Re: Finding a way to sleep?????

September 7, 2006

>Hi Sharon ,

Unfortunately I can't help. I got woken up by pain the other night

too and coundn't go back to sleep, when I ordinarily would because I

do take stuff to sleep. But I assume that if I'd taken something for

the pain, I could have gone back to sleep, but it was too close to

the time I needed to get up anyway. I suppose the solution is taking

pain medication that lasts through the night. Relying on sleeping

pills to help with sleeping through pain adds more medication to get

addicted to. I know I'm addicted to the lunesta and the xanax I'm

taking to sleep. It will be a bear to get off of. Supposedly there

is one sleeping pill that is not addictive. That one is called

Rozarem and works on the body's circadian rhythms with melatonin

etc. I'm planning on getting the Rozarem to get off the lunesta and

replacing the Xanax with a muscle relaxer like Flexeril when I see

my pain doctor on Monday.

Sharon, can you take more meds for pain so as not to get

breakthrough at night?

And are you having your back surgery soon? I suppose you could

try the sleeping pills if you expect to use them only short term

before your surgery. In that case, the lunesta does not leave me

sleepy the next day, but it's expensive and as I said addictive in

that you get rebound insomnia the next several nights. I only tried

one night without it and couldn't sleep even with the xanax. My

husband used Ambien for a while and he thought it was stronger than

lunesta. However, he couldn't seem to think as effectively at work.

Rochelle

>

Hi Everyone Looking for some help. There have been several people

who

> have mentioned they take

> something to help them sleep. I am wondering how many hours does

it

> help you sleep? Everytime I tried something I found that pain

always

> woke me up in a few hours and then I would feel groggy hung-over

for

> hours from the medicine. So I am wondering if anyone has better

luck

> with meds and if so what are you taking? I am tired of getting 4-5

or

> less hours sleep in 24 hrs, I feel like a walking zombie after

several

> days in a row of this. And it seems to be a pattern I go thru

every so

> often Until I finally just crash from exhaustion. There has to

be a

> better way to get some rest. Any ideas anyone??? Sharon - Tired

Group

> Owner needing some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's

>

September 7, 2006

-Hi Sharon,

I have been through just what you are going through with not being

able to sleep at night.

There were times that I would only be able to sleep for an hour or

two at the most for three to four days at a time. My problem was not

so much the pain ,but that I had one heck of a bout of depression. I

guess that the pain had a lot to do with my depression. I finally was

able to see what was going on and get some help. I'm on a good anti-

depressiant{cymbalta 60mg} and have been able to get some much needed

sleep. The times that I need to take someething to help me sleep I

take temazepam 30mg. It has really helped me when I need to have

something to help me get to sleep.

I know that you said that the pain is waking you up and that you feel

groggy from the sleep meds.

I just wanted to let you know that I understand and that perhaps the

drug that I'm on may help you.

Well I hope that yopu will get the much needed sleep that you need

soon.

MAY YOU HAVE A BETTER DAY TOMORROW THAN YOU HAD TODAY.

TAKE AS BEST CARE AS YOU CAN AND BE SAFE.

LARRY G. IN TEXAS

- In neck pain , " darkstarzz1019 "

<darkstarzz1019@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone Looking for some help. There have been several people

who

> have mentioned they take

> something to help them sleep. I am wondering how many hours does it

> help you sleep? Everytime I tried something I found that pain

always

> woke me up in a few hours and then I would feel groggy hung-over

for

> hours from the medicine. So I am wondering if anyone has better

luck

> with meds and if so what are you taking? I am tired of getting 4-5

or

> less hours sleep in 24 hrs, I feel like a walking zombie after

several

> days in a row of this. And it seems to be a pattern I go thru every

so

> often Until I finally just crash from exhaustion. There has to

be a

> better way to get some rest. Any ideas anyone??? Sharon - Tired

Group

> Owner needing some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's

>

September 7, 2006

HI Larry thanks for the info I will check into that. How long does

it help you sleep? I mean can you sleep most of the nite?? I have

done this for soooo lonnnnnnngggggg I am afraid at times that I will

never sleep an entire nite. I feel lucky when I can sleep for 5-6

hrs straight which isn't often. But I was wondering if this medicine

you take helps you sleep most of the nite, thats what I really need.

