I wake up every two hours. What do you take to sleep?

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intensive exercise and / or 15k steps daily

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Anonymous wrote:Trazodone

Also get checked for sleep apnea

+1. You'll need to have detailed notes about your sleep patterns, how long this has been going on.

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Anonymous wrote:1/4 of a unisom

This or even less. 1/8 like a dusting but its enough to calm down the intense feeling of overtiredness/insomnia.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HRT. I could not believe the before and after difference. It made me realize how terrible my sleep was. I no longer wake up to pee, no longer wake up with soaked through with sweat, and no longer lie awake for hours at 2am. And because I’m sleeping, my brain fog has largely disappeared too. I’m in peri, 51 years old.

+1. The difference is shocking.

This is the answer, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Benadryl, but I probably shouldn’t take it as often as I do either!

+1
Also, use the original Benedryl.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't drink alcohol at night, try 2 Tylenol, it has an anti-anxiety effect on many people (works for me but not DH). I usually fall asleep after 15 minutes but keep them at my bedside, loose so I can take without turning the light on.

Can't take it for more than a week.

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trazodone

[Anonymous]

Progesterone and Melatonin, although THC or CBD work well, too.

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I’m interested in the Tylenol suggestion. I hadn’t heard it can help with sleep (assuming not the PM kind).
Magnesium is part of my cocktail, but I have to take occasional breaks from it as it can make me feel very groggy during the day.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m interested in the Tylenol suggestion. I hadn’t heard it can help with sleep (assuming not the PM kind).
Magnesium is part of my cocktail, but I have to take occasional breaks from it as it can make me feel very groggy during the day.

I'm the Tylenol poster. No not PM, just regular. Years ago my doctor told me it had an anti-anxiety off-label use, but because it can't be mixed with alcohol, no one promoted it.

I keep 2 on my bedside table, loose so I don't have to wake up and open the bottle. I'm asleep within 20 min after taking.

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Anonymous wrote:Trazadone

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Magnesium glycinate. Two capsules at bedtime.

I second this approach! Helps me enormously!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m interested in the Tylenol suggestion. I hadn’t heard it can help with sleep (assuming not the PM kind).
Magnesium is part of my cocktail, but I have to take occasional breaks from it as it can make me feel very groggy during the day.

I'm the Tylenol poster. No not PM, just regular. Years ago my doctor told me it had an anti-anxiety off-label use, but because it can't be mixed with alcohol, no one promoted it.

I keep 2 on my bedside table, loose so I don't have to wake up and open the bottle. I'm asleep within 20 min after taking.

I do this, too!


25+ years ago in med school I did a rotation on a geriatric ward. All of the patients without liver pr

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Oops PP here, sorry hit submit by accident!

Anyway all of the patients without liver problems had a standing order for Tylenol for the treatment of insomnia (as needed). The nurses said it worked well.

So, I dint make a habit of it, but if I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t sleep, I’ll take 2 Tylenol - works to get me back to sleep about 75% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Trazodone. Best thing off label for better sleep.