Medication for sleep

[KICKSTART]

Has anyone been on Amitriptyline? ( it might be called something else where you are?) My gp is starting me on it because i just cant sleep .I have been begging for some help with this for ages. Ive also discovered its an anti-depressant ..so it looks like i'm going to be dopey but smiling ..

[BobT1939]

Ambien works for me. Tried Ambien CR but didn't get as good a result as I do with plain Ambien. Am using a generic now and find it works for me as well as did the original./bobt

[LightLizard]

my neph tried Amitriptyline on me. it didn't work. maybe i didn't give it enough of a chance. it does take time to kick in, they say.
nothing does the job better than pot, for me. as long as i don't overdo it.


love

~LL~

[paris]

I am like BobT, I take the generic form of Ambien. Works fine and my neph prescibes it for me. He says it is very important to get good sleep and  enough of it, something I have never done. 

[KT0930]

My neph just wrote me a script for Ambien yesterday. I'm actually a little nervous about trying it when I have to get up the next morning, so I'll probably wait until Friday to take it.

[angela515]

I also use Ambien, and generic works just the same for me as Ambien itself.

LL~ Why you using pot?

[goofynina]

my neph tried Amitriptyline on me. it didn't work. maybe i didn't give it enough of a chance. it does take time to kick in, they say.
nothing does the job better than pot, for me. as long as i don't overdo it.


love

~LL~

I can vouch for that  

[KICKSTART]

The only 'pot' i use .. is a 'teapot'   

[Ohio Buckeye]

I take the generic for Ambien and I fall asleep pretty quickly
but usually wake up about 2-3 hrs later for a while and finally get
back to sleep.

[livecam]

Nothing worked for me.  I tried Restoril and then Ambien.  I couldn't sleep at night and couldn't stay awake during the day.  It was awful. 

[LightLizard]

i use pot because it works the best for me.
it helps me get to sleep.
it stimulates my appetite, which is hampered now because of all the meds i take.
it eases nausea.
it acts as a very effective laxitive.
it lowers my B/P.
it feels good, calming me and opening my creative abilities even more.
there are no side effects.
why don't you use it?


love

~LL~

[KICKSTART]

I  dont use pot , firstly because i wouldnt know where to buy it !! But on a serious note ..wouldnt it show up at blood tests ? (being illegal here i would expect the doctor would have something to say about it ! )

[LightLizard]

nope. like everything else, if they don't make a point of looking for something specific, they don't even see it in your bloodwork.

the repercussions of the stupidity of the 'reefer madness' days is finally passing as people realise that the propaganda against cannabis was more about the competition between the oil magnates and the hemp industry than the bigotry and predjudice that was instigated to hamstring the oil monsters' rival.
(hemp seed can be converted to oil that burns pollution free and is very cheap to produce, by the way. something the oil companies don't want you to know.)

love

~LL~

[boxman55]

GIVE ME A BREAK LL YOU ARE WACKED.....Boxman

[okarol]

my neph tried Amitriptyline on me. it didn't work. maybe i didn't give it enough of a chance. it does take time to kick in, they say.
nothing does the job better than pot, for me. as long as i don't overdo it.


love

~LL~

Regarding pot - a little warning to transplant patients from the National Kidney Foundation:

From Illness to Wellness:
Life After Transplantation

Marijuana and other illicit drugs hold many risks for us, and that's in addition to
the usual risks for everyone. Because we never know exactly what we are smoking
or ingesting, their use could lead to infection or an illness that our bodies cannot
fight off due to our immunosuppressed state.
Before taking any over-the-counter medications, vitamins or herbal supplements,
check with your transplant team to make sure there are no harmful interactions.

[LightLizard]

i guess we better not mention how the developer of prednisone commited suicide after he found out what the side-effects of his drug was doing to people.

[KICKSTART]

i guess we better not mention how the developer of prednisone commited suicide after he found out what the side-effects of his drug was doing to people.

Tell me more , thats something i havent come across !

[okarol]

i guess we better not mention how the developer of prednisone commited suicide after he found out what the side-effects of his drug was doing to people.

I have heard that story before, but apparently it's untrue. The inventor who discovered prednisone in 1950, Arthur Nobile, died in 2004 at the age of 84.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/355.html

Anyway, it's off topic, but thought you'd want to know.

[angela515]

i use pot because it works the best for me.
it helps me get to sleep.
it stimulates my appetite, which is hampered now because of all the meds i take.
it eases nausea.
it acts as a very effective laxitive.
it lowers my B/P.
it feels good, calming me and opening my creative abilities even more.
there are no side effects.
why don't you use it?


love

~LL~

Sounds to me like just a bunch of excuses to use it.

I don't use illegal drugs.. that is why. If it is needed for medical reasons, I would have a prescription for it.

[LightLizard]

that's why, in the civilised countries, cannabis is not 'illegal' anymore.
here, for instance, in canada, the government allows one to obtain a card that gives them
the right to use cannabis for medicinal purposes.
what excuse do you use to be on dialysis?

[angela515]

that's why, in the civilised countries, cannabis is not 'illegal' anymore.
here, for instance, in canada, the government allows one to obtain a card that gives them
the right to use cannabis for medicinal purposes.
what excuse do you use to be on dialysis?

You didn't mention one medical reason you were using it. Sorry, like I stated, if it's medically needed, you should be given a prescription.

I am not on dialysis.

When I was, what would I need an excuse for? Life Support and Illegal Drugs are 2 different things.. not sure what they have in common so not sure why it was brought up.

[LightLizard]

i guess you don't read very well. i mentioned at least 4 'medical' reasons why i use it, dear.
we are talking about aids to getting to sleep, I thought. for me, pot works best.
i do not consider the legalities of the matter because i know that the wide opinion
that condemns the use of cannabis is based on lies and propaganda and can only
be acceptable to those who are sucseptable to the brainwashing methods
of the industrial magnates that perpetrated the lies in the first place, in order to
meet their financial agenda.

if you believe everything your doctor tells you, without cross-reference and common sense,
you are a good robot, but not much of an individual.

'i'd rather sit alone on a pumpkin, than on a crowded, velvet cushion.'
-Thoroeau

love

~LL~

[BigSteve]

Good topic. So is the problem of not sleeping well brought on by
the buildup of toxins in the brain? Starting about two years ago my
problem was waking up numerous time during the night. I was always
a "good" sleeper, getting my eight hours. What I have been using is
1 mg of Melotonin taken at least one hour before bedtime. Now I
usually wake  just once a night.

[angela515]

i guess you don't read very well. i mentioned at least 4 'medical' reasons why i use it, dear.
we are talking about aids to getting to sleep, I thought. for me, pot works best.
i do not consider the legalities of the matter because i know that the wide opinion
that condemns the use of cannabis is based on lies and propaganda and can only
be acceptable to those who are sucseptable to the brainwashing methods
of the industrial magnates that perpetrated the lies in the first place, in order to
meet their financial agenda.

if you believe everything your doctor tells you, without cross-reference and common sense,
you are a good robot, but not much of an individual.

'i'd rather sit alone on a pumpkin, than on a crowded, velvet cushion.'
-Thoroeau

love

~LL~

LOL.. I seen 1 medical reason, a sleep aid, however, if it was the only thing that could/would work for you, you should be given a prescription for it.

I don't recall saying anything about "believing everything a doctor tells me"... so why would you say that in the first place? I never once talked to a doctor about pot...

Not sure where brainwashing comes in the convo either, as I know I am not brainwashed..  

[MyssAnne]

I took Restoril, did nothing for me at all. I am now taking generic tylenol pm and one benadryl. That seems to do the trick for me. Go figure.