Re: Please help. I can't go on like this.

[Guest guest]

Whack one of the docs on the head and demand to have your adrenals tested.

He won't do it go to the next...

I might not be right... .but you were very hyper.... and that can lead to adrenal fatigue.....

I went through the same BS. I was in storm.... Not being able to sleep sucks.... it does something to your head and your body gets to the point where it just can't go....

icky... don't even like thinking back to those days..... For me, my brain never shut off... it went 24/7

..... so.... did they tell you why you are hyper? I didn't see that they checked antibodies... to determine if this is a Hashi hyper swing or Grave's.... or something else... for me it was a something else....

As the thyroid levels come down with the meds, that 'manic' stuff will slack off.. but it does take some time for the stuff to slow down, how long since you've been on the blockers?

In the mean time... are you at least laying down quietly to allow your body some time to rest even if it's not able to go into sleep mode and repair stuff?

Oh... sorry... Hi, ... welcome.... I just got animated when I read your post..... Same kind of crap was done to me... Symptoms being ignored for too long....

Topper ()

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:23:32 -0700 " Kacher" writes:

I have what you might call total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it. The bright side to that is at least it finally got my thyroid diagnosed.T3/T-uptake 48.2 reference 25-40T3 Total 732.89 reference 60-181 NG/DLT4 >22 reference 5 - 12 U/DLFree T4 5.89 reference 0.8 - 1.6 NG/DLTSH ultra sensitive <0.01 reference 0.4 - 5 UIU/MLTSI 173 reference <130My heart rate was 140, BTW.So the ER doctor sent me to an endo (Doc #4) and I am onAtenolol 100mg 2x/dayMethimazole 45mg/day in 2 dosesThe only good news is that my heart rate is down to half of what it was. It's usually around 70 now.The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any help. The endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular doc (Doc #5) who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to a "sleep specialist" (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta, Restoril, Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped for a day or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at all. (I got not even one minute of sleep on them.)I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or four sleepless nights in a row. (And I mean sleepless. I don't sleep. Period.) The docs don't seem to grasp the problem. If I don't sleep, I can't function. I can't go to work. If I don't go to work and actually produce, I lose my job. No job leads to no money, and no health insurance. And then I can't see any of these doctors any more.They don't get that insomnia was my original complaint. It got so bad I wound up in the ER. I really could not care less about my thyroid right now with the insomnia still going on. I need to know what is wrong with me. What ELSE is wrong with me. I can't get any of the docs to help though.I can't go on like this. I don't know where to turn to get help. What do I do now?

[Guest guest]

Whack one of the docs on the head and demand to have your adrenals tested.

He won't do it go to the next...

I might not be right... .but you were very hyper.... and that can lead to adrenal fatigue.....

I went through the same BS. I was in storm.... Not being able to sleep sucks.... it does something to your head and your body gets to the point where it just can't go....

icky... don't even like thinking back to those days..... For me, my brain never shut off... it went 24/7

..... so.... did they tell you why you are hyper? I didn't see that they checked antibodies... to determine if this is a Hashi hyper swing or Grave's.... or something else... for me it was a something else....

As the thyroid levels come down with the meds, that 'manic' stuff will slack off.. but it does take some time for the stuff to slow down, how long since you've been on the blockers?

In the mean time... are you at least laying down quietly to allow your body some time to rest even if it's not able to go into sleep mode and repair stuff?

Oh... sorry... Hi, ... welcome.... I just got animated when I read your post..... Same kind of crap was done to me... Symptoms being ignored for too long....

Topper ()

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:23:32 -0700 " Kacher" writes:

I have what you might call total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it. The bright side to that is at least it finally got my thyroid diagnosed.T3/T-uptake 48.2 reference 25-40T3 Total 732.89 reference 60-181 NG/DLT4 >22 reference 5 - 12 U/DLFree T4 5.89 reference 0.8 - 1.6 NG/DLTSH ultra sensitive <0.01 reference 0.4 - 5 UIU/MLTSI 173 reference <130My heart rate was 140, BTW.So the ER doctor sent me to an endo (Doc #4) and I am onAtenolol 100mg 2x/dayMethimazole 45mg/day in 2 dosesThe only good news is that my heart rate is down to half of what it was. It's usually around 70 now.The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any help. The endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular doc (Doc #5) who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to a "sleep specialist" (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta, Restoril, Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped for a day or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at all. (I got not even one minute of sleep on them.)I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or four sleepless nights in a row. (And I mean sleepless. I don't sleep. Period.) The docs don't seem to grasp the problem. If I don't sleep, I can't function. I can't go to work. If I don't go to work and actually produce, I lose my job. No job leads to no money, and no health insurance. And then I can't see any of these doctors any more.They don't get that insomnia was my original complaint. It got so bad I wound up in the ER. I really could not care less about my thyroid right now with the insomnia still going on. I need to know what is wrong with me. What ELSE is wrong with me. I can't get any of the docs to help though.I can't go on like this. I don't know where to turn to get help. What do I do now?

