creating my own stumbling blocks

Now, when you want a good laugh, i will tell you stories about me taking ambien for sleep and the weird crap I do when im on it!!!!!!
Texting, posting on here, emailing (cant read a word of it and i have no recollection of it either), calling people, but i must be in hte shower with shower running lol.  many many more than are too embarassing to write here lol.  Needless to say whenever i mention my horrid insomnia to doc, they first thing they mention is ambien, and i immediately say HELL NO!!!!!!

hahahaha Liz thats some funny stuff right there....

Actually, I  took my ambien with liq. lortab the other day when I got out of the hospital and I had a total black out....When I awoke, there was a partial eaten bag of M&M's on my computer desk....Everyone denied that they were theres, so I guess I ate them.... I think this is when this "Carb monster" was reawakened....its ambiens fault....

Also my DH ask me what I had done to him,  that night.....I have no idea what he's talking about...poor guy.


So that was the eye opening moment for me to stop taking it....

Honey, ythat is exactly what happened to me after 7or 8 yrs on ambien!! All of a sudden i was eating and attacking hubs in my sleep and I was not nice about it!! Had to get off of it but am having a hard time finding something that works as well. Restirol works pretty well at least I am not an aggresive little ****!! Hee hee!!

Meggie

hahaha Meggie, did you ask Ken if he minded the aggresiveness?

Maybe you can try melatonin with the Restoril...

Yes Ken minded I wasn;t very nice about it! I don't do caffeine and I use 3 tabs of melatonin w/it!! BTDT... He said my aggressivness got old real fast!
Meggei!

Lunesta is one that is not that old of a sleep aid and it is not suppose to be habit forming or have the nasty side effects that Ambien has. I myself am on Restoril and like it.  It works okay but I have been on a lot of different sleep aids and the simple fact I can defeat them. My recommendation to anyone having sleep issues is stop drinking any thing with caffiene with 10-12 hours of going to bed. In fact that is one on the first things a doctors recommend is watch you caffiene intake and first try taking melatonin. My 8 year old has trouble sleeping and pediatrician has her on melatonin. Generally, you should start off with a low dosage like 3-5 mg. I have seen some melatonin at the store up to 50 mg in strength. I have been cleared by my doctor to add a small dosage of melatonin to my restoril but I have not done it yet been to busy to attempt it and see what the results would be. I think the real trick with sleep aids and for them to really work is you need to try to relax and setup a typical night routine to get into. Unfortunately with small children and school work that can be impossible plus being on-call.

as for sweet tea, I like to buy the Walmart brand SF drink mix, and add it to my tea,(sf decaf green tea). They do have peach tea flavor too. 
I've done a pretty good job of getting myself off sugar. Being diabetic helps that.
Now, if I could only get off the junk food. I will do this, I will do this, I will do this!!