Re: HELP! I CAN'T SLEEP! melatonin 5-HTP

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I take melatonin 5mg. before bed, but found that I only finally

achieved good sleep when I added 30mg 5-HTP at midday.

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> Hello Everybody,

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> Need your guidance, After a bad case of psoriasis I was diagnosed poz

> back in march this year VL 114,000 and CD4 108 - I was put on meds on

> April Sustiva and Combivir, then switched to Sustiva and Truvada and

> then to Atripla, My VL went undetectable and my CD4 increased to 306

> as of my last lab work of September.

> I never had any serious health problems or with the meds until about

> a month ago when I started to have problems to sleep so I asked my

> doctor to give me something that would help me fall asleep and stay

> sleep, until we found the reasons for my problem, he then prescribed

> Ambien and AmbienCR, it worked at first but now I'm taking from 4 to

> 5 pills a night to get a very poor quality sleeping.

> My doc thinks it might be the sustiva, so he put me ONLY on Truvada

> for 15 days without results... Woldn't the sustiva be out of the

> system by now??. To rule out any thyroid problems my doc send blood

> tests and it just came back today apparently within normal ranges

> Free T4 1.0 and TSH 3.02 I'm very concern since I don't seem to

> concentrate at work and and feel very tired. I think my doctor is

> just guessing. Sorry to come out so desperate but my doctor went on a

> extended trip and I'm burning out, please help! Any suggestions??

> Happy holidays!!

> Max

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