Who got very bad insomnia?

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Thought of getting sleeping pills from polyclinic for a short time to get sleep routine back then stop.



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what pills are you taking?grew tolerance huh?

Don't! Try jogging and stick to a sleeping time.
Also also 8 hrs at most. Don't overshot.
Try to relax yourself.
Dip your feet in warm water.
 

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Try to abstain from sleeping pills. They make insomnia worse.
And sleep when u feel tired. If u past that sleepiness, u will not be able to sleep for the rest of tht day.
As for supplement u can try melatonin at pharmacy.
Melatonin helps.
:( **. Yesteday I late at 3.30pm. Today 8 45 go work liao. 7pm + sleepy. Then drag drag. Until now cannot sleep. many things in mind also. Any ways?????
 

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Melatonin is ok, helps in a good number of cases. It's not sleeping pills, so it's very unlikely to cause bad side effects. Try a mix of the normal pills and/or sustained release versions. Max of 10mg.

If melatonin also does not work, you may wish to find the root cause. It may be some hormone imbalance or some other illness that is causing it. It might not be just work stress or "starting at your mobile phone screen at a bright level just before you sleep" thingy.
 

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Melatonin. :(:(

I had very bad insomnia for more than 15 years too. I am a very light sleeper. In early years, i will have to wake up in early hours just to empty my bladder, and unable to fall to sleep thereafter. And i seldom have dreams, for i am a very light sleepers, and sleep at most 4 hours on each night. And i can lie on my bed worrying on the slightest matters. It affected my work and my health badly. I don't find melantonin helpful at all. Valium helps but they are prescription drugs even in Malaysia. I chance upon Atarax only late last year, when i ask the Watson pharamcist for advice on some drugs that can calm me the night. A tablet a night, it helps. If insomnia had affected you very badly, do check out Atarax. I had stopped taking valium for to get 5 tablets, i need to pay $60 for each specialist consultation, which i feel obscene....
 

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try chamomile tea..it helps most of the time. else i will make chamomile gao like x2 the dose to increase the chance of falling asleep :s22:

can go ntuc to buy and try, and if it works for you, get a big packet from iherb cos v wuhua
 

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Ts .. can try Atarax 25 mg .. first .. if not Valium or stilnox.
Usually .. if insomnia is bad .. Atarax will usually not effective .. As for melantonin ... it is totally useless for alot of people with severe insomnia .
That said, ts .. all these is only temp solution ... not for long term.
 

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im on benzo now. if u use it consistently like 1-2 weeks will develop addiction.
 

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I had very bad insomnia for more than 15 years too. I am a very light sleeper. In early years, i will have to wake up in early hours just to empty my bladder, and unable to fall to sleep thereafter. And i seldom have dreams, for i am a very light sleepers, and sleep at most 4 hours on each night. And i can lie on my bed worrying on the slightest matters. It affected my work and my health badly. I don't find melantonin helpful at all. Valium helps but they are prescription drugs even in Malaysia. I chance upon Atarax only late last year, when i ask the Watson pharamcist for advice on some drugs that can calm me the night. A tablet a night, it helps. If insomnia had affected you very badly, do check out Atarax. I had stopped taking valium for to get 5 tablets, i need to pay $60 for each specialist consultation, which i feel obscene....

it this addictive ? i mean if u stopped having this, will it have any negative effect ?

oh yes, and the pricing ?
 

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which benzo? Xanax, valium, Ativan?
hmm .. don't think the doctor will give more than 7 or 10 days worth of meds ...

Lorazepam (Ativan), from psychiatrist. i need it to cope with anxiety and some other issues.

kicked the "addiction" a few times before... recently more frustrated started taking more regularly over 2 weeks (0.5mg per day). these 2 days more pek cek take 1mg in total

kicking it off is a biatch......... at least a few days hard to rly get to sleep
 

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it this addictive ? i mean if u stopped having this, will it have any negative effect ?

oh yes, and the pricing ?


I don't think the Atarax 25mg is addictive. Ararax is prescription drug in SG, non-prescription in MY. I bought 25 tablets at 18++RM from Watson pharmacy in City Square, JB, a tablet a night is enough.

I had tried not to take any Atarax on some nights, and that's still ok.

You can google on how Atarax has help people with insomnia too.

So far I had spent 3 trips into JB to buy the tablets. 2 times [50 tablets each trip] from Watson and 1 time from Apex [for it was sold out in Watson]. Unfortunately the tablets that I gotten from Apex were not effective at all. Just to share my experience...


It's best that you seek your family doctor for advice. For me insomnia has taken a toll on me that I just have to dive into next best drug that may aid in my sleeping disorder. BTW I do go for regular jogging too.
 
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