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I tried that. Seemed to work a little. But this last time I went to the DR, I told all the things I tried.....
I told her how I'd be sleeping just fine and all of a sudden I'd wake up. I would happen once an hour or even every 10 minutes. And most of the time I would twitch or wiggle or move for no apparent reason. And she of course asked what I was taking to help me sleep. Anything from benedryl to warm milk, No caffine, No alcohol, calm evenings, hot baths, massages, white noise, to "Power to Sleep PM" (which is a natural supplement that I got from the heath food store here in town. And I'm not much of a coffe drinker. Maybe a cup or two once a MONTH. So that wasn't it.
She put me on a med that's prescribed usually for people suffering from parkinsons. But I have what they call "restless leg syndrom." I thought for years I had that but never said anything. But a few years ago they came up with those commercials for it and I would say...."Hey! That's ME!" And it really has helped!!!
I read an artical just last month, but I can't remember where in.....It talked about how people are over-using the benedryl for sleep aids and something about how your body will start to kinda reject the main ingregient, Diphenhydramine, and it actually will start waking you up, give you a fluttering heart, and other affects. I wish I could remember where I read that. But it was really interesting because I too would use it to help with sleep. They tell you when you are pregnant that it is safe for the baby and that you can use it to aid in the sleep process.
And most of those sleep aids you find in the store have the Diphenhydramine as the main sleep ingredent...Tylenal PM and such.
I hope you get it figured out. I hadn't slept in 5 years. And I was the one that could sleep 12 hours at a crack and then....MAYBE 4 hours a night...IF I was lucky.
I tried that. Seemed to work a little. But this last time I went to the DR, I told all the things I tried.....
I told her how I'd be sleeping just fine and all of a sudden I'd wake up. I would happen once an hour or even every 10 minutes. And most of the time I would twitch or wiggle or move for no apparent reason. And she of course asked what I was taking to help me sleep. Anything from benedryl to warm milk, No caffine, No alcohol, calm evenings, hot baths, massages, white noise, to "Power to Sleep PM" (which is a natural supplement that I got from the heath food store here in town. And I'm not much of a coffe drinker. Maybe a cup or two once a MONTH. So that wasn't it.
She put me on a med that's prescribed usually for people suffering from parkinsons. But I have what they call "restless leg syndrom." I thought for years I had that but never said anything. But a few years ago they came up with those commercials for it and I would say...."Hey! That's ME!" And it really has helped!!!
I read an artical just last month, but I can't remember where in.....It talked about how people are over-using the benedryl for sleep aids and something about how your body will start to kinda reject the main ingregient, Diphenhydramine, and it actually will start waking you up, give you a fluttering heart, and other affects. I wish I could remember where I read that. But it was really interesting because I too would use it to help with sleep. They tell you when you are pregnant that it is safe for the baby and that you can use it to aid in the sleep process.
And most of those sleep aids you find in the store have the Diphenhydramine as the main sleep ingredent...Tylenal PM and such.
I hope you get it figured out. I hadn't slept in 5 years. And I was the one that could sleep 12 hours at a crack and then....MAYBE 4 hours a night...IF I was lucky.
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