Sorry for your sleep problems Ada. It really stinks when you can't sleep - I hate it. I will have sleep issues when my pain levels are high, which is all too often... I take 800 mg of Skelaxin, a muscle relaxer, when I get into bed with my laptop or a newspaper or a book. An hour later I take 12.5 mg of Ambien CR. That combo usually knocks me out. When severe pain is a problem, I will need to keep my pain meds handy for when I wake up during the night.
I've been using the Skelaxin/Ambien CR combo since I was diagnosed in the summer of 2008. It's difficult for me to say whether I feel "drunk" or not when I get up - I generally take my Ambien 9 hours before I need to wake up in the morning. In the morning I usually walk a few miles before I do anything else - maybe that helps to get my system going.
I hope you get your problems worked out soon. Insomnia is the worst.
Take care, Sandy
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Originally Posted by dreambeliever128
I started out like you sleeping all of the time. I have CFS. Now I have went to not sleeping at all.
I am fast learning too not to drink anything after about 1 in the daytime. I have a bad bladder and I get up 8 to 10 times a night.
I will ask about the benedryl. I haven't started again on the Ambien. Everyday it seems like I have things to do and I need to be able to do them. I couldn't function for hours after that half of the Ambien. I just don't like these side effects. I get to where I don't want to take any meds for fear of the side effects they have.
I wake up and watch tv off an on all night. I just wish there was something worth watching.
Hope your sleep apnea test turns out ok.
You just get some sleep for me too.
Ada
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