[Guest guest]

Whack one of the docs on the head and demand to have your adrenals tested.

He won't do it go to the next...

I might not be right... .but you were very hyper.... and that can lead to adrenal fatigue.....

I went through the same BS. I was in storm.... Not being able to sleep sucks.... it does something to your head and your body gets to the point where it just can't go....

icky... don't even like thinking back to those days..... For me, my brain never shut off... it went 24/7

..... so.... did they tell you why you are hyper? I didn't see that they checked antibodies... to determine if this is a Hashi hyper swing or Grave's.... or something else... for me it was a something else....

As the thyroid levels come down with the meds, that 'manic' stuff will slack off.. but it does take some time for the stuff to slow down, how long since you've been on the blockers?

In the mean time... are you at least laying down quietly to allow your body some time to rest even if it's not able to go into sleep mode and repair stuff?

Oh... sorry... Hi, ... welcome.... I just got animated when I read your post..... Same kind of crap was done to me... Symptoms being ignored for too long....

Topper ()

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:23:32 -0700 " Kacher" writes:

I have what you might call total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it. The bright side to that is at least it finally got my thyroid diagnosed.T3/T-uptake 48.2 reference 25-40T3 Total 732.89 reference 60-181 NG/DLT4 >22 reference 5 - 12 U/DLFree T4 5.89 reference 0.8 - 1.6 NG/DLTSH ultra sensitive <0.01 reference 0.4 - 5 UIU/MLTSI 173 reference <130My heart rate was 140, BTW.So the ER doctor sent me to an endo (Doc #4) and I am onAtenolol 100mg 2x/dayMethimazole 45mg/day in 2 dosesThe only good news is that my heart rate is down to half of what it was. It's usually around 70 now.The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any help. The endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular doc (Doc #5) who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to a "sleep specialist" (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta, Restoril, Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped for a day or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at all. (I got not even one minute of sleep on them.)I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or four sleepless nights in a row. (And I mean sleepless. I don't sleep. Period.) The docs don't seem to grasp the problem. If I don't sleep, I can't function. I can't go to work. If I don't go to work and actually produce, I lose my job. No job leads to no money, and no health insurance. And then I can't see any of these doctors any more.They don't get that insomnia was my original complaint. It got so bad I wound up in the ER. I really could not care less about my thyroid right now with the insomnia still going on. I need to know what is wrong with me. What ELSE is wrong with me. I can't get any of the docs to help though.I can't go on like this. I don't know where to turn to get help. What do I do now?

[Guest guest]

, this sounds awful. I do hope you get the answer soon! Love Chris

I have what you might call total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it. The bright side to that is at least it finally got my thyroid diagnosed.T3/T-uptake 48.2 reference 25-40T3 Total 732.89 reference 60-181 NG/DLT4 >22 reference 5 - 12 U/DLFree T4 5.89 reference 0.8 - 1.6 NG/DLTSH ultra sensitive <0.01 reference 0.4 - 5 UIU/MLTSI 173 reference <130My heart rate was 140, BTW.So the ER doctor sent me to an endo (Doc #4) and I am onAtenolol 100mg 2x/dayMethimazole 45mg/day in 2 dosesThe only good news is that my heart rate is down to half of what it was. It's usually around 70 now.The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any help. The endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular doc (Doc #5) who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to a "sleep specialist" (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta, Restoril, Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped for a day or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at all. (I got not even one minute of sleep on them.)I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or four sleepless nights in a row. (And I mean sleepless. I don't sleep. Period.) The docs don't seem to grasp the problem. If I don't sleep, I can't function. I can't go to work. If I don't go to work and actually produce, I lose my job. No job leads to no money, and no health insurance. And then I can't see any of these doctors any more.They don't get that insomnia was my original complaint. It got so bad I wound up in the ER. I really could not care less about my thyroid right now with the insomnia still going on. I need to know what is wrong with me. What ELSE is wrong with me. I can't get any of the docs to help though.I can't go on like this. I don't know where to turn to get help. What do I do now?

