Sleeping Aids

[weeble]

Hello lovely people. I wanted to ask if any of you take sleeping pills or aids to help you sleep better. My AHI's are always brilliant - between 0.3 and 1.5 - for years now but my goodness......I wake up almost as much as when I never had my beloved cpap machine. I am a bit worried about taking a sleeping pill, but someone said - you've got your machine, you will be fine but I just worry that suppose I'm not fine. All I want is just 1 uninterrupted sleep. I feel fine during the day, I don't need to nap, it's just when I first wake up and night time that I'm sooooooo tired.

Any advice or suggestions?

Thank you in advance 

[Big Guy]

I take OTC sleep aids that I buy @ Costco. Have been for quite a while now. Each night, I pop a couple. Without them, I just lay there in bed. 

My wife also takes OTC sleep aids, but the ones she takes, varies. She has a harder time finding ones that work well for her.

[Boxermum]

I came off amitriptyline recently and found difficulty falling asleep so I have been taking Galpharm Sleep Aid. It's an antihistamine that makes you drowsy. After about a month they seem to have stopped working. My hubbie took one and he was woolly headed all the next day so be careful.

I am thinking about taking melatonin 3-4mg as it is supposed to help you get to sleep. I have been eating pistachios and goji berries as they contain melatonin but I think I would need a lot of them to get any benefit. I seem to have the constitution of an ox ??

[Dawnstar]

Most of the OTC sleep aids in the US are various first generation antihistamines (diphenhydramine, doxylamine), or various formulations of melatonin, or mixtures of herbal remedies like valerian root. I understand that melatonin is a prescription only medication in some countries.

Originally I tried diphenhydramine, but after several years of that it stopped working. Currently I use combinations of long and short acting melatonin.

[RNeil]

You should Google cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. It helped me.

[Dawnstar]

I’ll second that, I’m currently working with a sleep psychologist trained in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

Medication may not be necessary.

[weeble]

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I'll talk to my chemist - even his assistant as she's a naturopath. Cheers

[SarcasticDave94]

Funny that Amitriptyline was mentioned by someone. That's what I've got now to combat the insomnia.

[weeble]

Funny that Amitriptyline was mentioned by someone. That's what I've got now to combat the insomnia.

Isn't that also an antidepressant? I'm already on antidepressants so not sure I want another one

[SarcasticDave94]

I think that's the main reason to get this as a scripted item but my doc scripted to take advantage of the side effect of creating tiredness.