So the meds didn't work It's 3:33 AM ANd I'm still up,,,,,,

[WCGreen]

Actually I slpet for about 15 min when I was jolted awake by a nighmare. I dreamnt that George Bush Was presindet

[enigmatic]

1. I gots bad news..

It was no nightmare...

[WCGreen]

2. Damn....

[LRSU_Ghost]

3. It is a nightmare,

it's just that we are all in it...

If you don't mind my asking, what meds are you taking? Hope nothing too serious...

[WCGreen]

5. A mess of stuff for respitory problems which

cause me to skep fittfully so they prescribed Ambien.....

Doesn't really work unless you take a mess....

But I am slowly but surely weeding myself from the pills.....

[NMMNG]

6. Unfortunately Ambien is no good if you have problems staying asleep

It is only good for people who have problems falling asleep. It will keep you asleep for about four hours and then it wears off. (Which makes me wonder why they say to only use it if you can devote a full 8 hours to sleep). I tried Ambien and it didn't "work like a dream"--I only got 3-4 hours off of it at the maximum dose. Sonata did the same.

I tried Trazodone and it was wonderful for sleep at 150mg but it made my migraines go bezerk so I had to discontinue it. (Technically it's an antidepressant but it is very sedating so many doctors use it as a sleep aid since it is non habit forming). I'm going back to the doctor soon to get something else to try.

[tavalon]

8. Yep

That's been my experience with Ambien as well. But luckily, my main sleep problem is going to sleep. Heck, I can take Ambien if I want to take a two hour nap and am able to get up and function perfectly well.

Trazadone, on the other hand, was like a hammer to me, lasting well into the next day. But I've heard many say it's great.

[SerpentX]

11. I take trazadone (Desyrl) to sleep

Every night for the last ten years. Works well and I've never had to up the dose. Too bad about the migraines, I've known at least one person who took it for migraine relief.

[LRSU_Ghost]

7. Doesn't work for me either...obviously,

My best friends Mom (my adopted mom) just died of extreme respiratory distress last week. I can imagine what you are going through...

[WCGreen]

9. Stable

But now I feel as If time is not on my side so there are things on my to do list that I want to get too....

Write more is one....

Get my house completely done so I can see why it was I bought it in the first place

And to see a democrat get elected to the WH with more than 50% of the vote....

[LRSU_Ghost]

10. 2008 is the year for a Dem President,

I promise! I know what you mean about the house thing. I just bought my first this month, it needs some work. Prob take me a couple of years to have it fixed up.

[MissHoneychurch]

4. sorry to hear that you can't sleep

but happy to see you are keeping us company :hug: