Insomnia, depression, anxiety

Posted by azkidney57 @azkidney57, Jan 11, 2020

So here I am it’s 4 am I have been awake since 3 am I often wake up. I can’t go back to sleep. I can’t text my friends I could be they would ask why I was texting so early. I tried my usual sleepy time tea, Clonazepam, deep breathing etc etc and I still wake up! I remember when I was I in the hospital I would call the nurse and I would have morphine injected into my IV port and that would help me sleep. I can’t have morphine. OxyContin also made me sleepy. Can’t have that anymore I ran out. It would be so nice if I could get 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Maybe someday.

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wa34937 | @wa34937 | Apr 18 5:45am

In reply to @kawanhee "Curious about why you almost wound up in ER from tapering of Ativan." + (show)

Garden variety withdrawal: cut, dose I don't remember, in half, week later my blood pressure spiked 2xx/1xx. Literally on the way out the door I searched withdrawal side effects and realized what happened. The Benzo drugs are terrible and habit forming.

martyk | @martyk | Apr 18 2:07pm

In reply to @con123 "For people like me, antihistamines have a paradoxical effect - they wire me up! When I..." + (show)

You might want to try Pramipexole .25mg for the leg cramps. I RLS and occasional leg cramps and this drug has helped eliminate them.

mimigirl63 | @mimigirl63 | Apr 19 10:19am

In reply to @martyk "You might want to try Pramipexole .25mg for the leg cramps. I RLS and occasional leg..." + (show)

Yes that helped me too!

con123 | @con123 | Apr 20 8:08am

In reply to @martyk "You might want to try Pramipexole .25mg for the leg cramps. I RLS and occasional leg..." + (show)

I read up on it - sounds like a pretty serious drug that can interact with sleep aides (I take Lunesta) and the top side effect listed was insomnia. Doesn't sound like a good fit for me. I take magnesium and have some magnesium cream I'm going to start using at night on my feet and legs. This does not happen nightly. I've had 2 nights of good sleep without sweats or cramps.

misspeanut5722 | @misspeanut5722 | Apr 20 1:34pm

In reply to @martyk "You might want to try Pramipexole .25mg for the leg cramps. I RLS and occasional leg..." + (show)

Did you try to google your leg cramp issue. I found out my toe cramps are due to a mineral deficiency so I am taking it and no more cramps.

jp78 | @jp78 | Apr 20 1:57pm

I used to get really bad leg cramps. Took an over the counter pill which helped but then I ended up in hospital for other reasons and they checked my magnisum,,,,,,,which was never done before that I know of. anyway it 1 and thats the lowest number. And low magnisum can cause leg cramps. It took awhile to get my magnisum level up but succeeded. Cramps are few and far between now.

jp78 | @jp78 | Apr 20 2:00pm

In reply to @martyk "You might want to try Pramipexole .25mg for the leg cramps. I RLS and occasional leg..." + (show)

I take pramipexole for my restless leg syn. it helps that but nothing for the leg cramps.....taking magnesium is finally what helped my leg cramps but still need the prami for my rls. Joan

jp78 | @jp78 | Apr 20 2:03pm

In reply to @con123 "I read up on it - sounds like a pretty serious drug that can interact with..." + (show)

I take 4 tablets a day of the magnesium plus had one round of it straight into my veins. My count was down to one and it took awhile to get it above. Its ok now but still take the magnesium
Good luck to you

sophia53 | @sophia53 | Apr 21 7:54am

Magnesium - D3 with K2 - B vitamins - Vit C all help.

rashida | @rashida | Apr 21 3:35pm

In reply to @becsbuddy "@help4meandu Sleep problems are the worst! I , too, hate to turn on a light at..." + (show)

@becsbuddy and @help4meandu … or, perhaps you could get one of those book lights that clip on to your book …? I read everything and play all my games on my iPad Mini so don’t need additional light. We have a dusk to dawn plug in night light in the bathroom so I never have to turn on the bathroom light either.