Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

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Re: Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

Post by zonker » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:04 pm

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Re: Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

Post by boxofrain » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:12 pm

You may want to look into hydroxyzine. I wonder if anyone here has any feedback on that. It's an antihistamine. Works well for anxiety and sleep when taken before bedtime.
I do agree with Chicago Granny that two nights of bad sleep does not warrant sleeping pills!
Address the possible issues with good sleep hygiene and anxiety management first!

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Re: Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

Post by Architect » Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:48 pm

boxofrain wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:12 pm
You may want to look into hydroxyzine. I wonder if anyone here has any feedback on that. It's an antihistamine. Works well for anxiety and sleep when taken before bedtime.
I do agree with Chicago Granny that two nights of bad sleep does not warrant sleeping pills!
Address the possible issues with good sleep hygiene and anxiety management first!
I took Hydroxyzine approx 2 years. Hydroxyzine works fantastic for sleep. Only issue I had was feeling groggy next morning, took me approx 2 hours to get going and dry mouth.

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Re: Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

Post by ChicagoGranny » Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:48 pm

Architect wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:48 pm
I took Hydroxyzine approx 2 years. Hydroxyzine works fantastic for sleep. Only issue I had was feeling groggy next morning, took me approx 2 hours to get going and dry mouth.
Two hours and dry mouth. Those are pretty big issues! Maybe your dosage was too high?

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Re: Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

Post by Architect » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:52 am

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:48 pm
Architect wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:48 pm
I took Hydroxyzine approx 2 years. Hydroxyzine works fantastic for sleep. Only issue I had was feeling groggy next morning, took me approx 2 hours to get going and dry mouth.
Two hours and dry mouth. Those are pretty big issues! Maybe your dosage was too high?
Actually, my body is very sensitive to most synthetic medications, I have a long allergic reaction med list at hospital. I only took 10mg Hydroxyzine for sleep, to calm hyperthyroid symptoms. Hydroxyzine works wonderful for insomnia.

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Re: Doctor percribed a med but im AFRAID to take it.

Post by ChicagoGranny » Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:26 am

Architect wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:52 am
Actually, my body is very sensitive to most synthetic medications
What about morphine? Morphine is natural, organic, non-GMO, gluten-free, ...