Anyone on sleeping pills? vdc_1975: I have had trouble sleeping for years, 5+ at least. So when I moved out, I decided to actually do something about it. I went to the doctor and I tried a few samples and settled on Lunesta. I have been on it about 3-4 months. I only take it Mon-Thurs as my work schedule on the weekends doesnt allow me to take it. They werent making me get a goot 7-8 hours sleep, but they did keep me asleep, and I wasnt up every hour like before I took them.
However, recently they are doing one of two things to me; hallucinating/dreams, or memory loss. I know I have had 2 conversations with my best friend in the evening over the phoen that I have zero memory of. Last night I think I had a conversation with her, but she claims no I was dreaming. Its like fighting through fog to try and remember if it was real or a dream.
Anyone else have anything like this?? ???
Re: Anyone on sleeping pills? darkrose: I used to take ambien when things were really bad.. I liked it. No dreams, though. None at all.
Re: Anyone on sleeping pills? C-Note: I've taken Ambien for years. Pretty much the same story as you described. I take them during the week days to knock myself out. They don't keep me asleep for a full 8 hours. If I don't take them I never hit that state of deep sleep where my body feels rested when I do awake a couple hours later. No sleeping pills means I just hang in limbo not asleep but too tired to do much of anything till 48 to 60 hours later when I finally collapse from fatigue. My sleep cycle isn't 24 hours I'm told. More like 32 hours and when my cycle syncs briefly with the world things are good. but when I'm wanting to sleep at 9:00am and I'm wide awake at 3:00am it's bad.
I use to think it was ambien alone that causes short term memory loss just before bed. I've carried on conversations with my kids, wife and even chatted here on Ojar just before going to sleep with ambien and I can't remember the last 60 to 90 minutes at all the next day. Your not alone and it's really sad that this little side affect isn't written on the bottle.
Try alternating you pills one week for nyquill then going back the next. Most sleeping pills are addictive I hear. I'm no medical professional.. but that's what I hear.
Re: Anyone on sleeping pills? vdc_1975: [quote author=Wishing for Impossible Things link=topic=42558.msg485801#msg485801 date=1174490026">
I used to take ambien when things were really bad.. I liked it. No dreams, though. None at all.
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I didnt try ambien, it was the next option but the Lunesta worked really well, outside of the taste it leaves in my mouth, which was a possible side effect my doc told me about.
I was thinking of giving ambien a try though, or just stop completely and switch to the distilled and fermented form of sleep aid.
No dreams, wow that would suck.
Re: Anyone on sleeping pills? vdc_1975: C-Note,
Ive heard about the possible dependancy issues of sleeping pills, but my doc says those are for some of the older hard core stuff like valium. This is really freaking me out. I could have had months of lost memories and if the person I talked to didnt tell me about the conversation I would have no
F-ing clue!
God this is messed up.
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