Replies to 'Struggling with Sleep Issues?'

There are over 200 sleep disorders out there that can disrupt sleep and make you tired during the day.  Ask your family doc for a referral to a sleep specialist.

 

I have Narcolepsy, for which Provigil works very well.  My oldest son also has Narcolepsy.  My husband has Restless Leg Syndrome and Sleep Apnea, and our two younger boys both have Restless Leg Syndrome.

 

I have already left detailed messages on this board about our family's sleep issues, if you care to page back and read them....Becky

 
You sound like me... Unfortunately, I don't really  have answers.  My doctor suggested a sleep study, but when I found out how much it cost, I turned it down.

However, I recently started on Strattera, which is a non-stimulant for ADD, and it has worked miracles.  It still takes me roughly an hour to fall asleep, I still wake up about 2 times a night, but that's compared to taking roughly 2 horus to fall asleep and waking up more than 2 times a night, and I feel that the sleep I get is much sounder.  I also feel more relaxed the whole time I am lying in bed, trying to fall asleep.

But the big difference is that I have daytime energy, which I never used to have, even when a sleep aid worked (over the counter sleep aids had no effect, Trazodone kept me up all night, and amitryptaline worked somewhat.)  I still don't have near as much energy as my 52-year old mom, but still, it's amazing to reach 8 pm and still be able to concentrate.

However, my body has a high tolerance for drugs, and after 2 months on 80 mg of Strattera, it stopped working, so I upped the dosage to 100 mg, but am wary that I will grow tolerant of it again soon....

I've had my insomnia/fatigue for well over ten years, the first time I saw a doctor (in high school), she thought I was depressed; I didn't see one again about it till about a year ago; she too thought I might be depressed and recommended me to a psychologist, who didn't really think I was depressed, but couldn't figure anything else out, I brought up that I may be ADD, though I don't have too many of those symptoms either.

Once again, Strattera has been a mini life-saver, although I don't know how long it'll work, and I still wish that one day I could have the energy of a 27-year old--or wake up feeling refreshed.  I've never woken up and felt well-rested, but I heard that that's possible!

So that's my suggestion, and I welcome any others!  I don't have the symptoms of sleep apnea (no snoring or waking up feeling out of breath), and as exhausted as I get, I cannot fall asleep during the day, so it's not narcolepsy...

if you get an answer to this problem please let me know i tried ambien made me eat in my sleep my dogs would wake me up trying to get what ever i had out of my hands so they could eat it tried lunesta left a metal taste in my mouth could not get enough to drink and still didn't sleep have taken almost every kind of  pain med the only thing that will let me sleep for about 4 hrs is phenergan suppository as far as pain relief i don't think there is such a thing i now take avinza have been on 60mg he wants to try the 90 mg nest if that doesn't work he wants to try the external morphine pump but before we do that he wants me to go to the city have a ct scan and a tissue biopsy i have already had every x-ray there is and 3 mri i am claustrophobic so the have to give me a sedative just to calm me down and of course you have to lie still and i can't do that so they have to stop and start it usually takes 3 hrs  don't know if he afraid he will scare me if he tells me what he is looking for because he not saying to much just wait and see i fractured the top bone on my foot 3 yrs ago and it will not heal i have degenerative bone disease and 2 bulging disk my right hip just goes and down i go just like i wanted to sit i worked 14hrs today just to keep from sitting around doing nothing cause i can't stand to sit around i own my own business and can't afford to sit around people still want to eat oh will lokk how i just went on and wrote a book if you find a way to get sleep please let me know laurie