re: Anyone take Ambien or other Sleep Meds

Equate sleep aid. Its 50 mg of Diphenhydramine (benadryl)

Kicks in about 2 hours after I take it and helps put me to sleep.

I wake up feeling fine , unlike if I were to take regular benadryl. That shite leaves me groggy the next day.

Sleep meds do NOT produce sleep, they produce unconsciousness.

While these companies might try to say they don't alter sleep architecture, they most certainly do. You won't get the same restorative effects of real sleep.

IMO, I'd rather sleep in another room if I had to.

She should not quit the machine, look for another solution.

I prefer to solve/fix problems naturally as opposed to medicating myself so I can make it thru a day the easy way while majorly f'ing up my body and mind long term.

I wonder if these might help

SleepPhones

Don't let her quit the cpap! She just needs to convince herself that it is helping both her and you. People that have problems with the masks WANT to have problems with the mask.

Is it a pain the arse occasionally? Absolutely! That is still a far better problem than her practically fighting for her life dozens of times a night. If she was diagnosed with sleep apnea it was for more than just snoring.

Back to your question though. You really just have to try different meds. Most of the OTC sleep "aids" are all the same thing as Benadryl. My wife was prescribed Ambien and said it did nothing for her. I decided to try it and 10 mg worked like a charm for me. But like someone else said... don't take it until you are going to bed. I took a dose one night and watched TV downstairs for about 30 minutes. I could barely drag myself up the stairs to bed. Seriously I was like I was drunk AF and the wall was holding me up.

Try zma with theanine. Works like a charm for me and has added health benefits. That or just take a hit or two of some quality bud about an hour and a half before bed.

I know everyone is just trying to help, but none of these solutions are likely to help him ignore the freight train in his bed.

He doesn't have issues sleeping, just sleeping through his wife's apnea.

She's gotta get back on the CPAP (or a modified version), or sleep in another room.

ambien works.

side effects from hell. most people do fine.
read up on it so you know what to look for. they won't happen day one.

be sure she lies down within a few minutes of taking it.

I think if she can use it to get a good night sleep two nights a week during the week and Saturday night, she can escape the side effects.

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I know everyone is just trying to help, but none of these solutions are likely to help him ignore the freight train in his bed.

He doesn't have issues sleeping, just sleeping through his wife's apnea.

She's gotta get back on the CPAP (or a modified version), or sleep in another room.

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You are correct. I normally sleep fine. It is the sounds of a banshee being born without any skin lying next to me that keeps me awake and wakens me. I do want her to continue to use it for medical reasons but she is against it. Swallows a ton of air, causes gastric pressure, drying of nasal passages and creates sores, lines on face...she really hates it.

The " other room" option is not good. I do not think this is good for a marriage. Plus, 4 bedroom house with 3 kids....so no extra room. Prior back surgery makes the couch a very non-appealing option.

I have a 3PM appt with my doctor to discuss. I really appreciate all of the feedback and am very impressed at how serious everyone took this thread. Absent a stupid comment that my 120lb wife should lose weight....this is probably the most mature TD thread I have seen in a while.

Ambien will help for awhile, and give you some of the best sleep you've had since you were a kid, but after awhile it got to where I was only getting 4 hrs of sleep with them. They don't make you loopy the next AM like benadryl does me. Ambien also has some bad side effects like sleepwalking, sleep cooking, sleep driving, etc.

If Lorcets make you loopy the next day you sound like s feather weight (probably the meds they gave you to sedate you for the medical procedure or phenergen to keep said meds from making you nauseous that's having an effect on you the next day.

Regardless. I would suggest starting out with Melatonin to help you. It won't knock you out like Ambien, but it will help you stay asleep and no hangover the next day. Just prepare for some crazy dreams.

Or you could get that sleep nber bed they have been advertising where the husband falls asleep and is snoring and the wife raises his head up until he stops snoring and then she falls asleep and wakes him up with her snoring so he turns her number up raising her head up until she stops snoring and he can fall back asleep. I'm sure the Ned works IRL just like it does on the commercial.