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Also, connect with other "sleepyheads" with Idiopathic Hypersomnia - a very active Facebook group who offer support, shared experiences, resource ideas and a fair amount of humor! Highly recommend! https://www.facebook.com/groups/MajorSomnolenceDisorder/View Thread
He has had night terrors and bad dreams for 1.5 month now and he is exhausted.
He wakes up every night about 4 times, screaming and crying.
LAst week I saw how tired he was so at the suggestion of my naturopathe, I finally gave him some benadryl to help him sleep.
He slept well the first night and the second, but the third and forth he still woke up 3 and 4 times. So I am not giving it to him anymore.
His speech is really slurred, like one who would have had too much to drink, he is not steady on his feet, his hands are a bit shaky....
Could this be a side effect of benadryl or of sleep deprivation?
Not sure what to try next. He needs to sleep in order to stop having a hard time sleeping, it is a vicious cycle now...
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks so muchView Thread
He has had night terrors and bad dreams for 1.5 month now and he is exhausted.
He wakes up every night about 4 times, screaming and crying.
LAst week I saw how tired he was so at the suggestion of my naturopathe, I finally gave him some benadryl to help him sleep.
He slept well the first night and the second, but the third and forth he still woke up 3 and 4 times. So I am not giving it to him anymore.
His speech is really slurred, like one who would have had too much to drink, he is not steady on his feet, his hands are a bit shaky....
Could this be a side effect of benadryl or of sleep deprivation?
Not sure what to try next. He needs to sleep in order to stop having a hard time sleeping, it is a vicious cycle now...
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks so muchView Thread
He has had night terrors and bad dreams for 1.5 month now and he is exhausted.
He wakes up every night about 4 times, screaming and crying.
LAst week I saw how tired he was so at the suggestion of my naturopathe, I finally gave him some benadryl to help him sleep.
He slept well the first night and the second, but the third and forth he still woke up 3 and 4 times. So I am not giving it to him anymore.
His speech is really slurred, like one who would have had too much to drink, he is not steady on his feet, his hands are a bit shaky....
Could this be a side effect of benadryl or of sleep deprivation?
Not sure what to try next. He needs to sleep in order to stop having a hard time sleeping, it is a vicious cycle now...
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks so muchView Thread
He has had night terrors and bad dreams for 1.5 month now and he is exhausted.
He wakes up every night about 4 times, screaming and crying.
LAst week I saw how tired he was so at the suggestion of my naturopathe, I finally gave him some benadryl to help him sleep.
He slept well the first night and the second, but the third and forth he still woke up 3 and 4 times. So I am not giving it to him anymore.
His speech is really slurred, like one who would have had too much to drink, he is not steady on his feet, his hands are a bit shaky....
Could this be a side effect of benadryl or of sleep deprivation?
Not sure what to try next. He needs to sleep in order to stop having a hard time sleeping, it is a vicious cycle now...
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks so muchView Thread
He has had night terrors and bad dreams for 1.5 month now and he is exhausted.
He wakes up every night about 4 times, screaming and crying.
LAst week I saw how tired he was so at the suggestion of my naturopathe, I finally gave him some benadryl to help him sleep.
He slept well the first night and the second, but the third and forth he still woke up 3 and 4 times. So I am not giving it to him anymore.
His speech is really slurred, like one who would have had too much to drink, he is not steady on his feet, his hands are a bit shaky....
Could this be a side effect of benadryl or of sleep deprivation?
Not sure what to try next. He needs to sleep in order to stop having a hard time sleeping, it is a vicious cycle now...
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks so muchView Thread
Also, a couple times a year, I will randomly have one big twitch while I am moving around in my bed.
Is this TD, or is it something else?View Thread
with all kinds of extra fun health wise, I use WebMD quite a bit for natural
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So please if you know of any low income or a clinic that does payment plans for sleep evaluation in the Los Angeles area please let me know.
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I'm a 19-year-old studying the ins and outs of business as a full-time employee at a shop near my home, where I live alone. I have suffered through many mental ailments throughout my life, namely depression and anxiety. I do not believe these factors impact my sleep schedule, but possibly the inverse. I have lots of sleep trouble and it negatively impacts my work life and, on a smaller scale, my social life. The only medication I am taking is Adderall and these problems have not changed since starting it.
DAY-TO-DAY
I end up going to sleep at anywhere from 8pm to 5am when I work on the proceeding day. This depends on how tired I am, which seems to not correlate with the previous night's sleep. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, but it is not a consistency. It is usually due to thirst or to use the restroom. I wake up for my job at about 9:40am, giving me ten minutes to get ready for the eight minute drive to arrive at 10:00am. I am consistently late, arriving at 10:01am to 10:20am because I have trouble waking up. I have tried to give myself more time to get ready, waking up as early as 8:00am, but to no avail. I am generally tired throughout the day until the Adderall I take kicks in. I do not take it for energy purposes, I take it as intended for concentration. If I do not take it, I have trouble fully waking up and remain drowsy.
Prior to starting my job, I was enrolled in college. I dropped out after a single semester for endless reasons. I would often nap throughout the day and skip classes due to sleepiness. Since the schedules shifted so hectically (e.g. Monday - 5pm class, Tuesday - 10am class, Wednesday - 3pm class), it was too much effort to maintain any semblance of a sleep schedule. I slept as I pleased, which was literally at any time of day with seemingly no rhyme or reason other than my body telling me to.
On the weekends I do not work, so I tend to go to bed depending on my level of sleepiness. I get the impression that if I did not work, my sleep schedule would shift back to how it was in college; my body would tell me to sleep at any time of day. I go to sleep anywhere from 6pm to 7am and sleep until I wake up, which can be anywhere from 12am to 5pm. I consistently wake up earlier than I want to on the weekends, often opting to go back to bed. This has caused me to miss a few dates with my girlfriend of two years, who I do not yet live with. I am always tired for a few hours after waking up, but my drowsiness goes away about half of the time.
SYMPTOMS SUMMARY
- Bedtime that changes daily based on level of sleepiness.
- Unpredictable / erratic sleepiness, not correlating with previous sleep.
- Drowsiness / low energy levels throughout the day.
- Time management trouble (missing engagements).
CLOSING
If I do not have Non 24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder, I would very much like to know so I can accurately pinpoint the issue. If I have another sleeping disorder, I would like to know. I am sick of having trouble with sleeping. Please help.View Thread
Unfortunately, read the ingredients on this site compared to PeakLife. I wish I had before buying another 60 tablets. They are different. I tried it anyway and nowhere near as good. One of the key ingredients in the PeakLife version is Bromelain for minor aches & pains. Also, the quantities of the other herbals are much, much lower. PLUS, this version has many artificial ingredients not found in the PeakLife.
I will pay the price & get direct from PeakLife..View Thread
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