[Guest guest]

, this sounds awful. I do hope you get the answer soon! Love Chris

I have what you might call total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it. The bright side to that is at least it finally got my thyroid diagnosed.T3/T-uptake 48.2 reference 25-40T3 Total 732.89 reference 60-181 NG/DLT4 >22 reference 5 - 12 U/DLFree T4 5.89 reference 0.8 - 1.6 NG/DLTSH ultra sensitive <0.01 reference 0.4 - 5 UIU/MLTSI 173 reference <130My heart rate was 140, BTW.So the ER doctor sent me to an endo (Doc #4) and I am onAtenolol 100mg 2x/dayMethimazole 45mg/day in 2 dosesThe only good news is that my heart rate is down to half of what it was. It's usually around 70 now.The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any help. The endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular doc (Doc #5) who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to a "sleep specialist" (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta, Restoril, Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped for a day or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at all. (I got not even one minute of sleep on them.)I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or four sleepless nights in a row. (And I mean sleepless. I don't sleep. Period.) The docs don't seem to grasp the problem. If I don't sleep, I can't function. I can't go to work. If I don't go to work and actually produce, I lose my job. No job leads to no money, and no health insurance. And then I can't see any of these doctors any more.They don't get that insomnia was my original complaint. It got so bad I wound up in the ER. I really could not care less about my thyroid right now with the insomnia still going on. I need to know what is wrong with me. What ELSE is wrong with me. I can't get any of the docs to help though.I can't go on like this. I don't know where to turn to get help. What do I do now?

[Guest guest]

, this sounds awful. I do hope you get the answer soon! Love Chris

I have what you might call total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it. The bright side to that is at least it finally got my thyroid diagnosed.T3/T-uptake 48.2 reference 25-40T3 Total 732.89 reference 60-181 NG/DLT4 >22 reference 5 - 12 U/DLFree T4 5.89 reference 0.8 - 1.6 NG/DLTSH ultra sensitive <0.01 reference 0.4 - 5 UIU/MLTSI 173 reference <130My heart rate was 140, BTW.So the ER doctor sent me to an endo (Doc #4) and I am onAtenolol 100mg 2x/dayMethimazole 45mg/day in 2 dosesThe only good news is that my heart rate is down to half of what it was. It's usually around 70 now.The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any help. The endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular doc (Doc #5) who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to a "sleep specialist" (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta, Restoril, Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped for a day or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at all. (I got not even one minute of sleep on them.)I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or four sleepless nights in a row. (And I mean sleepless. I don't sleep. Period.) The docs don't seem to grasp the problem. If I don't sleep, I can't function. I can't go to work. If I don't go to work and actually produce, I lose my job. No job leads to no money, and no health insurance. And then I can't see any of these doctors any more.They don't get that insomnia was my original complaint. It got so bad I wound up in the ER. I really could not care less about my thyroid right now with the insomnia still going on. I need to know what is wrong with me. What ELSE is wrong with me. I can't get any of the docs to help though.I can't go on like this. I don't know where to turn to get help. What do I do now?

[Guest guest]

I have what you might call

total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very

bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it.

I do so understand how you

feel, having been through this.. mind you , I was a bit more lucky as my Drs.

would not give me any medication at all … in spite of my being desperate. And I

am so glad, now I have seen the way some of my friends have b3een made very ,

very sick with the medications, and one who is ill on them but even worse when

she tries to come off, shaking uncontrollably to the point of total exhaustion ,

poor woman.

I have found a kind of cure.

I have a radio by my bedside with earplugs ( if you haven’t got a partner you

don’t need those !) and I have the radio on, just loud enough to hear.. and I

listen to it.. and I know I sleep as there is always a point where I realise I

have missed big chunks or I have woken in the middle of another programme

! Give it a go.. it isn’t the best

answer, but it works for me , and I am getting programmed to sleep more and

more ! It keeps you from worrying about your heartbeat, temperature , restless

legs etc etc ..

Hugs,

Dianne

[Guest guest]

I have what you might call

total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very

bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it.

I do so understand how you

feel, having been through this.. mind you , I was a bit more lucky as my Drs.

would not give me any medication at all … in spite of my being desperate. And I

am so glad, now I have seen the way some of my friends have b3een made very ,

very sick with the medications, and one who is ill on them but even worse when

she tries to come off, shaking uncontrollably to the point of total exhaustion ,

poor woman.

