[skywalker1988]

Hey all. I've posted how my sleep patterns have been messed up to where I can't sleep at night and the sleep a few hours during the day. Well Saturday I slept a few hours toward Sunday morning and took some more meds and it worked to where I slept the whole day Sunday and most of the night. The meds that help me are estazolam 2mg, gabapentin 300mg to 600mg and 150mg sleep aid diphenhramine I think its spelling is close. The ore rest and sleep I get the more I've felt better and relaxed. My mmuscles aren't as tight but if I stay up a couple of hours I begin to hurt again so I rest again and feel better. Is it wrong to get too much rest? I have nothing to do really since I can't work so I have no obligations.....any advice??

[karilann]

If you feel better....then your body needs the rest. Hopefully getting more rest will allow your body to feel better and you will be able to stay up longer as your body heals.

[mrsD]

Originally Posted by skywalker1988

Hey all. I've posted how my sleep patterns have been messed up to where I can't sleep at night and the sleep a few hours during the day. Well Saturday I slept a few hours toward Sunday morning and took some more meds and it worked to where I slept the whole day Sunday and most of the night. The meds that help me are estazolam 2mg, gabapentin 300mg to 600mg and 150mg sleep aid diphenhramine I think its spelling is close. The ore rest and sleep I get the more I've felt better and relaxed. My mmuscles aren't as tight but if I stay up a couple of hours I begin to hurt again so I rest again and feel better. Is it wrong to get too much rest? I have nothing to do really since I can't work so I have no obligations.....any advice??

That dose of diphenhydramine is 3 times the normal 50mg sleep-aid recommendations. This drug enters the brain, and affects histamine there too. (hence the drowsiness). Histamine in the brain is a precursor neurotransmitter, that regulates all sorts of neurotransmitter actions and release. It is also anticholinergic, and will cause urinary retention, blurred vision, and dry mouth and mucus membranes. Drying the mouth and nose too much places risk for upper respiratory infections and viruses.

I have noticed in your previous posts that you tend to overmedicate yourself by increasing doses arbitrarily. This is really dangerous and you should follow instructions on the OTC packages carefully, and also the directions on your RX labels carefully. Taking too much diphenhydramine is not wise, nor safe. The normal sleep aid dose of diphenhydramine when NOT taking ANY OTHER drowsiness producing drug (like your 2 RXs)
is 50mg. Many people can get by on 25mg if they are older in age.

http://www.drugs.com/diphenhydramine.html
overdose symptoms:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002636.htm

Combining sedatives is a risky behavior. Please be careful.

[mrsD]

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Please check them out!

[tkrik]

Originally Posted by mrsD

That dose of diphenhydramine is 3 times the normal 50mg sleep-aid recommendations. This drug enters the brain, and affects histamine there too. (hence the drowsiness). Histamine in the brain is a precursor neurotransmitter, that regulates all sorts of neurotransmitter actions and release. It is also anticholinergic, and will cause urinary retention, blurred vision, and dry mouth and mucus membranes. Drying the mouth and nose too much places risk for upper respiratory infections and viruses.

I have noticed in your previous posts that you tend to overmedicate yourself by increasing doses arbitrarily. This is really dangerous and you should follow instructions on the OTC packages carefully, and also the directions on your RX labels carefully. Taking too much diphenhydramine is not wise, nor safe. The normal sleep aid dose of diphenhydramine when NOT taking ANY OTHER drowsiness producing drug (like your 2 RXs)
is 50mg. Many people can get by on 25mg if they are older in age.

http://www.drugs.com/diphenhydramine.html
overdose symptoms:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002636.htm

Combining sedatives is a risky behavior. Please be careful.

I agree 100% with mrsD! Please be careful with the medications that you are taking, the dosages, and adding other mediations (OTC and prescription) you are taking. Some of the medications you are taking can cause serious, even fatal, interactions when combined together. Discuss with your dr other pain management options and possibly seeing a pain management specialist. MS does cause pain and it is a battle for many of us. Finding the proper combination of medications and other techniques is very important. I hope the MS clinic can help you get back on the right track.

[Jules A]

Just because you can't work doesn't mean there aren't things you can do. Spending too much time in bed is especially difficult on the spine and you already have numerous pain complaints. While I know MS can cause chronic pain I really wonder if there isn't more going on with you than just MS.

Like others mentioned the amounts of medications you self-administer is alarming. Sadly "100 people die from drug overdoses every day in the United States"

Please be careful.

http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/rxbrief/

[barb02]

I wonder if Skywalker is reading any of these posts. He certainly does not seem to appreciate them. I hope he is reading them and seriously considering his self dosing.

[SallyC]

He is very self involved right now. Most of us go thru that period.
I hope he comes to his senses soon.