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without medication I can’t remember. One spell lasted three nights without sleep. My daughter picked me up and took me to the Emergency room. With medication last night was good and tonight will be great too.
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Sgt Chris Cornejo
I hated Trazodone. I was up to 300mg. Waking up from 300mg of Trazodone was a huge struggle. I had to set 3 alarms at intervals. It was a good thing I was retired when the switch was made. For some reason the Doctor in Vancouver switched me from ambien to trazodone. Unfortunately, as I read in an article it was a choice drug for sick minded *#*& to enjoy sexual relations without consent. I also knew about the sleep walking and driving as side effects too. I was getting 90day scripts. I thought It was being highly regulated like the opioid dilemma. I moved to Arizona and started off with a new Psychiatrist. She put me back on ambien. So I guess it varies from state to state, or the Vancouver Psychiatric group could have been protecting themselves from issues that come with using ambien. It despises me when I hear others who do not have a clue about insomnia say “it is an addicting drug”. My answer is “getting a good night rest is addicting too”.
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I get an average of 5-7 hours of sleep, I go to bed around 8pm - 8:30pm, and my body wakes me up before my alarm around 4am - 4:30am. Every morning, even weekends.
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Sleep? Wish I could. We’ve been heavily drugging my body to get some rest at night. Without the drugs, it’s eyes wide open. Mind on race.
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1LT William Clardy
Sorry to read that, Maj Kim Patterson.
What have you tried in terms of non-drug-based solutions, such as changing your evening ritual to disable the "start race" switch, or getting out of bed and doing something relaxing (for whatever it's worth, I find walking around the apartment while reading more relaxing than sitting in a chair) instead of conditioning your body to lay awake?
What have you tried in terms of non-drug-based solutions, such as changing your evening ritual to disable the "start race" switch, or getting out of bed and doing something relaxing (for whatever it's worth, I find walking around the apartment while reading more relaxing than sitting in a chair) instead of conditioning your body to lay awake?
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Sleep, what's that?? 3-4hrs of tossing and turning. Nightmares about missing something. 6hrs uninterrupted would be god damn Nirvana.
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Constant back pain and other 'things' I'm not going to disclose here have kept a good night's sleep from happening for years.
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Can go days, weeks, or months without the anxiety and depression of PTSD, then something will trigger the feelings. In other words over time it ebbs and flows.
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