Posted by atmlady on April 15, 2008, at 7:21:24
In reply to Re: Insomnia--drugs not working - a crazy idea » atmlady, posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2008, at 18:04:13
No doubt, Phillipa, I need lots of sleep - we all do! Which is why NOT sleeping is so awful! But I found that forcing myself to sleep with ambien did not give me that restful, restorative sleep we all need. I would wake up feeling sluggish and sleepy after the supposed 8 hours we all need. I complained to my pdoc that I didn't dream while on ambien, and I thought that was wierd. Why would the dreams go away? That's what made me think that ambien sleep is not REAL sleep. The article I posted says as much.
Now that I'm on Provigil, I am sleeping about 6.5 hours a night on average, but it's a hard, dreamy sleep, and I wake up feeling refreshed. Weekends I may sleep longer. And some nights, as I said, I may have difficulty sleeping, but at least the next day is not filled with brain fog!
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