Finally Sleeping

[ShodokanJenn]

So after going without sleep so long that I was hallucinating and losing the ability to speak, my psych doc sedated me for a few nights. Then we added in Lunesta (3 mg) for a week, instead of the sedative. That week was the best sleep I'd had in many years. She and I decided to try it nightly for a while. I've been averaging a total of 6-7 hours of sleep a night, as opposed to my previous average of 1-3 hours. I am amazed by how much better I feel physically and mentally. The only thing I don't like is the nasty taste it puts in my mouth. Peppermint over-rides that though, and I'm not about to complain about something so trivial. I even had the energy to drive 120 miles to my dad's house for Easter lunch yesterday, and then turn around and drive home.

 

[LuckyDuck]

I'm glad you're getting the sleep you need, ShodokanJenn! :) Hopefully the taste issue will go away with time. I had a taste issue when I was on one medication. It turned any carbonated drink, even water, into the taste of iron. Ick. It went away after a few months.

LD

 

[hodge]

one medication. It turned any carbonated drink, even water, into the taste of iron.

I had that with Prozac. Really weird. Can't remember now if it was like iron, but it was really bad. If I ate at the same time as drinking a carb beverage, it didn't do that, though.

That's wonderful, ShodokanJenn. My psych doesn't like the new Rx sleeping meds and won't prescribe them. But I am not as seriously sleep deprived as you were. Are you still on Lunesta? How's it going now?

 

[ShodokanJenn]

@hodge Thanks! I am still on the Lunesta and still sleeping well with it. I've gotten used to the icky taste, and it only lasts a few hours into the day. I don't have any daytime sleepiness from it, which is great. My psychiatrist isn't a fan of sleep medication either, but in my case there's really no alternative. Fortunately we have finally found something that works.