Flexeril For Sleep

[VioletButterfly]

Has anyone every tried this for sleep? It is supposed to help you sleep deeper and awake feeling more restored. Someone mentioned this to me this week and I looked it up and found that it is used for this purpose, off label as it is a muscle relaxant. Just wondering if anyone has had any experiences with it. Tks. VB

 

[Seasounds]

Yes, I take it for back and migraine pain. And it does help me sleep better.

 

[VioletButterfly]

Thank you. That's what I read online. It's funny, when I've taken it in the past, sometimes it helped with shoulder pain and sometimes it didn't, and I didn't remember the sleeping part. Maybe an option for me. Tks again. VB

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I HATE flexiril but I take Tizanadine for sleep, which is also a muscle relaxer and coupled with a half of a xanax (because I have massive anxiety at night) it works.

I was prescribed Xanax 3 a day to take one at night. My PDoc knew I was taking one at night, and knew I was mixing it with Tizanadine and all of the other meds im on.

I will say, though, that before I got on Seriquel XR, I had to take the entire day's dose (2) at the same time and at one point I was up to 3. But I had enough as some nights I didnt need any.

I like it for night as my legs twitch and back spasms so it helps that and makes me tired at the same time.

Today, because of the Seriquel XR I take a half of a 4mg Tizanadine and a half of a Xanax.

I have never been able to take a muscle relaxer in the day time as it makes me tired ao I say if it works, go for it.

 

[Michael]

Has anyone every tried this for sleep? It is supposed to help you sleep deeper and awake feeli...

No way. Maybe at first, but quickly makes you stay up, instead of a good night sleep. Ask your doctor to try low dose Trazadone. As an experienced insomniac, I guarantee it works over all other meds for insomnia.

 

[Justmehere]

Be careful with muscle relaxants as a whole class of drugs. They well fine for acute one time problems but can cause a lot of issues when used for chronic problems. Someone can easily become physically dependent on it with daily use or misuse. Soma was listed as a controlled substance and Flexeril abuse is on the rise in the US and headed towards being listed as a controlled substance.

I have used hydroxyzine, trazadone, tizadine, lunesta, ambien, nortrypaline, flexeril and others for sleep.

I like hydroxyzine the best because I can use it every night without risking dependency and it doesn't make me loopy like ambien does. Trazadone worked pretty well too.

 

[VioletButterfly]

@lostforgottensoul - Thank you for the info. I'm already taking a Xanax or 2, if need be. I'd like to cut back on the Xanax, so maybe this might work for me. I'll ask my doc about your med and also the Flexeril.

@Michael - Thank you for your sharing. I've tried everything else, including what you're taking, and have had horrible responses, so am kind of looking around the fringes here for something. I believe yours might have been the first I tried and remember a next day hangover. Not 100% sure, but it's ringing a memory bell for me. I hear you on the boomerang effect and will check with the pharmacist on this. Maybe I'll just run the whole issue by her instead of my doctor as I'm sure she has much more experience with all the different drugs for sleep. Duh, I should've thought of this before.

Thanks to both of you. You've prompted me to go to the pharmacy where maybe I should've started instead of being a lab rat with my doctor trying all the shiny new pills on the market and many of the old stand-bys. Wish I didn't have such a touchy system! VB

 

[Justmehere]

If your insurance covers it, a consult with a sleep medince doctor might help. I didn't have any other problems other than PTSD but the sleep med doc helped me significantly.

 

[VioletButterfly]

@Justmehere - Oops, we cross-posted. I will add what you've suggested to the list to ask the pharmacist about. Interesting news about the Flexeril and Soma abuse. It seems I'll have some research to do even with what the pharmacist might suggest. Maybe I should look again at the Trazadone since both you and @Michael like it. It has been a while. Thank you. VB

 

[Shannon1024]

I've take it for my back, i also take klonipin and i try to alternate it because i don't want too much sleep aid in one night. the flexeril nights i seem to have a hangover effect.

 

[LisawithPTSD]

I use it for bruxism (grinding my teeth at night). I still sometimes wake with a tight jaw and loose teeth. I would think that most of us with PTSD have bruxism.

 

[VioletButterfly]

@LisawithPTSD - Yes, I have that too. I just had to have my 4 front teeth crowned and have some cracked molars as well that will need to be addressed. Awful TMJ. Something to mention to the pharmacist when I'm asking about sleep meds if she suggests a muscle relaxant.

So many good suggestions from all of you making light bulbs of connection go off in my head. Here I've been suffering for so long with TMJ, inability to sleep, anxiety, etc... and my doc, though she tried, nor I made the connections in order to go a different Rx route. Thank you. VB