Insomnia and medications not working Posted: 12-15-07 03:06am
I've had ongoing insomnia for a few years,
but in the past month its been worse then
ever before. This month I can remember
staying awake without fatigue for over 24
hours at least 4 times and when i do go to
sleep, its usually not till around 4-7. I
went to my doctor who took a blood and
urine test and first proscribed me 25mg
Hydroxyzine to take at bedtime before he
got the results back from the tests, which
seemed to work the first time i took it,
but the next time it didn't work at first,
so i took another dose a safe number of
hours later and still no effect(ended up
going to sleep around 7-8am), the next day
i looked up the max "safe" dose, which i
believe was 50mg and took that at bedtime,
still no effect. That night i did not
sleep so we contacted my doctor(who now
had the results of my tests) the next day
and he gave me 1 tsp Chloral Hydrate
500mg/5mL Syrup 2 hours before bedtime i
thought it seemed to work, but by the time
i got to bed i had not slept in over 36
hours anyway so i could have just normally
gone to sleep, today....well now that its
3am i guess yesterday.... i took the same
dose of Chloral Hydrate at 10 (now 3am)
and obviously it didn't work, haven't even
felt even a little drowsy yet.
I'm contacting my doctor sometime today to
try and get another script, but I'd like
more feedback about this then just a
doctor giving me some sleep meds.
Anyone have any ideas what this could
could be or how it could be helped?
Thanks a bunch.
~~Dylan~~
|
Dylanx92
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 5
Thank You Posted: 12-15-07 05:35am
Thanks to whoever modified my post. Thats
what i was going for, you just made it
more clear for everyone else :]
12/15/07: Went to the ER for my insomnia,
they gave me 50mg shot of Benadryl and two
1mg Lorazepam, one to take right when i
got the shot and one to take tomorow. I
just got back from the hospital and they
seem to be working, the more i type the
more out of it i get, but i would still
like to have more feedback.
12/16/07: I took the lorazepam a while ago
and its not seeming to work. Feedback
still wanted please.
|
Pitcher305
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 3
Hey Posted: 12-19-07 20:30pm
Hey man, i know the feeling on the drug
sitch,tried 3 types of sleeping pills and
ended up taking waaaaaay 2 many and nt
sleeping at nite but spending the hole
damn day asleep.im like you,takes til at
least 4-6 before i even feel ready to
sleep.have you tried hypnotherapy?thats
what im going for next if my shrink dont
help m!!!
|
Dylanx92
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 5
Re: Hey Posted: 12-21-07 01:21am
Pitcher305
wrote:
Hey man, i know the feeling
on the drug sitch,tried 3 types of
sleeping pills and ended up taking
waaaaaay 2 many and nt sleeping at nite
but spending the hole damn day asleep.im
like you,takes til at least 4-6 before i
even feel ready to sleep.have you tried
hypnotherapy?thats what im going for next
if my shrink dont help
m!!!
No i haven't tried that, always been
interested though. My next step is going
to U of M or Henry Ford Hospital and
having them do a sleep study on me, mabie
that'll give them some facts about my
sleep/brain habits or patters and they'll
give me something they know will work. But
if that doesn't work either, i guess
hypnotherapy would be after that.
|
Relax-Insomnia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Virginia
Posted: 01-26-08 21:49pm
Try looking into mind alterting sleep
tracks. The rhythms that you listen to
tweak your brain to put you into that deep
state of sleep, and it seems to be the
best cure for insomnia around.
