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[Guest guest]

Humm....

My friend was just put on ambien cause she's having trouble sleeping because of

anxiety. She also has sleep apnea. She says it hits her like a ton of bricks

when she takes it. I wonder if that's safe?

[Guest guest]

,

I've taken ambien before, you do get a good night's sleep. I also have mild

sleep apnea! But so far I wake up every, morning.

Hugs, I'm so glad to hear you don'y have VEDS!

S.

Re: Re: Re: Rotating medications? Re: Re: Rx: Arthrotec

anyone?

> Humm....

> My friend was just put on ambien cause she's having trouble sleeping

because of anxiety. She also has sleep apnea. She says it hits her like a

ton of bricks when she takes it. I wonder if that's safe?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Lxity,

At least get the Benadryl, it doesn't have the tylenol or acetamenaphen in

it that can damage your liver with long term use. Tylenol PM has Benadryl in

it also calle diphenhydramine, it's this componet that helps one sleep.

Hope this helps,

Sincerely, S.

Re: Rotating medications? Re: Re: Rx: Arthrotec anyone?

> >

> > Laxity,

> > I don't know what other do but I didn't realize you were also on tylenol

pm,

> > get rid of it and try just benadryl, tylenol pm has benadryl in it also

> > called dyphenhydramine. You can use this for sleep, or get an RX for a

mild

> > sleeping pill such as ambien or dalmane. But the tylenol is even more

hard

> > on the liver with your combination of medications. Good Luck. Sincerely,

> > S.

>

>

>

> To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ceda.ca

>

>

[Guest guest]

I know my friend just told me that the first time she took ambien, she was going

off to her bed, and the floor looked like it was flowing, like the ocean. So,

she now just takes half. She says her husband tells her when she takes it, she

talks in her sleep a lot.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

That's good!

Thanks, too. I'm glad about not having VEDS as well!

Hugs

[Guest guest]

Isnt that interesting. I was having Hypnagogic hallucinations from the

elavil that they were giving me prior to the ambian. Now that I have been

back on the tylenol pm I have only had them one time in about six months. I

will have them just as I lose conciousness and will get up and turn on the

light and fight some off or yell at them; walk towards them and run my hand

through them. For me on the elavil they were running in cycles and whatever

I was seeing would change and run in cycles as well.

I had a sleep study done and they did not find narcolepsy. Have you had a

sleep study done?

Here are some urls on Hypnagogic hallucinations

http://www.mysleepcenter.com/Terrifying_hypnagogic_hallucinations.html

http://www.sleepnet.com/forum3/messages/367.html

http://expage.com/page/hypna

On 2/19/04 12:52 PM, " ceda " <ceda > wrote:

>

> Subject: Re: Rotating medications? Re: Re: Rx: Arthrotec anyone?

>

> I was on ambien a couple of years ago when i was having trouble

> sleeping in college. A couple minutes after taking the pill i was

> out, i could hardly even move to take off my socks in bed. I also

> did things that I do not remember, like calling my boyfriend at 2am

> talking to him for a little while. In the morning he would call and

> i would not remember the conversation. It was obvious that I was

> not sleeping as well as I thought I was on it if I was making phone

> calls. I stopped taking it shortly after that. Last year or so my

> husband was talking with a nurse that he knew and she said that

> ambien sometimes makes people hallucinate. I never had that

> though.

>

> Just my experience with it.

> Jen

[Guest guest]

Looks like I will be having a sleep study done sometime here in the near future.

My brother had one. He stayed 2 nights. He said it wasn't fun.

But, they found he stopped breathing during sleep an astronomical number of

times.

He's suppose to use some sort of machine now while he sleeps, but can't tolerate

it, so he doesn't.

Pretty scary, if you ask me!

[Guest guest]

Looks like I will be having a sleep study done sometime here in the near future.

My brother had one. He stayed 2 nights. He said it wasn't fun.

But, they found he stopped breathing during sleep an astronomical number of

times.

He's suppose to use some sort of machine now while he sleeps, but can't tolerate

it, so he doesn't.

Pretty scary, if you ask me!