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Sleeping tablets

I'm not sure what to do to be honest.

I have such great trouble sleeping in times of stress/worry, and it's really getting me down. When I can't sleep, I have urges to check & worry even more which, naturally, makes the problem worse. I've had this problem off and on for about 5 years now, and have been to the doctors endless amounts of times. (I am now 17).

Despite stressing to the doctor that I have great trouble sleeping, often living on 3 hours sleep a night for a while, he does nothing-only refers me to a "counceller", for help on "calming techniques". But people on here, and some of my friends, have doctors that give them sleeping tablets. WHen asked, my doctor says they are "not good news" but why not?? What did you guys have to do to get them? Which ones are you on? What side affects do they have?

My problem can't get any worse, I am willing to try anything, I just wish my doctor would listen.

Reply 1

Revd. Mike

17

Most people respond well to a short course (i.e. a few days) of a short acting hypnotic like zopiclone, to get you back into a proper sleep pattern. There are relatively few side effects, and it generally doesn't have a hangover in the morning. Ask your doctor about it.

The main issue when trying to beat a sleeping disorder however is getting to the root of the problem, which most of the time is psychological rather than biological.

Reply 2

dani_88

14

i took proper sleeping tablets and i was hallucinating pretty badly because of them! I now take nytol and they do the job in calming me and stuff :smile:

Reply 3

The Albatross

12

Melatonin is one of the only sleeping pills available with out prescription in the UK - basically its a hormone naturally produced by the body when it gets dark. So taking some when you want to go to sleep is a natural way of helping your body do so. My boyfriend and I both use it and find it really helpful. Also, its non-addictive, because it occurs naturally in your body anyway. Good stuff.

Reply 4

gagol

try taking kalms, and the kalms sleep, they are herbal and so are NOT ADDICTIVE (I wouldnt think, no as so much as sleeping pills) However they just made me feel weird, like I was asleep physically but not mentally. Worrying and stress and that can really mess with your sleep. Try writing a diary get all the things off your mind before you go to bed. Read a book and try to think about it once your going off to sleep.

Hope you get some good shut eye soon!

Reply 5

kath_nav

Anonymous

Despite stressing to the doctor that I have great trouble sleeping, often living on 3 hours sleep a night for a while, he does nothing-only refers me to a "counceller", for help on "calming techniques". But people on here, and some of my friends, have doctors that give them sleeping tablets. WHen asked, my doctor says they are "not good news" but why not?? What did you guys have to do to get them? Which ones are you on? What side affects do they have?

My problem can't get any worse, I am willing to try anything, I just wish my doctor would listen.

GO TO A DIFFERENT DOCTOR!!

If your doctor simply just says they're "not good news" & provides no further explanation, he doesn't seem very willing to help, especially as your problems are ongoing.

Are there other doctors at the sugery you could see?

Other than that, all I can suggest is trying some of the sleeping tablets that are available without prescription from chemists. Like random herbal ones etc. I'm taking Nytol at the moment that I just bought from a random chemist shop and it's working really well for me. I used to be up all night sometimes & other nights I'd just be getting a couple of hours sleep but now taking Nytol I can sleep for a "normal" amount of time.

Hope your sleeping gets better.

Reply 6

Vohamanah

16

Gaylee

try taking kalms, and the kalms sleep, they are herbal and so are NOT ADDICTIVE (I wouldnt think, no as so much as sleeping pills) However they just made me feel weird, like I was asleep physically but not mentally. Worrying and stress and that can really mess with your sleep. Try writing a diary get all the things off your mind before you go to bed. Read a book and try to think about it once your going off to sleep.

Hope you get some good shut eye soon!

I've been thinking about trying Kalms recently :s-smilie:

Thought they might help make me a little less stressed.

My boyfriend has bad sleep problems as well, may buy some for him...

Reply 7

skcollob

1

zopiclone... but can leave u feeling quite groggy the next day and i have heard of people becoming dependent on them :s

Reply 8

fleur de lis

15

Doctors are advised against prescribing sleeping pills for an extended amount of time because they can be quite habit forming. However the newer 'z' ones are not so addictive, and as someone said, most doctors will prescribe a short course of them for say a week or 2 to help you get your pattern back. Generally though, doctors would rather you found other methods to help you sleep, including looking at the reasons you aren't sleeping.

Reply 9

gagol

I thought Kalms were brill, I took them at uni. They take a few days to kick in but they helped me to not have a panic kinda feeling. I used to get it loads when I was in bed. I started wearing ear plugs too.. that helped. You can get a few things from boots, near the kalms, things to sniff and the likes... ask the chemist too for herbal things, take a look in holland and barratt they have a website too.

Reply 10

gagol

oh also, in best threads ever at the top of this section has a link to a page on how to beat insomnia its the last link... have a look

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