Sleep ?
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Dellers said:Melatonin will work IF you get the good stuff with a script from the doc, it costs about 50 fiat a month. The OTC stuff from the chemist probably won't do too much.
If you want a cheaper and easier solution, take phenergan (start with 10mg if that don't work move to 25 mg) take one before bed same time every night for a week, your body should be in rhythm by one week.
Get the phenergan from chemist OTC, if they ask say you have allergies. Phenergan/allersoothe generic won't affect any other common medications you maybe on, for example anti-depressants. If you feel a little foggy or groggy next morning and a cup of coffee doesn't improve your mental clarity, use a smaller dose of the phenergan.
Ps don't forget eating well, bit o'exercise etc will go a long way to improving sleep. Avoid booze too if u can.
Do not give people medical advice if you do not have a medical background. Adverse drug reactions frequently occur through word of mouth by people that do not have medical training and are giving advice through anecdotal evidence or personal experience.
To suggest a person to enter a Pharmacy and describe symptoms that are not being experienced is absolutely absurd. Not only you put the person buying the medication at risk but also the Pharmacist supplying the medicine. The Pharmacist may be subject to liabilities if anything happens to the patient.
Phenergan is an antihistamine and is not indicated for acute insomnia. It was actually previously used as an anti-psychotic, so you know how potent it can be. There are numerous drug interactions for this medication and one of them are anti-depressants such as monoamine oxidase inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). They are common medications that people may be on.
It gets my blood boiling when I see recommendations made by layman that know no better. Incidents like these may lead to unnecessary hospitalisations or visits to the GP, increasing the burden on our healthcare system. Leave the recommendations to their health professionals and let them do their job.
Only last year When I worked in an extremely stressful environment, with very poor diet it was 10.30 pm to 0300 am every night for months. Finished up a train wreck, with two of my colleagues who kept the same pace actually burning out. (for real). Now I exercise every day and eat much much better..
9.00 PM to 0430 am deep sleep and have never felt better.
9.00 PM to 0430 am deep sleep and have never felt better.
JollyKillBill
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Always changes, but generally 2 - 5 hours a night.
I get to sleep after 4 in the morning every night and am awake at 9 so 5 hours max, if i'm lucky. but the last few weeks have been horrid (bloody surgeries) i am getting a maximum of 3 hours a night (like tonight, if I can get to sleep right NOW [which won't happen] I would get ~3 hours) while all the time I'm awake my mind is going a million miles an hour, I cannot keep still for more then 5 mins and (surgery related) I cannot sit down, lay down (on my back or sides), bend over or lift heavy objects, I feel like a turtled turtle
@Scyb that is how I ended up in the hospital for 3 days, very severe reactions with existing meds
Off topic: did anyone else see the thing on 7 Early News about the youtube video about an American city in ruins over a Chinese missile or something, it was really weird, they only mentioned it really quickly and I couldn't find the remote to turn it up (bloody buttonless Telly's), also can't find it on youtube.
Sorry this post is kinda all over the place, best I can do ATM :lol:
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I'm half with Lovey, i want to stay awake as long as possible but can't stay asleep for very long.
@Ozboy 24 hours is amazingly easy, I'm nearly there, just over 2 hours before i have passed it and all I have had today Is 3 cups of tea, no coffee, no coke, no caffeine other then those few cups of tea and I'm not really tired.
I get to sleep after 4 in the morning every night and am awake at 9 so 5 hours max, if i'm lucky. but the last few weeks have been horrid (bloody surgeries) i am getting a maximum of 3 hours a night (like tonight, if I can get to sleep right NOW [which won't happen] I would get ~3 hours) while all the time I'm awake my mind is going a million miles an hour, I cannot keep still for more then 5 mins and (surgery related) I cannot sit down, lay down (on my back or sides), bend over or lift heavy objects, I feel like a turtled turtle
@Scyb that is how I ended up in the hospital for 3 days, very severe reactions with existing meds
Off topic: did anyone else see the thing on 7 Early News about the youtube video about an American city in ruins over a Chinese missile or something, it was really weird, they only mentioned it really quickly and I couldn't find the remote to turn it up (bloody buttonless Telly's), also can't find it on youtube.
Sorry this post is kinda all over the place, best I can do ATM :lol:
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Ozboy said:
I'm half with Lovey, i want to stay awake as long as possible but can't stay asleep for very long.
@Ozboy 24 hours is amazingly easy, I'm nearly there, just over 2 hours before i have passed it and all I have had today Is 3 cups of tea, no coffee, no coke, no caffeine other then those few cups of tea and I'm not really tired.
Dogmatix
Active Member
r0dman said:
I found that really interesting thanks.
But a commenter linked to this article which seems to blow the polyphase sleep idea out of the water:
http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm
It's a good read, covers a lot.