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sherlock holmes · 08-02-2009, 06:49 PM

I've been on it before.

Basically, dont use it unless absolutely necessary. It's highly addictive, but also if you use it continuously (night after night) very soon it loses it's efficacy (stops working) and you need higher and higher doses to get anything from it. It's only supposed to be a short term measure.

In the long term you should look at getting into a good sleep hygiene routine. Don't do anything such as go on the computer right before you want to sleep or your brain will be too active.

Try having a bath with some lavendar oil or something and unwind. Have a hot milky drink just before going to bed. Having clean sheets on your bed can help, too. You could read a few pages of a book as you are lying in bed, that always makes me sleepy.

When you try to sleep, if you are awake after about 45 minutes, get up but do something really boring, like ironing or washing up. Don't stick the tv on. Doing something monotonous should make you feel tired, do that for fifteen minutes then get back into bed.

Also, perhaps discuss other medications with your doctor. Antidepressants such as mirtazapine and trazodone are very sedating (am on both) and often prescribed to people with depression and insomnia,and I always get a full nights sleep. They are non addictive, too.

08-02-2009, 06:49 PM	#3
sherlock holmes do you like my potato? Join Date: Mar 2004	I've been on it before. Basically, dont use it unless absolutely necessary. It's highly addictive, but also if you use it continuously (night after night) very soon it loses it's efficacy (stops working) and you need higher and higher doses to get anything from it. It's only supposed to be a short term measure. In the long term you should look at getting into a good sleep hygiene routine. Don't do anything such as go on the computer right before you want to sleep or your brain will be too active. Try having a bath with some lavendar oil or something and unwind. Have a hot milky drink just before going to bed. Having clean sheets on your bed can help, too. You could read a few pages of a book as you are lying in bed, that always makes me sleepy. When you try to sleep, if you are awake after about 45 minutes, get up but do something really boring, like ironing or washing up. Don't stick the tv on. Doing something monotonous should make you feel tired, do that for fifteen minutes then get back into bed. Also, perhaps discuss other medications with your doctor. Antidepressants such as mirtazapine and trazodone are very sedating (am on both) and often prescribed to people with depression and insomnia,and I always get a full nights sleep. They are non addictive, too.
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