How well do you sleep? (issues, Ambien, parent, people)
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I use ambien to knock myself out if something keeps me up, could be something as simple as a work assignment or meeting the next day that's not even stressful, but ...
On normal nights, I usually sleep OK but still get up a couple times to pee. Snoring mate, etc.
I didn't give myself a lower score because I know some people who cannot sleep the majority of nights or need to use prescription sleeping pills nightly.
I use Ambien on my nights off, but for some reason, I have very intense nightmares of things that I've seen throughout the years. It's a trade off I guess, and I don't know if it's actually attributed to the Ambien.
I use Ambien on my nights off, but for some reason, I have very intense nightmares of things that I've seen throughout the years. It's a trade off I guess, and I don't know if it's actually attributed to the Ambien.
Maybe there is something more mellow than Ambien. I read/heard a couple of odd things about that stuff. One fellow woke up, drove to another state, then didn't remember how he wound up in another state. He didn't have plans to drive to the other state.
Maybe there is something more mellow than Ambien. I read/heard a couple of odd things about that stuff. One fellow woke up, drove to another state, then didn't remember how he wound up in another state. He didn't have plans to drive to the other state.
Extremely well - about seven to eight hours per night, on average; occasionally six if I get to bed a bit later. As an adult in my forties, I think it’s highly relative to one’s activity/exercise and health; in other words, if one is inactive/unhappy or they are unable to ‘turn their mind off’ at night, (obviously) it’s going to be difficult to fall asleep (or fall back asleep if one awakens). Then it circles back around to why they are unable to do so.
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Originally Posted by Arktikos
I tried FitBit for a couple months before passing it on to my daughter. The best part was that it proclaimed I was in excellent physical condition.
It indicated my average amount of sleep time was 6 hours, though I'm always in bed for longer than that-more like 7 to 8. I tend to wake up every couple hours to pee. Usually go right back to sleep, but not always. Most people would not be happy with my sleep results. Nor am I, for that matter. Sleep seems to be getting worse with age for me.
I had the different colors for the different stages of sleep on my graph, red for wakeful, light blue for light sleep, and dark blue for restful sleep. There were very few skinny little dark blue lines, lost in an ocean of red and light blue, kind of depressing to see. I agree aging seems to be making it worse.
Ambien was awful for me. I would think I was awake but unable to move or speak. I still don't know if that was just some bizarre type of dreaming, or if I really was awake, but it totally freaked me out.
Maybe there is something more mellow than Ambien. I read/heard a couple of odd things about that stuff. One fellow woke up, drove to another state, then didn't remember how he wound up in another state. He didn't have plans to drive to the other state.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
I have heard similar stories about Ambien.
I guess there's just too much money in it for them to seriously consider taking it off the market.
I just looked up escitalopram. It isn't a sleeping medicine.
True, it's an antidepressant but one of the byproduct (at least for me) is an increase in sleep quality.
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