Insomnia Guide

I know the obvious answer would be “get some sleep”, but I’m and insomniac. I would if I could. All I have is some meds I was prescribed when I went to the ER with a bad case of the stomach virus. It’s for chemo patients and it doesn’t really help. Any suggestions? Thanks. Chosen [...]

Ok I know I thought I had fatal familial insomnia, but now I’m freaking out that I have sporadic familial insomnia. Last night it took me about 25 minutes to fall asleep, and I’m really worried I won’t be able to sleep. I’m worried because it doesn’t have to run in your family to get [...]

I now take a generic and it doesn’t allow me to go into a deep sleep after the bathroom trip. Chosen Answer: Restoril is pretty awesome. I used that before I got pregnant. Best of all–no hallucinations, and you get a nice deep sleep, even if you have to wake up to go to the [...]

because i tried lunesta…that doesn’t work..tylenol pm…all these pills do not work..is there anything natural i may have in my kitchen that will make me fall asleep?! Chosen Answer: I think that there are some natural everyday tips that can help you fall asleep which work better than every kind of pills. Here is what [...]

I have 10mg amitriptyline and I take them for sleeping, but 50mg a night just doesn’t work anymore. Would 100mg make me OD or can I go higher? Does anyone know around the amount that makes you overdose? Chosen Answer: The upper dose for adults is 150mg to 300mg per day taken at bedtime, but [...]

Taking 300mg of Trazodone for insomnia and it still doesn’t work. What is wrong? Psy dr just increased me to 300mg and I STILL can’t stay asleep. I get 3 or 4 hours of sleep. I drink milk too, doesn’t keep me sleeping and now when I wake up I have major heart burn. Is [...]

I was prescribed a new medicine, and I realized that it is causing me to have a nasty taste in my mouth and my husband says I have bad breath. I constantly brush my teeth and use mouthwash and chew gum, but it doesn’t go away. I can’t stop taking the prescription. Has anyone else [...]

Lately I have been unable to sleep! I don’t want to take something & be all tired the next day at work! Any suggestions? Chosen Answer: Alot of people would probably say Tylenol PM or Advil PM, but what they don’t realize is that the “PM” in those is actually diphenhydramine or “Benadryl”. You could [...]

I can’t stomach the after taste of Lunesta. Shrink says there are no more options. Any suggestions? The OTC stuff doesn’t work either and I feel so hung over when I take OTC’s (maybe because I have to take triple the recommended dose just to get it started.) Any ideas? I have been on the [...]

Lately I’ve been so tired at the end of the day, but when I finally do get in bed my body just refuses to shut down. My mind just starts overworking itself with what I did for the day and what I need to do tomorrow and the day after and so on and so [...]