Sleep, blessed sleep

[cjsmith]

The correct dosage appears to be 125mg diphenhydramine. (The usual adult dose marketed by Sominex is 50mg.) I slept. Well, not straight through or anything; nothing's that good. I'm nowhere near human yet, but the downward trend has at least been halted if not reversed.

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[klwalton.livejournal.com]

I take 100 mg diphenhydramine plus 10 mg zolpidem. Gives me 5-6 hours most nights.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Zolpidem = Ambien? I might ask for that.

I honestly don't know how you do it, with the crazy hours you often work. I am spoiled - I like getting sleep on a regular basis!

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Yep, Ambien (and thank heaven it went generic, because my out-of-pocket was outrageous).

Some people (like me) love it, some people have problems with it. I consider that it saved my life because my insomnia was getting completely out of hand. Part of the problem being I *don't* have a regular schedule, but I'm also what the Stanford doc called "a Classic Insomniac". Whatever else that means, it also means that sleep hygiene (I love that phrase :)) is not my problem.

[curmudgn]

Just think . . . you can get an almost-reasonable amount of sleep and clear up your sinuses at the same time! :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

By now my sinuses are so empty they should echo! :)