![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 5 of 5. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by BinaryWoman on April 22, 2000, at 11:01:31
If you're just started lithium April 6th and you still can't get to bed till 4am and you sleep till 5pm, do you think benedryl would help you sleep? Anyone try this?
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by KarenB on April 22, 2000, at 15:15:30
In reply to Did Anyone try Benedry w/lithium to get some sleep, posted by BinaryWoman on April 22, 2000, at 11:01:31
> If you're just started lithium April 6th and you still can't get to bed till 4am and you sleep till 5pm, do you think benedryl would help you sleep? Anyone try this?
>
> zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzI think you're on a perfect schedule...if you work a graveyard shift or live in Asia!!!
Benedryl does work, taken (2 capsules) 45 minutes before bedtime but can make you a little groggy in the morning. Prescription sleep meds are much better and turn OFF at the right time, so as not to affect the following day. Have you told your doc about your sleep pattern?
Karen
Posted by BinaryWoman on April 23, 2000, at 10:59:53
In reply to Re: Did Anyone try Benedry w/lithium to get some sleep, posted by KarenB on April 22, 2000, at 15:15:30
I think you're on a perfect schedule...if you work a graveyard shift or live in Asia!!!
-------------
LOL...My teenage son is the one who should live in Asia. His pdoc is out of town and unreachable until Tuesday. I have GAD and I worry(actually about everything) that he will have to work the graveyard shift or trade Asian currency so my sleep pattern is going to hell too:)) My pdoc suggested the benedryl because she felt it was benign and might hold us till my son's prodigal pdoc returns.BTW, I gave him 2 last night. It didn't work:((
BW
Posted by BinaryWoman on April 23, 2000, at 11:11:19
In reply to Re: Did Anyone try Benedry w/lithium to get some sleep, posted by KarenB on April 22, 2000, at 15:15:30
What kind of sleeping pills? Can you give me names?
Thanks,
BW
Posted by KarenB on April 23, 2000, at 23:56:12
In reply to About those sleeping pills Karen??, posted by BinaryWoman on April 23, 2000, at 11:11:19
BW,
I'm taking Temazepam but I have no idea whether it's considered good or bad - it's the first I've ever had to take. I just started having insomnia after going off Nortriptyline a couple of weeks ago. It works, I can tell you that much - and if I take one ( it says take 1 or 2) it doesn't make it hard to get up in the morning. I mean, any harder than usual. Getting up in the morning has never been easy a single day in my life. That's why I take the Ritalin BEFORE I get out of bed. 10 minutes later and VROOOM VROOOM - ready to roll!
Your doc will probably have a favorite sleep med to prescribe.
K
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.