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Comes with the job....anyone out there have to take sleep meds ?
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Posted over 5 years ago Is it me or most people in LE have to take sleeping pills ......like ambien and stuff i know a few of us that do .....anyone out there? do? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago No but I should. I cant ever sleep and makes me real bitchy during the daytime hours. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago msg115 said: thanks , i'm going to have to use that ......the ambien got me bitchy..........yea that's it , during the daytime hours........or is it the lack there of..........see got to go , nite, nite all ...don't play with me , i'll keep you way up after your bedtime..... |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Haaaa, Man I gotta use whatever excuse I can get. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I use tylenol pm |
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| Posted over 5 years ago The only bad side affect is i take my ambien and i dont do the 8 hours sleep ....and then my head hurts it sucks!!!! |
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| Posted over 5 years ago a few shots of tequila!? haahah ....hell u still wake up with your head hurting eather way hahahah .... |
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| Posted over 5 years ago MIMI said: not if you eat the worm........ ...don't play with me , i'll keep you way up after your bedtime..... |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I think thats Mescal........... |
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| Posted over 5 years ago It's my day off and I'm up, I work afternoons , and I can't sleep at night. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago MIMI said: damn when did mescal get worms ?............ ...don't play with me , i'll keep you way up after your bedtime..... |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I used to stay on my schedule on my days off sleep during the day (of which I have no problems never had!! prefer to sleep during daylight hours). But since my son came along when he goes to bed at night I drop right behind him well before midnight. Guess I am getting old right?? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I will try to wait for the sleep to come after a real bad night. After 2 hrs of waiting I hit the prescription bottle. I can't let a bad night ruin a perfectly good day. (3rd Shifter commenting.) Some things can be hard to take to bed. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I had to take Ambien when I worked days. I didn't need it for swing or third shift. I could stay up all night, just couldn't roll out of bed when the alarm went off if I didn't get my eight. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago i messed up once and took ambien, never again, if i just have to get some sleep i take melatonin 300mcg, i have taken it for years off and on it is over the counter. if you want to use something that is natural. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I worked midnights for 5 years before coming to days and never had a problem sleeping. The problem for me when I changed shifts was going to bed at night. My wife gave me some natural stuff I think it was the melatonin but I'd have to ask her but it worked. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago We work 12's and swap day and nights each month. The first week back I can't sleep. I have never taken any sleep meds because I hear you could get addicted. Odin is the melatonin addictive? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago nope, at least not for me, it helps put you back on track.i only take it when i need to get back to a routine. but it does work well without the druggie after effects. like i said it is a natural sleep aid. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago i take a 300mcg pill, dont take two unless coma is what you are looking for. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Damn, a coma sounds good!!! But, as sure as I would take two. The school would call about my children or an SRT call. Oh well, Ill get plenty of sleep when I retire and the fish aint biting |
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| Posted over 5 years ago just taking 1 probably wont keep you from being able to get up, but like you i will git all the sleep i need when im dead. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago isn't that why most folks turn to the bottle? to relax unwind and get some force fed sleep? LOL Cuz lord knows when I start drinking, I get sleepy unless I keep drinking to Val's current extent then i'm good to go all night! LOL!
"Indecision may or may not be my problem." ~ Jimmy Buffett |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I use Tylenol PM here and there. I had to use it in Iraq to sleep through the explosions and gunfire and now I basically use it when NEED BE, i stress that, just to get a good, solid nights'(days) sleep. Otherwise, I wake up 5 or 6 times when I'm sleeping. I don't make it a habit though, just when its needed. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago ODIN said: *Yawns*.....That was a really good coma, I needed that. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago No meds. A couple shots of Jameson usually works for me. Go practice falling down, I'll be there in a minute |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Hears an article from Familydoctor.org about melatonin if anyone is interested :)
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| Posted over 5 years ago There is a natural pill, herbal supplement I think....called valerian root. I hear it works. I know two people that take it. Not real costly either from what I hear. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago NAPD262 said: I've actually taken valerian root before, I use it when I start to feel anxious about something. It calms me down, and relaxes me for a little bit. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Just watch an adult video and I'm set......LoL |
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| Posted over 5 years ago HenryOceanTom said: I've tried it a couple times. Didn't always work. Take a wiff when you open the bottle, awful smell. Go practice falling down, I'll be there in a minute |
