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It was bound to happen with what all I take. 2 of my meds got confused and I took 6 times the normal dose of one instead of the correct dose of the other. That bottle of pills wasn't even supposed to be with that section of bottles because it's not one of my daily meds. Since it has an accumulative effect with everything else I take it was off to the ER. Blood drawn, machines hooked up, and they said just go to sleep while they monitor my bp and breathing. I have insomnia so everything I take is sedatives and that was a particularly strong one. Sedation to the point breathing stops was the main concern.

I have horrible luck with blood pressure cuffs but this time I got the most psycho one ever. I have bruises on my arms. I was banging my fist against the bed rail every time it went off from the pain even when they switched arms. Eventually after getting very dizzy and high I fell asleep. I have dreams of the times that cuff went off while I was sleeping. :| Then I woke to much pain in my upper arm which was apparently their attempt to wake me up. They said it was very difficult to get me awake.... duh! With no problems on the monitors I could go home to sleep though. I had had it with the psycho blood pressure cuff and took it off since it took over a half hour for someone to come back. It turned out they needed a final vitals reading to discharge me though. So the malfunctioning cuff was put back on. My blood pressure that stayed around 100/60 the whole time suddenly showed 150/120 so I couldn't leave. :fainting: 3am turned in to 4am while they tried to sort out my bp. Finally they decided if I could walk with no problems I could go home so we strolled around the corridors. I managed to walk normal while being higher than a kite. :p More waiting while feeling forgotten and I almost just went back to sleep. Finally home at 5am. I woke up again at 4pm. :lol: My head is so confused about what time it is but I will have plenty of energy tomorrow from all the sleep. That's what I keep that med around for. It's my emergency need lots of sleep now pill.

So I am alive and I'm taking back over the dosing of all my medications. Josh had to do them for awhile but he is not observant. He also let's meds run out and then gets all pissy that he has to go find somewhere to fill them at midnight. :roll: I used to get them shipped to me automatically but new insurance does not cover online pharmacies even if it is going through your local pharmacy.
 
Well at least you're caught up on sleep now. LOL

I have the insomnia madness too. Life starts to suck when you haven't slept in days. Most of the prescription stuff just makes me feel like I'm sleep walking but doesn't knock me out. I finally tried Zquil recently, and that works if I'm near a crashing point anyways and I can manage pitch dark silence around here.

I know that waking up at 5 ish and not knowing if it's AM or PM feeling well. It's funny huh? Your mind knows what time it is, but your body is feeling something else.

Glad you're home!
 
For my insomnia zquil would be like putting a band aid on a broken bone. :lol: belsomra (sp) is supposed to come out this year with 100% efficacy and no side effect but drowsiness in studies.
 
akane":3ei04ban said:
For my insomnia zquil would be like putting a band aid on a broken bone. :lol: belsomra (sp) is supposed to come out this year with 100% efficacy and no side effect but drowsiness in studies.

I'd be interested in checking that one out. I tried Xanax (worked but I slept for 23 hours and felt like crap), Ambien made me wide awake and exhausted, Trazadone (walking Zombie), Zoloft was actually nice and relaxing but didn't put me out. When I'd get desperate, I'd take a dose of Benadryl followed by a 1/2 dose an hour later if I was still up. I have no idea why but diphenhydramine knocks me right on my ass every time. My family would freak because I was taking an allergy medication just for the drowsy effect. Then ZZZquil came out and I showed my mom the label. It's exactly the same as Benadryl. :lol:
 
Aw, that's too bad you had to have an ER trip! I'm glad you're OK. :) I have a friend with insomnia, and, yeah, it sure makes life interesting...
 
Valerian root is an effective otc med. It affects the same receptors as caffeine but does the opposite. That also makes it good for countering drinking a bit too much caffeine. I take a double dose sometimes when I'm not quite falling asleep. Most people can't take that much without sleeping through the next half of the day. Usually the ~400mg capsule is plenty but I take seroquel, trazadone, lamictal, gabapentin, amitryptiline, and either temazepam or flurazepam (what josh gave me incorrectly last night) all together. I have no idea what it will do if belsomra works. I've been massively drugged since about 17 years old and slept 1 hour a night before that since I was 12years old. I have been either exhausted or drugged for nearly 2 decades.
 
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