When taking ambein, does anyone know why a person wakes up wide awake about 3 to 4 hours later?
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IT IS A TIME RELEASE AND THAT IS HOW THEY WORK, BUT YOU FEEL GOOD DON'T YOU
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The story of my life!  I often have trouble sleeping and at times no matter what I do helps.  Somethings I have tried that do seem to help from time to time.  \n\nA good round of sex. \n\nA glass of milk.\n\nExercising about 1 hour before you go to bed.\n\nThen there are medications.  I use Ambien from time to time, but it is a prescription so probably no help for tonight.  If you do decide to go with Ambien, a word of caution.  I only use them in dire circumstances.  They make me totally goofy.  I do really silly things, and often have amnesia the next day. \n\nHope you have sweet dreams tonight.  Good Luck!
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Caffiene will keep you alert when feeling tired how ever  you will need take more and more to fight the effects of tiredness, and it is also addictive. Another side effect will be a sudden crash if you dont maintian the levels in your body. One minute you will be awake and alert the next you will find that you have no energy and feel reallly tired. You should be aware that by working long hours at full alertness is detremental to you health over long periods of time. It disturbs your sleep pattern and causes you to become less alert. \n\nThere is also the practical issue of determining the level of fatigue at which performance poses a real risk. How do we set standards for fatigue? How much fatigue is too much? We recently compared the effects of sleep deprivation and alcohol intoxication and found that after 17-19 hours without sleep, starting from waking at about 0600 hours, individuals' performance was equivalent to or worse than at 0.05% blood alcohol concentration.15 In other words, commonly experienced levels of sleep deprivation—one extended day for a well rested individual—had a profound effect on performance. At around 2230-2430, well before reaching the circadian trough in alertness, performance levels were low enough to be considered incompatible with safe driving in many countries.\n\nThats an extract from the link below. I hope you work it worth the cost to you and your health.
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staying awake for a long time
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Because you probably woke up at 4 in the morning, stayed awake in a semi-conscious state until 6, fall into a lovely sleep again; then the alarm goes off at 7
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I took Lunesta and found that it didn't work at all for me.  I had a metal taste in my mouth and it simply didn't allow me to sleep.  Ambien is addicitve and causes amnesia.  There is a new drug out called Rozerem.  It is non-addictive and it works to increase your bodies own melatonin in your brain.  You can stop it at any time.  I find it helpful in getting back to sleep once I have woken up.  Also, if you can get some soft meditation or ocean sounds on an ipod or any other headphone system that may remove "mind chatter" if the casue of your sleelessness if anxiety.  good luck.  I have had sleep problems for over a decade.  Get a handle on it quickly or it will get away from you and make you sick in other ways from pure exhaustion.\nBest wishes.
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I have used it to regulate my sleep schedule.  After years of being a night owl, I needed to start getting to bed early for work the next morning.  \n\nLunesta works well if you take it 30-45 minutes before bed time and if you don't fight it.  (I find that an absence of stimulus is highly effective, IE no reading, no TV, no music.)  \n\nAlso, keep in mind that it will affect different people differently.  It says that you should expect at least 8 hours of sleep.  For me, I am groggy if I wake up before then and sometimes it actually takes 9 hours until the effects have completely worn off.  \n\nI find that I get a very good nights sleep with it, and feel no side effects (aside from the groggy feeling if I happen to wake early). \n\nIn addition, I do not use it every night, only when I can't get to sleep naturally.  However, since it is non narcotic, it is less habit-forming than the other pills out there.\n\nIf you use it at midnight, expect to wake up around 9 am.  \n\nGood luck and I hope this was helpful.
