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Reply: Sleep medications

Antihistamines can make you drowsy make also jittery. Go see a doctor-there are many...

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Reply: Ambien - no side effects now

Dont know of any changes in Ambien. I have been taking 10mgs every night for 5 years now...

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Reply: Angry when woken

Hello-U are not alone! IFEEL the same way whenever my boyfriend of 14 years comes into bed...

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Reply: Melatonin

Melatonin never helped me but I know it has helped others to sleep. Definitely check with...

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Reply: I want Sleep

I have been awakened several times through the night lately because of leg pains-I have...

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Reply: Wake up EXHAUSTED, heart racing, headache, fatigue...

You do not say if you are taking any meds for sleep & if you are under a doctors care....

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Reply: How can I get a restful sleep

Have you tried any meds for anxiety, like xanax? That can help with sleep. I dont know...

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Reply: herbal vs. prescricptions sleep aids & night routi...

Lauren....Im so glad you were able to get off prescription sleep meds for more natural...

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Interesting Sleep Study

I found this to be really interesting & wanted to share it with my fellow insomniacs!...

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I found this to be really interesting & wanted to share it with my fellow insomniacs! Denise
Cooling the Brain During Sleep May Be Effective, Natural Insomnia Treatment
A new study shows that people with primary insomnia may be able to find relief by wearing a cap that cools the brain during sleep. The findings were presented last week at SLEEP 2011 , the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC, in Minneapolis.
According to the researchers, a reduction in metabolism in the brain's frontal cortex occurs while falling asleep and is associated with restorative sleep. Insomnia, however, is associated with increased metabolism in this same brain region. One way to reduce cerebral metabolic activity is to use frontal cerebral thermal transfer to cool the brain—a process known as "cerebral hypothermia."
Results show that there were linear effects of all-night thermal transfer intensities on sleep latency and sleep efficiency. The time that it took subjects with primary insomnia to fall asleep (13 minutes) and the percentage of time in bed that they slept (89%) during treatment at the maximal cooling intensity were similar to those of healthy controls (16 minutes and 89%).
"The most significant finding from this study is that we can have a beneficial impact on the sleep of insomnia patients via a safe, nonpharmaceutical mechanism that can be made widely available for home use by insomnia sufferers," said Eric Nofzinger, MD, professor and director of the Sleep Neuroimaging Research Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "The finding of a linear dose response effect of the treatment implies a direct beneficial impact on the neurobiology of insomnia that can improve the sleep of insomnia patients."
The study screened 110 people, enrolling 12 with primary insomnia and 12 healthy, age- and gender-matched controls. Participants with insomnia had an average age of about 45 years, and nine of the 12 subjects were women.
Participants received all-night front cerebral thermal transfer by wearing a soft plastic cap on their head. The cap contained tubes that were filled with circulating water. The effectiveness of varying thermal transfer intensities was investigated by implementing multiple conditions: no cooling cap, and cooling cap with either neutral, moderate, or maximal cooling intensity.
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Reply: bi-polar

What have you all tried? A doc who knows what he's doing can give you a "cocktail" of drugs...

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