Posts Tagged hours of sleep
Symptoms insomnia related or something else?
Posted by admin in reasons for insomnia on September 29th, 2010
For probably the last several months I have had trouble falling asleep at night. I usually wake up around 10am and avoid taking naps or drinking coffee during the day. I’m usually awake at night until at least 3 or 4am. I get tired but just can’t fall asleep. I function alright during the day, I mean I am getting about 6 hours of sleep. But the continuing sleeplessness is a little nerve racking.
I have tried taking baths before bed. I drink quite a bit of soda but have been drinking caffeine free for the past 2 months. I try laying down at a resonable time and just relaxing with the lights out. Listening to soothing music. I’ve also tried a few over the counter sleep aids which only make me extremely groggy the next morning.
I don’t know if necessarily I have insomnia or if another reason better fits. If I’m still having a problem at the end of this month I’m going to the doctor. Does anyone have any suggestions on either information or ideas as to what my problem is?
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Cymbalta Side effect of insomnia?
Posted by admin in information on insomnia on September 1st, 2010
have been on Cymbalta for over two weeks (30mg 1 week, 60mg 1 week) and have had insomnia since the first night. was given two handfuls of sample Lunestra packets of which I can only get 3 hours of sleep (per pill). tried OTC sleep aids = no good. have one Lunestra left. have been in contact with the middleman Nurse many times with little results. have ordered a promising sleeping aid (herbal pills) off of Ebay but you never know with herbal ratherless buying it off the internet but the seller had good feedback. anyway = anyone have any advice? Thank You………
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Which is better for the treatment of chronic insomnia, seroquel or Amitriptyline?
Posted by admin in insomnia therapy on May 4th, 2010
I have had really bad insomnia for almost two months now. This is mainly due to night time anxieties. I worry over too much random things at night, and it keeps me up. It is incredibly frustrating and makes daily life really hard to get through sometimes. Not only am I tired all day, but it has increased my anxiety and I get depressed a lot easier. I would only get maybe three hours a night if I was lucky. I tried ambien, and it knocks me right out, but usually I wake up after only just three or four hours of sleep in the middle of the night and I have a hard time falling back asleep.
I got put on amitriptyline by my doctor, and so far it has helped a little bit. Though it doesn’t stop me from worrying at night, it still helps me sleep better than if I wasn’t on it. I’ll still wake up during the middle of the night, but i find it easier to fall back asleep because I’m so drowsy. With it I get anywhere from 5 to 8 hours of sleep total, 8 if I’m lucky.
I was reading up on seroquel, and it seems to be a drug that doctors prescribe for insomnia too. Reading about it, it seems that there are less side effects to seroquel than amitripyline. I was gonna see my doctor in a week or two and ask him if he could put me on seroquel to try for a bit. Would seroquel be the better choice, or should I stick with amitripyline?
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