I have found a kind of cure.

I have a radio by my bedside with earplugs ( if you haven’t got a partner you

don’t need those !) and I have the radio on, just loud enough to hear.. and I

listen to it.. and I know I sleep as there is always a point where I realise I

have missed big chunks or I have woken in the middle of another programme

! Give it a go.. it isn’t the best

answer, but it works for me , and I am getting programmed to sleep more and

more ! It keeps you from worrying about your heartbeat, temperature , restless

legs etc etc ..

Hugs,

Dianne

[Guest guest]

I have what you might call

total, complete, 100% insomnia. Due to two very

bad doctors, I wound up in the hospital emergency room because of it.

I do so understand how you

feel, having been through this.. mind you , I was a bit more lucky as my Drs.

would not give me any medication at all … in spite of my being desperate. And I

am so glad, now I have seen the way some of my friends have b3een made very ,

very sick with the medications, and one who is ill on them but even worse when

she tries to come off, shaking uncontrollably to the point of total exhaustion ,

poor woman.

I have found a kind of cure.

I have a radio by my bedside with earplugs ( if you haven’t got a partner you

don’t need those !) and I have the radio on, just loud enough to hear.. and I

listen to it.. and I know I sleep as there is always a point where I realise I

have missed big chunks or I have woken in the middle of another programme

! Give it a go.. it isn’t the best

answer, but it works for me , and I am getting programmed to sleep more and

more ! It keeps you from worrying about your heartbeat, temperature , restless

legs etc etc ..

Hugs,

Dianne

[Guest guest]

Dianne, here's a suggestion especially for you. If you can't get to sleep, get a copy of s Genetics book (about cats). I promise you'll be off in no time at all:-))))) Love Chris

I do so understand how you feel, having been through this.. mind you , I was a bit more lucky as my Drs. would not give me any medication at all … in spite of my being desperate. And I am so glad, now I have seen the way some of my friends have b3een made very , very sick with the medications, and one who is ill on them but even worse when she tries to come off, shaking uncontrollably to the point of total exhaustion , poor woman.

I have found a kind of cure. I have a radio by my bedside with earplugs ( if you haven’t got a partner you don’t need those !) and I have the radio on, just loud enough to hear.. and I listen to it.. and I know I sleep as there is always a point where I realise I have missed big chunks or I have woken in the middle of another programme ! Give it a go.. it isn’t the best answer, but it works for me , and I am getting programmed to sleep more and more ! It keeps you from worrying about your heartbeat, temperature , restless legs etc etc ..

Hugs,

Dianne

[Guest guest]

Wow.... I'd forgotten about that!!! I did that for a long time... turning it so that you can just hear it, and I used ear pods, so that I could curl up on my side... I listened to audio books and radio programs... they took my programs off the air.... It was radio mystery stories... Well, not off the air.. but to a funky time... like 8 pm instead of 10 pm.... so it didn't work for falling asleep time anymore.... I recorded a lot of them and made MP3s out of them so that I could play them when I want... I have them on CDs... I should dig them out again and listen just for fun.... I broke my ear pods and head set so I'd have to use speakers now.... still works for entertainment.. but not for sleeping...

funny the things that come to mind reading stuff here.....hehehheheehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:53:02 +0100 "Dianne Lam" writes:

I do so understand how you feel, having been through this.. mind you , I was a bit more lucky as my Drs. would not give me any medication at all … in spite of my being desperate. And I am so glad, now I have seen the way some of my friends have b3een made very , very sick with the medications, and one who is ill on them but even worse when she tries to come off, shaking uncontrollably to the point of total exhaustion , poor woman.

I have found a kind of cure. I have a radio by my bedside with earplugs ( if you haven’t got a partner you don’t need those !) and I have the radio on, just loud enough to hear.. and I listen to it.. and I know I sleep as there is always a point where I realise I have missed big chunks or I have woken in the middle of another programme ! Give it a go.. it isn’t the best answer, but it works for me , and I am getting programmed to sleep more and more ! It keeps you from worrying about your heartbeat, temperature , restless legs etc etc ..

