Posted by dove on October 25, 1999, at 9:28:20
In reply to Getting Good Sleep without medication...Help!, posted by Janice on October 24, 1999, at 19:57:13
Good morning Janice :-)
I have never been able to get sleep w/o meds of some kind. I have never been able to get up in the morning w/o taking something to sleep the night before. I have a daughter who is just like me and strangely enough, she cannot fall asleep for hours and hours w/o meds and she prefers to sleep until 10am under any and all conditions. The little girl I'm talking about is 6 yrs. old and has had these symptoms since 3 weeks old (seriously).I have to take melatonin to sleep. Without it I know my doc would pull the Adderall out. I have nothing else to add and have no idea what I would do if melatonin was ever pulled off the market or something akin to that. I really do feel for you though, it really does suck to never be able to fall asleep like everyone else. I get sooo jealous of my husband, I just can't shut my mind and body down like other people and I can't wake it up either.
I hope someone can post something helpful :-)
dove
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