Sleep Walking

[Mondo]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

Well... good and bad news!

Good News: I've not really slept walked that much lately (to my knowledge)!!

Bad News: That's because I haven't been sleeping hardly a wink.

Best nights sleep I've had this week was when I slept outside on a pillow made bed under the stars! Was mega! Other than that, I've been getting 2... maybe 3 hours sleep in general with perhaps a little less than an hour of dozing. It's catching me up a bit and I feel like a zombie sometimes during the day. I was so so tired last week I needed to go shopping but decided against it as was too scared of driving.

Have got me some nytol herbal tablets... which don't make me feel sleepy at all! Get this though - warning on side of the packet: "These tablets may make you feel sleepy". AHahahaha! Amazing! I do, however, think they're stopping me from walking when I do go to sleep! I didn't have any last night, had a "full" night sleep (6hours... was heaven) but then when I went to get dressed discovered a custard tin in my knicker drawer, a tin of tomatoes in my sock draw and my paprika spice in my bra section.

Boo!

If it all continues will speak to pharmacist and see if there's anything stronger to take. Failing that, doc time! Boo hiss!

You need to make a meal from those ingredients now!

I took nytol at one point in my life when I couldn't sleep, they don't make me sleepy but they did help me sleep through. What really worked for me was when I got some tamazepan from the doctor....he gave me 5, I remember after 3 days I was so zoned out I never bothered taking the other 2!

[Pheebs]

I had tamazepan before and I fleeeeeeeeeeeeew out my window and around the sky before coming back to rest on my soooooooft soooooft fluffy bed.

Made me go a bit loopy

See now I was hoping the tablets might have a placebo affect... ultimate fail! 5hours last night, no signs of walkies... doing good!

[Kitten]

I found the same really - nytol didn't make me any more sleepy, but it stopped me waking up incessantly which I always do. Helped my Nana too when she was having trouble sleeping.

[vix]

Nytol users, would you say it makes you less tired during the day? That is my main issue.

[Kitten]

Yes - but that might be because of less interrupted sleep. Is harder to wake/get up though (for me) but once up am fine.

[Pheebs]

I think for me... when I have slept on nytol... I haven't walked. It's been a full all the way through light switch wham bam thank you mam knock out. So... in theory less tired and as kitten says this is probably due to a less disruptive night sleep...


... but I've still been getting a maximum of 5hours sleep. Normally 2-3hours.

Try it hun. Don't have on an empty tummy. Mine went absolutely bonkers the other night on an empty belly. It sounded like I had a whole zoo full of lions in it. Not good!

[volospian]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

Made me go a bit loopy

Ah, that explains a lot

[Will]

I have Bromazepan (which is a benzodiazepine based drug) - used mainly for anxiety but has the effect of relaxing you for sleep. However, take too much and you're groggy. They are addictive though and one of the choice drugs used for overdoses . I use it to stop my bouts of insomnia to try and regulate my body back into a sleep pattern. *touches wood* the last 2 months my sleep has been pretty good.

I also quite like taking rhodiola rosea - though it is a "stimulant" to a certain degree and in certain doses can make you erm slightly erm... "excited" shall we say - however, it's a fantastic natural plant/herb that helps reduce anxiety and stress. The 2 things that cause me the most problems in my life. Which is ridiculous because I'm fairly relaxed, but it builds up in me and I start worry about everything!

I don't like taking artifical drugs etc... but, sometimes it helps. However, I will go herbal route first as it's not addictive and if it works for the Asian medical world - it works for me!

[Pheebs]

Thanks for input on druggies! Will be giving myself another week or so to see how I cope then I will put up the white flag and take my zombiefied self to the doctors.

See. This is one of my main concerns. Should there be a zombie invasion, I could *easily* be mistaken for a zombie and would be taken out by some ruthless zombie slayers.

Can't let this be happening!!!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawny yawn yawn. YAWN. bleh. Never mindo

[Burble]

Originally Posted by vix

Nytol users, would you say it makes you less tired during the day? That is my main issue.

In my case, no. When I took it I still had the usual troubles getting to sleep but did sleep right through. The next morning though was a real struggle, I felt like I hadn't slept and that feeling carried on the entire day.