Re: Need Suggestions...BAD!

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In a message dated 12/29/2001 12:44:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,

GreenEyez1978@... writes:

> I always had problems sleeping too. From age 15 to about 21 I only

> slept 2-6 hours a night. Then I developed very bad allergies and started

> taking bedadryl. I take two about two hours before my bed time and I can

> sleep 7-9 hours off of it. There are a lot of people who don't have

> allergies

> that take it on a regular basis for sleep.

>

Some doctors actually prescribe Benadryl as a sleep aid. In general it's very

effective, and a lot safer than doubling or tripling one's dosage of a

prescription drug and adding an OTC sleep aid on top of it. I know that there

are times we are all desperate to get some healing sleep, but I would be very

wary of playing around with drugs, especially if one is combining them. At

the very least, check with a pharmacist, who probably knows more about

medications than a doctor does. My mom worked for years in a pharmacy and she

never hesitated to call a doctor and say " So-and-so is taking X and now

you've prescribed Y but these drugs should not be taken together. "

Diane, very cautious about medication

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Are you seeing a doctor? Your Primary care or a rheumotologist? I would di

that first thing. They need to examine you and then decide what medications

you need. You will need medications. Especially for pain. Often these pain

medications help you to sleep or you possibly need a different

antidepressant. Different medications work different for different people.

Yours might not be the right one for you. See your doctor and check with him

about what you might do. You might need to see a Therapist.

Take care,

Irene

Books may well be the only true magic

Alice Hoffman

[Guest guest]

Some doctors actually prescribe Benadryl as a

sleep aid. In general it's very

effective, and a lot safer than doubling or

tripling one's dosage of a

prescription drug and adding an OTC sleep aid on

top of it>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Unless your like me and have bipolar... in which

case.. adding benadryl is like taking speed....

Serena

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