds.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5691161 - 05/30/06 03:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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melatonin, kava kava, chamomile, passionflower, skullcap, and/or valerian.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: Shroomism]
#5691213 - 05/30/06 04:10 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Are you overweight? How many times do you wake up every night? Do you snore? If so, you may have sleep apnea, which would explain the constant wakenings.
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I do snore, drives my wife fucking crazy, but no I'm not overweight at all. (27, 5'10'', 175lbs.)
So that might be an even better question, what causes my snoring....?
I hear alcohol makes it worse and sleeping on my back, too.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5712425 - 06/04/06 07:17 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Save some cash, buy some weed. It is worth it. It was the only side-effect free cure for my insomnia.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: Magash]
#5712433 - 06/04/06 07:19 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
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 Take twice a day
Oh my god thats incredible
I bet it tastes amazing
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: Magash]
#5713229 - 06/04/06 10:57 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Its weird, before i would be able to sleep on weed, now i can't sleep on weed at all. It keeps me awake..,
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: Liquidkick]
#5713316 - 06/04/06 11:28 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Melatonin pills with vitam-B works for me on falling asleep, although i still wake up in the middle of the night once or twice.
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Re: Best sleep aids? [Re: mockeylock]
#5713332 - 06/04/06 11:31 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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beer or marijuana, or both at the same time..
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