Hugs,

Dianne

[Guest guest]

Wow.... I'd forgotten about that!!! I did that for a long time... turning it so that you can just hear it, and I used ear pods, so that I could curl up on my side... I listened to audio books and radio programs... they took my programs off the air.... It was radio mystery stories... Well, not off the air.. but to a funky time... like 8 pm instead of 10 pm.... so it didn't work for falling asleep time anymore.... I recorded a lot of them and made MP3s out of them so that I could play them when I want... I have them on CDs... I should dig them out again and listen just for fun.... I broke my ear pods and head set so I'd have to use speakers now.... still works for entertainment.. but not for sleeping...

funny the things that come to mind reading stuff here.....hehehheheehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:53:02 +0100 "Dianne Lam" writes:

I do so understand how you feel, having been through this.. mind you , I was a bit more lucky as my Drs. would not give me any medication at all … in spite of my being desperate. And I am so glad, now I have seen the way some of my friends have b3een made very , very sick with the medications, and one who is ill on them but even worse when she tries to come off, shaking uncontrollably to the point of total exhaustion , poor woman.

I have found a kind of cure. I have a radio by my bedside with earplugs ( if you haven’t got a partner you don’t need those !) and I have the radio on, just loud enough to hear.. and I listen to it.. and I know I sleep as there is always a point where I realise I have missed big chunks or I have woken in the middle of another programme ! Give it a go.. it isn’t the best answer, but it works for me , and I am getting programmed to sleep more and more ! It keeps you from worrying about your heartbeat, temperature , restless legs etc etc ..

Hugs,

Dianne

[Guest guest]

Dianne, here's a

suggestion especially for you. If you can't get to sleep, get a copy of

s Genetics book (about cats). I promise you'll be off in no time

at all:-))))) Love Chris

Hahaha! Best belly laugh for weeks, !! J Knowing my luck I wouldn’t be able to put it down ! J Hahaha!! ( aching ribs now.. thanks

... J )

Dianne

[Guest guest]

Dianne, here's a

suggestion especially for you. If you can't get to sleep, get a copy of

s Genetics book (about cats). I promise you'll be off in no time

at all:-))))) Love Chris

Hahaha! Best belly laugh for weeks, !! J Knowing my luck I wouldn’t be able to put it down ! J Hahaha!! ( aching ribs now.. thanks

... J )

Dianne

[Guest guest]

get a copy of s Genetics book (about

cats). I promise you'll be off in no time at all:-))))) Love Chris

AND I’m going to tell what you said if you aren’t

good to me … ROFL !!

Dianne

[Guest guest]

get a copy of s Genetics book (about

cats). I promise you'll be off in no time at all:-))))) Love Chris

AND I’m going to tell what you said if you aren’t

good to me … ROFL !!

Dianne

[Guest guest]

get a copy of s Genetics book (about

cats). I promise you'll be off in no time at all:-))))) Love Chris

AND I’m going to tell what you said if you aren’t

good to me … ROFL !!

Dianne

[Guest guest]

- I don't know if you've tried antihistimines or not but

Night time Tylenol and Night Time Excederin have benedryl in them or

try just Benadryl. Benedryl usually knocks people right out. I have

a rx for Atarx (antihistimine). I used to have a sleep problem

until I started on Armour Thyroid. Know I take a half of the Atarax

istead of 2 (50 mg.). Hope this helps.

Robin V.

>

> The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any

help. The

> endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular

doc (Doc #5)

> who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to

a " sleep

> specialist " (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)

>

> There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta,

Restoril,

> Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped

for a day

> or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at

all. (I

> got not even one minute of sleep on them.)

>

> I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or

four

> sleepless nights in a row. (

[Guest guest]

- I don't know if you've tried antihistimines or not but

Night time Tylenol and Night Time Excederin have benedryl in them or

try just Benadryl. Benedryl usually knocks people right out. I have

a rx for Atarx (antihistimine). I used to have a sleep problem

until I started on Armour Thyroid. Know I take a half of the Atarax

istead of 2 (50 mg.). Hope this helps.

Robin V.

>

> The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any

help. The

> endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular

doc (Doc #5)

> who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to

a " sleep

> specialist " (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)

>

> There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta,

Restoril,

> Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped

for a day

> or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at

all. (I

> got not even one minute of sleep on them.)

>

> I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or

four

> sleepless nights in a row. (

[Guest guest]

- I don't know if you've tried antihistimines or not but

Night time Tylenol and Night Time Excederin have benedryl in them or

try just Benadryl. Benedryl usually knocks people right out. I have

a rx for Atarx (antihistimine). I used to have a sleep problem

until I started on Armour Thyroid. Know I take a half of the Atarax

istead of 2 (50 mg.). Hope this helps.

