The Lunesta does not really leave me "drugged" feeling. I take it around 9-10 pm and usually stay in bed until 6:30 or 7 the next morning. The worst side effect is an odd taste in my mouth but I've learned to work around that.

There are some good coupons available for Lunesta. I've had 12 mos with $0 copay--a whole year free! Pretty nice.

My neuro prescribes Lunesta. It doesn't have a bad taste and I'm not groggy in the morning.

Oops ... I meant Sonata.

Thanks...I'm going to discuss these options with my neuro. My joints are starting to hurt, and my face is swelling a bit. I'll be bringing that up too. I doubt the joints aching are MG related. I'm 37, it may just be age! Lol

Before I was diagnosed with Myasthenia I was having a job reading my book in bed so I got an iPod and downloaded some audio books and listen to them instead.

I find during sleepless spells that listening to my iPod audio books either sends me off to sleep, or I lay there resting listen to the story. (I always set the iPod Timer for Sleep Mode of 30 minutes so that if I do drift off I don't lose my place)

Rainbow...that is an excellent suggestion. Thank you

I got on Ambien, and it made me go totally insane. Whacko. I would totally forget stuff from one second to the other. If I can't sleep, I just lay there. I read on my Kindle and it helps just so the book isn't too interesting.

I like pot, but I am terrified of the legal problems. If I get a drug arrest, I will lose my job, my insurance, and life will not be worth living. If it becomes legal, I will certainly try it for the MG. It is not worth the risk since it is illegal. I wouldn't even have to be convicted to get fired. And I will never find a job as easy as this one.

Maybe others that are pretreated with Benadryl prior to having IG infusions have the same experience as I. I sleep most of the time. Antihistamines make you sleepy.

I have trouble sleeping and maybe 1 or 2 times a week when I want to get a good nights sleep I take 1 and sometimes 2 Benadryl.

Tony

But Benadryl is an anticholinergic. It does the exact opposite thing that Mestinon does.