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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2015, 10:31:09 AM »
This problem should be easily fixed, I guess.


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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2015, 10:38:56 AM »
pretty sure i am.  i don't think i'm technically addicted, just totally restless without them and take forever to fall asleep.  my mind just doesn't turn off.  ill pop 40 mg of melatonin or a benadryl (sometimes two) before bed.  the only nights i don't take anything are nights i don't need to be up the next day.  doesn't help that some days i have to be up at 6 or 7am but on my free nights i like to stay up til 3 am.  really fucks with my internal clock.   

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #27 on: May 13, 2015, 10:43:15 AM »
pretty sure i am.  i don't think i'm technically addicted, just totally restless without them and take forever to fall asleep.  my mind just doesn't turn off.  ill pop 40 mg of melatonin or a benadryl (sometimes two) before bed.  the only nights i don't take anything are nights i don't need to be up the next day.  doesn't help that some days i have to be up at 6 or 7am but on my free nights i like to stay up til 3 am.  really fucks with my internal clock.   

Sounds like I'm not as bad as you.

Sorry if that's insensitive.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #28 on: May 13, 2015, 12:27:40 PM »
Sounds like I'm not as bad as you.

Sorry if that's insensitive.

im not exactly worried about it.. lol

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #29 on: May 13, 2015, 12:49:32 PM »
Will I suffer withdrawals?

I'm just worried I'll suffer rebound insomnia or have to go to rehab.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #30 on: May 13, 2015, 03:53:36 PM »
i had a friend who got addicted to this natural, herbal supplement too. The withdrawal symptoms were so severe that people genuinely thought he was possessed. He ended up getting sectioned for 3 weeks in a mental health clinic. Last i heard, he was back on them again.

Are you making fun of me?

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #31 on: May 13, 2015, 04:05:04 PM »
what? no of course not. I'm being serious. I myself take diphenhydramine most nights.

Are you really being serious?

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #32 on: May 13, 2015, 04:12:50 PM »
yes. people take "herbal" supplements all the time because they are led to believe they are safer, when in actual fact they are often incredibly strong and a lot more addictive than the tried and tested brands. opium is natural, cannabis is natural...these things can have very strong sides. I'd personally never touch them.

Did you friend really get put in a mental hospital?

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2015, 04:27:01 PM »
Should I get off them?

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2015, 04:41:41 PM »
I did some research, and it says that often, people who take OTC sleep aids experience side effects like nausea and constipation. I've never experienced that with the stuff I take.

I've also never had to increase my dose.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2015, 05:16:31 PM »
But shouldn't I be able to sleep well every night of a week?

Not necessarily. What's to insure you are actually tired enough to fall and stay asleep? On those nights when you can't sleep, don't fight it. Get up and do something. The worst thing you can do when you can't seem to fall asleep is to fight it.

Taking a sleep aide once a week, is not an addiction. There is no physical reason you'd have withdrawals if you stopped.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2015, 05:57:29 PM »
Not necessarily. What's to insure you are actually tired enough to fall and stay asleep? On those nights when you can't sleep, don't fight it. Get up and do something. The worst thing you can do when you can't seem to fall asleep is to fight it.

Taking a sleep aide once a week, is not an addiction. There is no physical reason you'd have withdrawals if you stopped.

I also rarely have trouble sleeping two or more nights in a row.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2015, 07:54:40 AM »
I've been taking sleep formula pills for 7-8 years now. For the past year or so, I've taken them at least once a week.

If I stop taking them, will I go through withdrawal?


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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #38 on: May 31, 2015, 07:20:43 AM »
Sorry to bump, but I think the problem is I worry I won't sleep at all if I'm not asleep in 20-30 minutes, so I take one.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #39 on: May 31, 2015, 12:03:57 PM »
Get some kava capsules from Maui Medicinals.  No narcotic or addictive.  Take (3) on an empty stomach 15min before bedtime & its nighty-night.  No hangover, deep REM sleep.
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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #40 on: June 08, 2015, 01:42:33 PM »
I've been taking sleep formula pills for 7-8 years now. For the past year or so, I've taken them at least once a week.

If I stop taking them, will I go through withdrawal?


Yes.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #41 on: June 09, 2015, 08:08:10 AM »

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #42 on: June 09, 2015, 08:55:43 AM »
Here are the supplemental facts:

Supplement Facts
Serving Size 2 VEGGIE CAPSULES
Servings Per Container 30.000000
Amount Per Serving   % Daily Value
L-5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN (5-HTP)   50 Mg   N/A*
Melatonin   1.5 Mg   N/A*
Hops(Humulus Lupulus)(Flower)   150 Mg   N/A*
PASSION FLOWER(PASSIFLORA INCARNATA)   150 Mg   N/A*
VALERIAN (VALERIANA OFFICINALIS)(ROOT)   150 Mg   N/A*
L-THEANINE   100 Mg   N/A*
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   100 Mg   N/A*

*Daily value not established
Other Ingredients:
Dicalcium phosphate, cellulose, magnesium stearate.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #43 on: June 09, 2015, 09:35:08 AM »
Pure poison. No wonder you're having a hard time getting off it. Be careful mate.

Are you being serious, or messing with me?

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #44 on: June 09, 2015, 10:21:49 PM »
Most insomnia has psychiatric elements so regardless what someone uses your only treating the symptoms.  Zoloft has helped me sleep better than I ever have before.
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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #45 on: June 10, 2015, 07:36:16 AM »
Most insomnia has psychiatric elements so regardless what someone uses your only treating the symptoms.  Zoloft has helped me sleep better than I ever have before.

But like I said, I sleep fine the other six nights when I don't take it.

Maybe it's because I just panic if I'm not asleep in 15-20 minutes.

It's possible I don't have a sleeping problem, and it just takes me longer to fall asleep some nights than others.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #46 on: June 15, 2015, 06:33:09 AM »
I did it! I slept well every night last week without the sleep formula pills. And I didn't go through withdrawal or rebound insomnia.

I guess I'm not dependent on them after all.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #47 on: June 24, 2015, 06:05:31 PM »
Honestly, do not just come off them without the help of a doctor. People have died doing this.

Agreed. At the very least, you can expect to feel like shit if you quit these types of drugs cold turkey.

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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #48 on: June 24, 2015, 06:45:42 PM »
great to know you can always get truthful replies to one's questions here, this thread being a prime example of just that...
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Re: Dependent on sleep aids?
« Reply #49 on: June 25, 2015, 01:29:53 PM »
I can't even take Benadryl.  I hate that hangover too much.