Dave tied my answer up pretty well with his answer. I never used to have problems sleeping but I do now on occasion. Those occasions come and go. Before I was considering having shunt surgery done my doctor suggested that I try amitriptyline at bedtime to see if that would help my pain and spasms before considering surgery. The one thing that medication did [and still does to a certain extent] is make you sleep! But since I have been on it over 10 years now... other factors sometimes caused me not to get the sleep that I want. Although, the sleep that I WANT & LIKE = about 10 hours! LOL. But over the last year and a half I have had some trouble sleeping so I tried some over-the-counter Tylenol PM and it works okay if you do not use it regularly. One has to be careful about using too much time Tylenol anyway. If you are not taking Benadryl on a regular basis... that should help as a start. But, again, like Dave said... my body seems to figure those things out quickly and therefore they render themselves useless pretty quickly. It is frustrating when you never know when you're not going to have a good night's sleep so it is difficult to know when to take anything. But if I go three nights with very little sleep then I will definitely take something for the upcoming night because I am not going to go for four nights in a row! LOL. Not too long ago I asked my physician about a "non-habit-forming" sleep medication and he suggested Ambien. He gave me about five samples. The first one I took knocked me out the first night. The second it did only did have the job. So I used the last of them sparingly since my body builds up such a quick resistance. Besides, I think any of those ARE/CAN BE VERY habit-forming so I never got a regular prescription for it. And since I want to stay away from the Tylenol ... I now keep on hand one of those regular over-the-counter sleep aids for desperate occasions. Lori Tucson, Arizona -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/8/2007 8:55:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sleep aids?? I've tried about everything, switching around helps the most. my body seems to figure those things out quickly and render them useless. benedryl, nyquil, otc sleep aids, beer, wine, Tylenol PM..... the list goes on. Dave In a message dated 3/8/2007 8:37:53 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everyone i'm just curious how many of you use sleep aids to get a full nights sleep. Any input be great thanks Ray c-5 c-6 AZ 6yrs post 17th this month
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