Insomnia

[Connie]

Anyone found something that would help an insomniac gets a night sleep? I've been on the "sleeping pills" and have tried the excercise thing and have tried antidepressants that make you drowsy, and on and on. 3-4 hours and they have wore off - then I'm tossing, turning, and my mind races. I'm on Adderall but it doesn't seem to make it worse, I've just always suffered

[three]

Melatonin works extremely well for insomnia. You can get it at most any health food store. Walgreens sells it, too. It comes in .3 mg, .5 mg, 1 mg, 3 mg, or 5 mg tablets. 1 mg knocks me out in about 20 minutes -- and I'm a lifelong insomniac.

It should be safe to take with adderall. You can ask your pharmacist or double check here:

http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/dr...er/default.asp

sweet dreams!

[JUST DIAGANOSED]

Connie, I hear you. I can't sleep for more than 4 hours at a time. I'll wake up in the middle of night and clean my entire apartment. Even if I take Over-the-counter sleeping medication I'll still wake up.

[livinginchaos]

Connie -
I know what you're talking about! I take the (prescription med) Trazedone when I haven't slept much after a few days. I take Adderal too, so they're safe together. You just have to have a good 8 hours to sleep. Which kind of sucks, because I'm not always aware that far ahead of time when I'll have a sleepless night. Trazedone knocks me out for those wonderful 8+ straight hours of sleep. I get funky vivid dreams too!

[free2bme]

i may try melatonin. i have a script for seroquel, but honestly that stuff makes if darn near impossible for me to get myself going in the morning.