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Hello,

Really massive sleeping problems and fatigue for awhile. Compounded by a bad reaction to a decongestant. Up almost all night for three nights. Stopped taking it last night and knocked myself out With Benadryl. Slept over six hours but a light sleep and super groggy today again. Is it better to take the Benadryl again tonight if needed or ride out these jerks and sleep starts without anything?

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Hope, Benadryl and the other sedating antihistamines (Unisom) give you terrible morning fog. Worst of all they stop working within two three doses.

 

What about melatonin? I tried it early in my taper when I was having terrible insomnia and it worked pretty well. Keep the dose low, though. 1 mg is sufficient.

 

I must have tried everything for insomnia. Finally, reluctantly, I tried CBD. I get great sleep with it. CBD is interesting . . . at low doses it is activating; at higher doses, relaxing. That being said, however, you ought to try it at a low dose first to see if it agrees with you.

 

Hope this has been helpful,

 

Katz

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Thanks, that is helpful. I think the Benadryl in the decongestant really threw off my sleep and then there was a stimulant in there I didn’t know of. The regular benadryl did know me out but came at a cost. I hope this is something I can recover from, as long as I stop taking these things.
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I hope this is something I can recover from, as long as I stop taking these things.

 

Sure you can, Hope. I'd wager a guess that all of us on here struggled with insomnia.

 

Oh, I forgot to mention one thing that did work fairly well for me -- put me to sleep, not too much morning fog . . . and that's hydroxyzine. You need to get your doc to prescribe it. I did develop a tolerance to it, however.

 

So far, CBD has been most helpful for me.

 

Best,

 

katz

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Thanks. Took melatonin 1mg and feel wired. And still having Hypnic jerks when trying to relax. Very severe anxiety/adrenaline coursing through my body. I don’t know what to do except just stay off everything.
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I don’t know what to do except just stay off everything.

 

Maybe that's the thing to do, Hope. Your body may be talking to you! It's so hard to know.  :-\

 

Katz

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