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Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« on: May 03, 2016, 12:34:17 AM »
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-insomnia-guidelines-advise-counseling-pills-n566236

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2518955

This is interesting: a consensus statement from the American College of Physicians recommending cognitive behavioral therapy as first line treatment for insomnia.  My wife, who uses Ambien every night for insomnia, will not like this recommendation.
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Re: Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2016, 02:30:18 AM »
I tried Lunesta and Ambien. Lunesta left me feeling like i had a mouth full of rotten cotton balls and Ambien, while it worked with no real deleterious after effects, I would sometimes discover that I had been up and about when I thought I had been sleeping all day. That, and I kind of got to liking it. I started using melatonin and I've actually been sleeping better with that than any prescription stuff.
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Re: Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2016, 03:49:08 AM »
Hey,

Thank you for sharing this with us. It is very helpful.
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Re: Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2016, 06:59:20 AM »
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Re: Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2016, 07:16:00 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on May 03, 2016, 02:30:18 AM
I tried Lunesta and Ambien. Lunesta left me feeling like i had a mouth full of rotten cotton balls and Ambien, while it worked with no real deleterious after effects, I would sometimes discover that I had been up and about when I thought I had been sleeping all day. That, and I kind of got to liking it. I started using melatonin and I've actually been sleeping better with that than any prescription stuff.

The company my wife is with now has a sleep strip that contains melatonin.  The stuff is magic.
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2016, 08:01:42 AM »
Alcohol is a centuries old proven cure.... ;)
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Re: Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2016, 08:27:12 AM »
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CBT is "computer based training" to me.  same effect
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2016, 09:17:10 AM »
Quote from: lee n. field on May 03, 2016, 08:27:12 AM
CBT is "computer based training" to me.  same effect
That is what I thought it would be.  It has that effect on me also.
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Re: Try CBT for your insomnia before pills
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2016, 09:56:00 AM »
for those times when I just can't shut down and get to sleep, I take 7.5, or 15 MG of Restoril.   Works like a charm, every time.  I wake up in the morning, rested, and ready to go. 
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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2016, 10:01:59 AM »
I get up, drink some water, and do some stuff for a little while.  I don't have much trouble sleeping though.  Only time I can't get to sleep is when I let myself get dehydrated a little. 
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« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2016, 10:55:58 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on May 03, 2016, 08:01:42 AM
Alcohol is a centuries old proven cure.... ;)

Stopped working for me as well when I hit about 37.  Now if I drink more than one drink, i sleep like *expletive deleted*it.  And one drink isn't enough to help me go to sleep.
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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2016, 12:34:04 PM »
Quote from: brimic on May 03, 2016, 06:59:20 AM
Lolwut?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cbt

Yeah, I was just about to point out that Googling cbt at work would be a Bad Idea.

And not likely to put you to sleep, either.
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2016, 12:52:56 PM »
Quote from: KD5NRH on May 03, 2016, 12:34:04 PM
Yeah, I was just about to point out that Googling cbt at work would be a Bad Idea.

And not likely to put you to sleep, either.

You don't find clothespins and flogging applied to your genitals relaxing?
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