need help sleeping

[Spunky]

can't sleep for shit.. im not on a cycle right now... but i can't sleep at all... anything OTC that will work besides taking a dose of nyquil?

 

[Canuck4]

You're not taking any Meds?

 

[Spunky]

Lexapro for anxiety/depression... i usually have trouble sleeping 2-3 nights a week. i think its because im such a busy person.. i work 2 jobs and go to school, always doing something so when it comes time to go to sleep my mind is racing and i can never fall asleep. hard to fall asleep with thoughts racing through my head..

 

[Spunky]

ok let me rephrase this... no recreational drugs. i should've known somebody was gonna say ghb.

 

[Powerchord]

ghb...then when you end up in cellblock D, Leroy can sing you to sleep after he pummels your pooper

sorry

Pwer

 

[Powerchord]

how the heck did that happen...how'd that post get above mine?

odd...

Pwer

 

[Canuck4]

Not sure bro.
It might be the Anti-depressants that are causing this.
Talk to you Dr and seek some proffesional advice.
He'll know your situation alot better than anyone here

Lexapro for anxiety/depression... i usually have trouble sleeping 2-3 nights a week. i think its because im such a busy person.. i work 2 jobs and go to school, always doing something so when it comes time to go to sleep my mind is racing and i can never fall asleep. hard to fall asleep with thoughts racing through my head..

 

[Spunky]

yea i know.. i talked to my doc about it but i guess im gonna have to go back. he use to be cool but here lately he's been a dickhead to me.

 

[Canuck4]

Lol
Maybe time for a new Doc.
Fire him

 

[Laser0001]

use benadryl ,if you want something that works well thats natural
valerium root

 

[Juice Authority]

can't sleep for shit.. im not on a cycle right now... but i can't sleep at all... anything OTC that will work besides taking a dose of nyquil?

Unisom worked for me for a while then I started building up a tolerance to it.

 

[soflaguy]

I feel for you. I love Nyquil for sleeping too, but you build up a tolerance for that. And the other stuff contains melatonin or diphenhydramine, which makes me feel like shit the next day.

It is not OTC, but Ambien is great. It literally knocks you out and wake up feeling well-rested. A doctor should be able to prescibe it no problem since it is well-advertised.

 

[Juice Authority]

Ambien is highly addictive.

 

[Canuck4]

More medication is not always the answer bros.
Maybe try different drugs that dont effect his sleeping like the ones he's taking right now.
Theres gotta be more alternatives.

 

[Bulldog_10]

Have you been less active at all lately? Sometimes I get lazy, and then I have too much energy left at the end of the day...and I end up not being able to sleep. i see drugs as a last resort.

 

[Devastation]

You don't have allergies do you? I kept taking my allergy medication before bed and couldn't sleep. That was the problem. Generic benadryl does the trick now. Sleep like a baby

 

[Iron Camel]

At the risk of being called a pansy.... Have you ever tried meditating for about 15 minutes before going to bed? It helps clear my mind and when I watch my breathing (in through nose for 5 count and out through mouth for 5) I end up incredibly relaxed and focused.

 

[Devastation]

At the risk of being called a pansy.... Have you ever tried meditating for about 15 minutes before going to bed? It helps clear my mind and when I watch my breathing (in through nose for 5 count and out through mouth for 5) I end up incredibly relaxed and focused.

PANSY. j/k whatever works.

 

[easy]

Simply Sleep is a product put out by Tylenol. It is Tylenol PM without the Tylenol. It works well for me.

 

[The Terminator]

.5 mg of Xanax works great to knock me out. But as far as OTC Melatonin is popular as a sleep remedy.

 

[latinus_spicticus]

The SSRI's can cause sleep problems, I believe. IIRC, it is usually temporary and sleep is supposed to improve in the long run. Lexapro should alleviate the anxiety you are having at night tha keeps you from sleeping.

You could ask for a temporary benzo from your doctor like ativan or xanax, both of which would help you. If that is not an option or they refuse, find a new doctor or buy generic bendadryl or any product that contains dyphenhydramine hcl. This is the same thing that tylenol PM, simply sleep, etc. have in them.