Posted by raisinb on February 10, 2008, at 18:06:17
In reply to Re: insomnia can be so rough, posted by stargazer2 on February 10, 2008, at 13:33:20
I can get some more Ambien, but I switched to Lunesta because the Ambien wasn't working so well.
I have never had a sleep study and I don't know a lot about them, but wouldn't it just show that I can't go to sleep at night?
I get up around six, usually, and go to bed around nine thirty or ten (the Lunesta takes up eight or nine hours, so I make sure I have them).
I'm sure that I'd qualify for a diagnosis of depression during five or ten days a month, but it's transient, and overall I'm happy with my moods when I make sure to exercise and meditate and be productive. I would rather not be on antidepressants. If I have to be on meds, what I really need is just to control my sleep.
> So without the Lunesta nightly there is no other solution? Can you get a presciption for Ambien too and alternate them?
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> Have you had a sleep study ever or been worked up for other conditions like depression? Sometimes insomnia can be the only depressive symptom. Some of the AD's are very useful for promoting sleep.
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> What is your daily schedule like...what hour do you wake up, what are your usual daytime activities, do you take daytime naps, what time do you go to bed, hours of sleep when you are on lunesta?
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> Insomnia is a very complicated diagnosis, just curious about what workups you've had and what are your daily routines.
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> Stargazer
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