I haven't taken Adderall since about the end of October, I decided to take a little "holiday"; which I asked my Dr. about last week, and he said its he best way to do because you can burn out from it so quickly.

Anyway, last week I went back on 20 mg once a day, but as usual, when it comes time for bed, I lay there and wait and wait until I get a little sleepy. But, 2 night ago, I bought unisom, which I guess is just the same ingrediant in an antihistimine, but just at a higher dose. I took 2 of them, and about 1 1/2 hours i was asleep.

I was just wondering if anyone else does this, or if they know if this is a big no-no with Adderall. I won't get to see my Dr. for another month until I get a refill to ask him about it.

Thanks! :)

If you cant ask your Dr, call a pharmacist where you got your Adderall....he or she can probably tell you if that is safe or not.

its over the counter, its safe. I take nyquil all the time. I've tried unisom too but it takes longer to kick in because they're pills.

It does work and there are no interactions. I just hate the way it makes me feel in the morning. I think generic diphenhydramine is the same thing and may be cheeper. I would not recomend it long term however.... you might try switching to dex, it did wonders for my sleep.

I think generic diphenhydramine is the same thing and may be cheeper. I would not recomend it long term however....Sominex's active ingredient is the antihistimine doxylamine succinate. It is not the same thing as Benadryl which has the active ingredient dyphenhydramine hydrochloride.

Granted both of these drugs are antihistimines, but the doxylamine succinate has very little antihistimine effect, and as a result it is most often used for its sedation properties, and as an OTC treatment for motion sickness.

Dyphenhydramine HCL on the other hand has both strong sedating properties & strong antihistimine properties. In fact, it is still prescribed as a sleep aid by some Dr's, and its antihistimine properties make it a very valuable tool to keep in your first aid kit in the case of a bee sting, or for relief from poison ivy, or for almost any allergic reaction, just to name a few of its many uses. In fact I carry it with me at all times (in my first aid kit) just in case I come across someone who might be suffering from an allergy from a bee sting, or for anyone who is suffering from any allergy for that matter. Benadryl is a great first line approach to treating almost any allergic reaction, and it is OTC so it's affordable and easy keep it on hand, and it too is used (not as often) as a OTC treatment for motion sickness.

I could not agree more with Bipolarruledout about the fact that it's not a good idea to use either of these drugs in the long term. It's not that they are really that harmful per se in the long term at the recommended OTC dosages, but rather that tolerance developes fairly rapidly with these two drugs (usually within 4 to 6 days if used chronically), and as a result a person ends up needing a much higher dose than the OTC dose in order to achieve the desired effect needed for sleep.

That being said, if a person was to develop a tolerance to either of these two drugs, it is very easy to remove the tolerance by abstaining from these drugs for about a week or so. After that amount of time a person should have no trouble getting back to the point they were at when they started with either of these two drugs.

I use Benadryl from time to time myself as a sleep aid (two or three times a year), and since I do not develop a tolerance to the stuff by using it so infrequently I am able to enjoy the nice sedation that this drug offers. I have found over the years that there is virtually no difference between the brand name Benadryl to that of any of the generic versions of this drug that I have used.

i used to have the same problem falling asleep, i switched to dextrostat and can sleep on it now