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Re: nightmares
From: Abby (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Mar 23 21:00:29 1999
I am a nurse from Georgia. I learned alittle trick in nursing school that
you may want to try. Take Benadryl (start with 25 mg and see if you need
more, take no more than 50 mg.) You can buy the generic brand and save
money. This is a nonaddicitve drug that will help you sleep. I found a
generic version of Tylenol PM at SAM'S Club. It has 25 mg Benadryl and 500
mg of Tylenol. It seems to help me inbetween periods. I take Anaprox
during the day and Loratab at night during my periods. This combination
seems to help me most times. Warm, moist heat also helps, just remember at
hot bath can cause you to bleed heavier.
I am a stage 2 endo gal, diagnoised 1 1/2 years ago. If anyone has any
personal questions about what I talked about, e-mail me at
ccsu2374@earthlink.net.
Trying to remain pain free,
Abby
-----Original Message-----
From: justine <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: nightmares
>
>---Toni Welsh <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>>
>> At Sun, 21 Mar 99, Tiina Jonasch wrote:
>> >
>> >Hi Ladies,
>> > I have had such trouble sleeping lately: pain, anxiety,
>> >sadness ( a recent death in my family), and NIGHTMARES. I have
>> >been prone to bad dreams on and off, but not the terrifying
>> >ones. Lately, I have such trouble falling asleep and then
>> >being awakened by pain, and if it;s not pain, my few precious
>> >hours are spent with horrible dreams.. Has anyone else had
>> >this problem? Could they be related to the pain I'm feeling?
>> >I'm afraid to take "sleeping pills", but I don't know what to
>> >do.
>> > Pain free to all.
>> > Tiina
>>
>> Hi Tina,
>>
>> I have been through EXACTLY what you are explaining, I take anti
>> depressant called Trazadone, it does not take te pain away alot, but I
>> DO sleep at night. I was the same way, and getting some sleep does
>> help. I now sleep eight hours.
>>
>Triina,
>Hi......I have had severe trouble sleeping for almost 6 months now.
>Its a combination of several factors, a major one being fibromyalgia.
>I recall you thinking you might be suffering from this. Believe me,
>sleep problems with nightmares are a common topic of people with this.
>It got so severe for me I thought I had a brain tumor no one could
>find and I was dying.
>I'm very scared of sleeping pills also but for the long periods of
>not-sleeping, I finally had to try something. My doctor gave me a new
>sleeping drug called Ambien......works great with no side-effects. It
>is expensive but worth it. If your still too scared to try it, go to
>the health/vitamin store and pick up some Melatonin......natural and
>safe.
>Hope this helps!
>((Hugs))
>Justine
>
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