med effect question
Doxylamine - its in things like dolased/myrsendol etc ..
it might make you drowsy yes (sorry if this isn't too coherent meds are just kicking in)
doc said it wouldnt make me sleep
1 pill (5mg doxylamine) will usually make me very relaxed - my mind slows right now - 2 pills (so 10mg for people playing the home game) and im just about drooling
i know it's that because i've taken the day (paracetemol/codine) and it doesnt have this effect
here's the fun part(s?)
MOST of the time - it makes me relaxed enough to sleep
sometimes it puts me into a half sleep all night - as in im aware im not asleep yet not awake and in the morning i feel half decent, and sometimes (rarely) it will make me half sleep for an hour or two then total insomnia kicks in
im not taking it as a sleeping aid (ok well i am but thats just a benefit) primarily im taking it for pain relief which does keep me awake at night too - i dont take it every night - sometimes its once a week sometimes its twice a night
sleeping pills dont work for me - i cant remember what i've tried but one herbal one perscription at any rate - both gave me nightmares - the one the doc gave me made me feel incredibly ill for an hour or two, then insomnia for 3-4 hours - sleep 5-6 and be a total zombie the next day
doxy doesnt do that to me - can happily sleep up to 11 hours with or without it but usually i sleep about 9 with it when i have my alarm set and wake up feeling good enough - any less and im very groggy
my sleeping pattern if you can call it that is screwed, it has been since i was 10 or 11 - so over 10 yrs
i have never been able to maintain a sleeping pattern - now that ive started uni (first week just finished) it's completely out of whack and yeah anyhow thats pretty much irrelevant - question is does anyone here have any idea why im reacting like this (im not complaining) to it cuz my doc is lost im just looking for opinions and im going to go to bed before i forget how to stand up
sidenote i find it so amusing that even when i take the strong stuff my headaches (not migraines) still dont go away .. go me nothing ever wants to be simple
it might make you drowsy yes (sorry if this isn't too coherent meds are just kicking in)
doc said it wouldnt make me sleep
1 pill (5mg doxylamine) will usually make me very relaxed - my mind slows right now - 2 pills (so 10mg for people playing the home game) and im just about drooling
i know it's that because i've taken the day (paracetemol/codine) and it doesnt have this effect
here's the fun part(s?)
MOST of the time - it makes me relaxed enough to sleep
sometimes it puts me into a half sleep all night - as in im aware im not asleep yet not awake and in the morning i feel half decent, and sometimes (rarely) it will make me half sleep for an hour or two then total insomnia kicks in
im not taking it as a sleeping aid (ok well i am but thats just a benefit) primarily im taking it for pain relief which does keep me awake at night too - i dont take it every night - sometimes its once a week sometimes its twice a night
sleeping pills dont work for me - i cant remember what i've tried but one herbal one perscription at any rate - both gave me nightmares - the one the doc gave me made me feel incredibly ill for an hour or two, then insomnia for 3-4 hours - sleep 5-6 and be a total zombie the next day
doxy doesnt do that to me - can happily sleep up to 11 hours with or without it but usually i sleep about 9 with it when i have my alarm set and wake up feeling good enough - any less and im very groggy
my sleeping pattern if you can call it that is screwed, it has been since i was 10 or 11 - so over 10 yrs
i have never been able to maintain a sleeping pattern - now that ive started uni (first week just finished) it's completely out of whack and yeah anyhow thats pretty much irrelevant - question is does anyone here have any idea why im reacting like this (im not complaining) to it cuz my doc is lost im just looking for opinions and im going to go to bed before i forget how to stand up
sidenote i find it so amusing that even when i take the strong stuff my headaches (not migraines) still dont go away .. go me nothing ever wants to be simple