Something to knock me out beside exhaustion:) I really hate this it

always seems to go on for several days then exhaustion takes over

and I finally rest longer but by then I am so tired I fall asleep

when I sit down for a few minutes because I am so tired. Thanks for

the info on your medicine I will ask my dr about it when I go in

next times. Sharon Group Owner

>

> -Hi Sharon,

> I have been through just what you are going through with not

being

> able to sleep at night.

> There were times that I would only be able to sleep for an hour

or

> two at the most for three to four days at a time. My problem was

not

> so much the pain ,but that I had one heck of a bout of depression.

I

> guess that the pain had a lot to do with my depression. I finally

was

> able to see what was going on and get some help. I'm on a good

anti-

> depressiant{cymbalta 60mg} and have been able to get some much

needed

> sleep. The times that I need to take someething to help me sleep I

> take temazepam 30mg. It has really helped me when I need to have

> something to help me get to sleep.

> I know that you said that the pain is waking you up and that you

feel

> groggy from the sleep meds.

> I just wanted to let you know that I understand and that perhaps

the

> drug that I'm on may help you.

> Well I hope that yopu will get the much needed sleep that you need

> soon.

> MAY YOU HAVE A BETTER DAY TOMORROW THAN YOU HAD TODAY.

> TAKE AS BEST CARE AS YOU CAN AND BE SAFE.

> LARRY G. IN TEXAS

>

> -

September 7, 2006

Sharon, I take cymbata for my depression. But for sleep Elavail works great. I

sleep all through the night and I wake refreshed and not groggy.

Hugs & Prayers Babs

September 7, 2006

Sharon, I take cymbata for my depression. But for sleep Elavail works great. I

sleep all through the night and I wake refreshed and not groggy.

Hugs & Prayers Babs

September 7, 2006

-Hi Rochelle I tried the old Ambien and that was what left me groggy

when I only got a few hours sleep. There were some other ones I have

tried that I can't remember that left me feeling groggy all the next

day I hated that feeling so I didn't take them long. I haven't tried

Lunesta or the new Ambien Cr I think its called. I thought Lunesta

was not supposed to be habit forming, isn't that what they said in

the commercial?? I had my surgery 3 months almost now but I still

hurt when I lay down to sleep. Nites have always been the worst for

me its like my pain builds all day and by nite time I really feel

the effects of anything I do that day. Plus I never know whats going

to hurt my back or my leg or both. I take as many meds as I can and

my main one is a 24 hr one but I don't think anything really always

last 24 hrs. I haven't slept really great for a long long time and

waking up at nite 2 or 3 times has been pretty noraml for me for a

long time. Sleep for awhile, pain starts somewhere, wake up take

some meds, watch tv and wait for them to kick in to bring the pain

down. Sometimes by the time it does its close to sunrise so I just

give up, make some coffee and get up. The strangest part of all is I

can sleep better during the daytime, and longer too. Maybe cause it

hurts less then I don't know but I do know its strange to be up when

it feels like the whole rest of the world is out there sleeping,

where I'd love to be. Thanks again Sharon Group Owner

-- In neck pain , " Rochelle " <rccoc1977@...>

wrote:

>

> >Hi Sharon ,

> Unfortunately I can't help. I got woken up by pain the other night

> too and coundn't go back to sleep, when I ordinarily would because

I

> do take stuff to sleep. But I assume that if I'd taken something

for

> the pain, I could have gone back to sleep, but it was too close to

> the time I needed to get up anyway. I suppose the solution is

taking

> pain medication that lasts through the night. Relying on sleeping

> pills to help with sleeping through pain adds more medication to

get

> addicted to. I know I'm addicted to the lunesta and the xanax I'm

> taking to sleep. It will be a bear to get off of. Supposedly there

> is one sleeping pill that is not addictive. That one is called

> Rozarem and works on the body's circadian rhythms with melatonin

> etc. I'm planning on getting the Rozarem to get off the lunesta

and

> replacing the Xanax with a muscle relaxer like Flexeril when I see

> my pain doctor on Monday.

> Sharon, can you take more meds for pain so as not to get

> breakthrough at night?

> And are you having your back surgery soon? I suppose you could

> try the sleeping pills if you expect to use them only short term

> before your surgery. In that case, the lunesta does not leave me

> sleepy the next day, but it's expensive and as I said addictive in

> that you get rebound insomnia the next several nights. I only

tried

> one night without it and couldn't sleep even with the xanax. My

> husband used Ambien for a while and he thought it was stronger

than

> lunesta. However, he couldn't seem to think as effectively at work.

> Rochelle

> >

>

September 7, 2006