Robin V.

>

> The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any

help. The

> endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular

doc (Doc #5)

> who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to

a " sleep

> specialist " (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)

>

> There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta,

Restoril,

> Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these helped

for a day

> or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at

all. (I

> got not even one minute of sleep on them.)

>

> I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or

four

> sleepless nights in a row. (

[Guest guest]

Believe me, I know these prescription sleeping pills are bad. I went

through the OTCs first. They have no effect whatsoever. But I have to

sleep. That's why I've been trying all of the prescription sleeping

pills the doctors have been throwing at me.

A few more things that do not work at all:

Diphenhydramine (benadryl)

doxylamine succinate

Alluna

>

> - I don't know if you've tried antihistimines or not but

> Night time Tylenol and Night Time Excederin have benedryl in them

or

> try just Benadryl. Benedryl usually knocks people right out. I have

> a rx for Atarx (antihistimine). I used to have a sleep problem

> until I started on Armour Thyroid. Know I take a half of the

Atarax

> istead of 2 (50 mg.). Hope this helps.

>

> Robin V.

>

> >

> > The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any

> help. The

> > endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular

> doc (Doc #5)

> > who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to

> a " sleep

> > specialist " (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)

> >

> > There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta,

> Restoril,

> > Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these

helped

> for a day

> > or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at

> all. (I

> > got not even one minute of sleep on them.)

> >

> > I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or

> four

> > sleepless nights in a row. (

>

[Guest guest]

Believe me, I know these prescription sleeping pills are bad. I went

through the OTCs first. They have no effect whatsoever. But I have to

sleep. That's why I've been trying all of the prescription sleeping

pills the doctors have been throwing at me.

A few more things that do not work at all:

Diphenhydramine (benadryl)

doxylamine succinate

Alluna

>

> - I don't know if you've tried antihistimines or not but

> Night time Tylenol and Night Time Excederin have benedryl in them

or

> try just Benadryl. Benedryl usually knocks people right out. I have

> a rx for Atarx (antihistimine). I used to have a sleep problem

> until I started on Armour Thyroid. Know I take a half of the

Atarax

> istead of 2 (50 mg.). Hope this helps.

>

> Robin V.

>

> >

> > The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any

> help. The

> > endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular

> doc (Doc #5)

> > who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to

> a " sleep

> > specialist " (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)

> >

> > There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta,

> Restoril,

> > Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these

helped

> for a day

> > or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at

> all. (I

> > got not even one minute of sleep on them.)

> >

> > I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or

> four

> > sleepless nights in a row. (

>

[Guest guest]

Believe me, I know these prescription sleeping pills are bad. I went

through the OTCs first. They have no effect whatsoever. But I have to

sleep. That's why I've been trying all of the prescription sleeping

pills the doctors have been throwing at me.

A few more things that do not work at all:

Diphenhydramine (benadryl)

doxylamine succinate

Alluna

>

> - I don't know if you've tried antihistimines or not but

> Night time Tylenol and Night Time Excederin have benedryl in them

or

> try just Benadryl. Benedryl usually knocks people right out. I have

> a rx for Atarx (antihistimine). I used to have a sleep problem

> until I started on Armour Thyroid. Know I take a half of the

Atarax

> istead of 2 (50 mg.). Hope this helps.

>

> Robin V.

>

> >

> > The insomnia is just getting worse though, and I can't get any

> help. The

> > endo won't talk to me about it. I went to yet another a regular

> doc (Doc #5)

> > who tried to help (with more pills) but gave up and sent me to

> a " sleep

> > specialist " (Doc #6) who just did more of the same (more pills.)

> >

> > There is a long list of medications that do not help. Lunesta,

> Restoril,

> > Ambien, Seroquel, Ativan, Rozarim, Trazodone. Some of these

helped

> for a day

> > or two before they stopped working entirely. Some never worked at

> all. (I

> > got not even one minute of sleep on them.)

> >

> > I can take a sleepless night. I just can't take two or three or

> four

> > sleepless nights in a row. (

>

[Guest guest]

I recorded a lot of them

and made MP3s out of them so that I could play them when I want..

.

A brilliant idea.. !!

Dianne

[Guest guest]

I recorded a lot of them

and made MP3s out of them so that I could play them when I want..

.

A brilliant idea.. !!

Dianne