Try Benadryl

Posted By: USMT on 2006-01-22
In Reply to: Anyone else have trouble with - insomnia? - sm

Benadryl is the ingredient in Tylenol PM. I take two 25 mg capsules about an hour before I am ready to go to sleep. This really helps. It is safe and inexpensive. Sometimes if I have been transcribing right before I go to bed, I have a hard time shuting the brain off too. I hate it when I dream about transcribing.

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Anyone else have trouble with - insomnia? - sm
- Insomnia - desertflour
- A couple snorts of Jack Daniels. Just kidding. sm :) - snoring
  - We use anisette around here when reading doesn't cut it. Ah...nm - Wanderer
- Lunesta. Changed my life around. No more - MT2U
  - to MT2U - MTness
- NO SLEEP - noambien
- I use Unisom.. - UniMT
- no sleep ! - texan
- What works for me is.. - Pokey
  - Thanks - Insomniac
- Valerian root or melatonin supplements from the health food store might help. nm - passing thru
- What works best for me is - Problems for years..
- Try Benadryl - USMT
  - Me, too. I expect to be paid overtime and night shift for that! nm - MT
  - Knock-Out tablets baby - CP
  - You are too funny!!! Dream of transcribing? - You go, gal!
- Breathing exercise - sm
  - Thanks - -sm
- Read a boring book or watch something boring on TV. - me

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Mallox & Benadryl
Doctor told me today to use this.
4 teasppons maalox and 1 tsp.benadryl. Swish and swallow. For my sore throat and tongue..
Will di it tonight/
Hope it works for us both.
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Do you by any chance use Benadryl or
anything containing diphenhydramine? I don't have RLS, but when I use the above to help me sleep I have it really bad. Just in case you do use it, I thought I'd let you know. Good luck!

Get some liquid Benadryl in him quickly and
People can develop allgeries suddenly and for no apparent reason and it's much easier to deal with when you have your senses about you than wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of his gasping for air!

No rx needed, they are OTC. Benadryl is for allergies but (sm)
it is also the same ingredient that is in many of the OTC sleep meds.

Actually Valerian root and melatonin might be a very good combination. I have tried them each individually but not together. I might try that!

or just pop a Benadryl if you've accidentally over-caffeinated. ;)
nm

I use melatonin, Benadryl and white noise (sm)
I have a very tough time with insomnia. I take 6 mg of melatonin and 25 mg of Benadryl an hour before I want to go to sleep and run a fan every night. Sometimes I get six straight hours of sleep and on those nights I consider myself lucky! If I get up at night to use the restroom I don't turn on the lights so that I can get back to sleep more easily. FYI I have been taking the melatonin and Benadryl for about a year, recently had lab work done and my LFTs were good.

PS - Benadryl at night also helps a lot to relax the muscles. nm
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It's Maalox and Benadryl, equal parts, swish and swallow. nm