OTC sleep products...

[MaxBiceps]

I need help sleeping. I take unisom almost every night cause
i have bad insomnia. Sometimes I can go a week or two without
it, while other times I have to alternate btwn taking valiums and
unisom every night.

Any recommendations for an OTC sleep product? Maybe something
that won't leave me feeling all drowsy the next day?
What about this kava-kava stuff/ or valerian root?

BTW melatonin is not an option for me.

 

[decem]

ambien - from over yonder, never used it but have heard great reviews.

vicadin - helps me.

melatonin - cool for me for the first week, but after that it gives me the freakiest fucking nightmares.

tylenol pm is cool - but wake up drowsy

nytol - ok wake up drowsy though

a few beers - shitty, wakes me up

15 beers - perfect, sleep like a rock and wake up feeling great

 

[RADAR]

2 equate works for me its a sinus aid and if you let it ,it will let you sleep....RADAR

 

[decem]

some more -

14 hour night shift after waking up at 8 the morning prior - perfect, sleep like a rock all day

those eye shade things - work great sometimes, doesn't give you the option of opening your eyes

unisom - i don't really like it - just doesn't work for me

kava kava+melatonin - i have it right now but really it doesn't seem to work for shit. i've been taking 1.5 to 2x the dosage and still wont' fall asleep for another 2 hours afterwards.

cough syrup - works good, but feel like shit in the morning

benadryl - works ok.

 

[decem]

and if you let it ,it will let you sleep....RADAR

that's what kills me... i can never let the medicine do its work.. i either get sleep anxiety where i fret all night thinking about how i NEED to get sleep, or i psych myself out when i start falling asleep.. i feel myself starting to fall asleep.. then i notice that i'm falling asleep.. and i'll concentrate on just how asleep i really am.. then i'll sit there going from concious to semi-concious while i examine the rate at which i'm falling asleep and try to remain conscious throughout the falling asleep process so that i can be fully-awake when i fall asleep... then after doing this for about an hour i wake up and then toss and turn all night.



in case you haven't noticed, i've suffered periodic insomnia throughout my life. the worst was when i was in the military and had to wake up at 4:30-6 am for 6 years straight..

 

[Stangman99]

i also take unisom. i havent found any other somewhat effective alternatives. kava doesnt do crap for me. only one i heard of is GHB, but its not otc, and i have no clue where to get it from

 

[MaxBiceps]

Benadryl is some awful shit. You feel like crap for the whole next day.

Ambien is hard for me to some by, but I like it. Not as groggy as the OTC
stuff. Vicodin.....I had a problem with vicodin, and i no, longer touch the
stuff.

Thanks decem and Radar....Any other suggestions?

 

[MaxBiceps]

i also take unisom. i havent found any other somewhat effective alternatives. kava doesnt do crap for me. only one i heard of is GHB, but its not otc, and i have no clue where to get it from

Same here. I heard "g" works wonders, but it's hard to come by.
Scammers, please don't e-mail me offering me "g." I won't buy
anything over the net.

 

[Ironman1984]

Placidyl 750 not over the counter, but its a hypnotic/ sedative. It will keep u down for atleast 8 hours. Its freaky shit. I took it and the position I fell asleep in is the same position I woke up in. My g/f thought I was dead. I was so still and in deep mofo sleep. This shit will kick ur ass and its hard to get from a Doctor. You really need to go in and cry insomnia.

Just a thought

Ironman out |||||-------|||||

 

[decem]

how did you feel the morning after ironman?