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coffee or Perrier, Diet Coke, it makes you alert right away or Red Bull drink, will definitely wake you up
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cut off the caffiene earlier in the day and reduce fluids taken later on in the eve so you are not getting up to the bathroom in the night. Make sure you have at least 6-8 hours to not be disturbed. 8 hours is the best, 6 is still shorting yourself!! you can try stuff like chamomile tea also. Don't go to bed on a stuffed belly, don't use alcohol to put yourself to sleep.\n Another thought is the chance you have sleep apnea. That can disturb your sleep enough to ruin any benefit of the sleep, no matter how many hours of sleep you get. Alot of folks with sleep apnea don't even wake up enough to realize what is going on and spend a long time wondering why they 'get enough hours of sleep' and yet are totally fried and unrested the next am. If you are overweight your chances of having sleep apnea are very increased. Sleep apnea can be livable and taken care of. Talk to the doc about the chances of sleep apnea. Also you can try sleeping in more of a recliner chair position.\n Check w the doc esp if you are overweight, although skinny folks can have apnea also!
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There are different sleeping medications out there. Mention your problem to your physician, it is possible you may need to try a different medicine or even a different dosage of your current one. Also, there are some over the counter herbal options that work well, for example Valarian Root(known as natures Valium). However, do not take any herbal or over the counter medication along with the Ambien without speaking to your doctor.\n\nI hope this helps a bit, take care!!
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I guess it's because of your bioclock. You're just used to sleeping in. You will feel drowsy only for a few days once you start getting up early. After that, it'll become routine.
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try putting a very samlll piece of ginseng in your mouth. That's what i do. it keeps you awake. you can also try going to the chinese medical hall to get some soup that keeps yu awake,  there are some soup that makes you energise and awake. The best thing is that it's alot more cheaper than ginsengs. But i must warn you that too much of it will be a disater. Another way is instead of coffee, why don't drink tea.. i don't mean thosein mc donal but those in shops form china or korea. Some helps your blood circulate better and i believe why you are so tire is because your blood is not circulatring well.\nyou can also go to the sin say... chineses doctors who can do come accupunctual. It will help your blood circulate better. It's alos very effective
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Advair is not known to react with alcohol in any significant way such that your evening cocktails could cause a negative side effect.  The worst case scenario is that the alcohol may reduce the effectiveness of the drug.  Of course, you should avoid driving or similar activities when under the influence of alcohol, and even more so when combining alcohol with drugs.\n\nIn terms of "not waking up", you have nothing to worry about :)
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erm..usually i take loads of caffeine before i hit the books..but that's bad advice..another alternative is taking a bath..you'll feel fresh, clean and definately awake!!!
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Your question is how come it is hard to go to sleep and stay asleep? You then state that you go to bed at 11pm. and have to wake up at 8am. I'm not quite sure what you are exactly asking?! If you mean You try to go to bed at 11pm, but you are still unable to fall asleep til' later. And you are waking up all night, so it is hard for you to stay awake after 8am. You may want to try what my Psychiatrist told me to do. That is Stay awake until you are real tired. Meaning; Stay out of the bed, do things around the house, read a book, or watch the television. When you get real tired force your self to stay up for about thirty more minutes then lye down to go to sleep. If you wake up in the middle of the night get out of the bed, don't look at the clock and walk around or watch the television until you are tired again. When it is time for you to get up get right up, don't lye in the bed for ten more minutes or so. Get Right Up! Make your bed and do not go to your room until it is time. Do not take any naps during the day. This doesn't mean that it will completely cure it, but it does work! You will find that every so often you will still have problem come back, but you just do the routine and you stick with it! You will never have a problem with gettong up on time though. I can tell you that!!
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Simple. After a good night's restful sleep, the body needs a few minutes (usually) to regain its alert state. \n\nThe average time that elapses between the first opening of the eyes and the readiness to get off bed (touch down) is in the range of 5-15 minutes. So an ideal snooze time has been designated so that a person is really ready to 'touch down' in about 9-10 minutes after he or she wakes. \n\nSnooze time in some clocks/phones is 5 mins while in others it is 10 mins. Some models allow the user to set their own snooze time.
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When I was pregnant they gave it to me because I was so sick, I have never had any problems with it, but it worked great for me... call your doctor or visit their websites. I would think that, if you are seeing hallucinations, then you are awake and it is trying to put you asleep, try going to bed a little sooner