Has anyone actually gone to a doctor here for sleeping pills and recieved them? And if so, are they what we (we as in westerners) would call perscribtion sleeping pills?
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they also say that if you are a smoker not to smoke an hour before you go to bed! I used the old fashioned way hot milk and a book but still wake up at silly times but some sleep is better than none!
i tried it a couple of times (my dad swears by it) and it worked. Eating Honeydew melon (canteloup) before you sleep. I have no scientific evidence to back this up but it works for me like a dream :)
Have you made sure that you're cutting out all caffeine before sleeping? It takes 6 hours to flush out caffeine from the body, which is found in not only the obvious, like tea and coffee, but also in fizzy drinks like coke, seven-up etc, tonic water (very, very bad!!), soda water, beer, and sparkling wines and sparkling mineral water. Anything with bubbles can activate the brain instead of allowing it to sleep. Also, chocolate is a sleep depriver too.
If you're taking any of the above within six hours of going to bed, then you'll have sleep problems if you react to them. Most folk don't think about the chocolate biscuit with a cuppa, late on in the day, but that's saying goodbye to sleep! regardless of what stress you are or aren't under.
I stayed awake for four days once, when I was drinking just tonic water (I don't have a sweet tooth). A friend told me of his similar situation when he'd had a tonic water in a 'mixer' drink. He also took four days to figure out what was wrong...and easily diagonosed my problem then. Dropping the caffeine made major difference to the kind of sleep I had too... I felt refreshed, instead of just 'asleep'. So maybe you need to look at your diet as well.
Thanks for your reply. It is so good to hear that there is help out there! I guess I should of just went and asked a Dr. here instead of assuming that it would be like it was in Kuwait and couldn't get anything stronger then a Advil!
Hope you are getting good rest now...
bajesus,
I'm afraid Panaodol night would never do the trick for me. As for the luttuce juice, well, I would rather stay awake! lol. Thanks though!
e46m3
I can relate for sure. Nothing worse then trying to sleep and then just laying there tossing and turning. I've learned to just get up and stay up untill I feel like I'm going to drop, lol. A lot of nights I get out of bed and stay up the whole night without any sleep! Go to bed anywhere from 5:00 to 8:00 A.M and still only get a few hours sleep...Person can't function well to say to least.
I've been up for two hours this morning and it is now only 6:00! And it is moving day.....
Hope to hear you are getting some much needed rest!
Panadol night but I think u know it. Or sleep assured tablets sold at pharmaceuticals which is good because its components is from natural extracts. Theres a do-it-urself remedy that works like a charm too and that would be lettuce juice, have it b4 u go 2 bed. I know it sounds nasty and it doesnt taste any better but ull definitely find it effective.
Dear Charlene, i have the same problem, for about 10 years. I saw a doctor here in Hamad Outpatients, his name is Abdoul Moneim, he is a very good psichiatrist, and he prescibed me the same sleeping pills i use to take in my country, that's Zolpidem (or Stillnox), its relly good, but he will not give you more than 14 tablets.
When i canot get this medicine, i use to take Tryptozol 25 mg, but only half tablet, you can find it in any farmacy without prescription.
I really don't think they would find anything wrong with me though. I've had the same problem sleeping for years. Sometimes I have no problems sleeping, depends what is happening in my life...Stress being the main factor!
So, having the odd sleeping pill to take would be great. I knew I should of made that trip to the Doctor before leaving Canada, lol.
I had to stay overnight at the Hamad Hosp, while a couple monitored me all night from another room. I was wired up all over the place, which for me wasn't too comfortable, and then left to 'sleep'... which I did very little of anyway as I didn't like the 'wiring'.
I was also diagnosed by the Maxillo Facial Surgeon, who checked the size of my jaw, tongue etc etc, and noted that this was one of the causes of my apnoea. I didn't do the 'sleeping pills run' as I had an operation instead to alter my jaw and remove a bit of my tongue (sounds gross, but wasn't really that bad).
But this is definitely the route to take, as pills may not be the answer for you... maybe there is something else wrong that can be corrected.
Hope you get 'relief' soon...I know what you're going thru!
It was there that I discovered that I had sleep apoenea, and they have treated that now. Its abslutely amazing to sleep all night every night, {except when I forget and have caffeine, or a fizzy drink by mistake) - first time in over 40 years!
Go to the second floor (the one above ground floor)in the OutPatient Dept and ask at room 215 for the sleep clinic. They will direct you as to what you have to do to be assessed.
You will need a Hamad Health Card (100 QR) for this.
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Yup... im not really a drinking man :P
I fall asleep in about 4 minutes every night. I don't do anything special except a bit of exercise I would say.
Just thought I'd let you know
Just half a bottle Giasi? :P
I also find that 1/2 a bottle of Absolut does the trick :P
they also say that if you are a smoker not to smoke an hour before you go to bed! I used the old fashioned way hot milk and a book but still wake up at silly times but some sleep is better than none!
i tried it a couple of times (my dad swears by it) and it worked. Eating Honeydew melon (canteloup) before you sleep. I have no scientific evidence to back this up but it works for me like a dream :)
Chocolates and sleep deprivation !!!!
and i keep tossing and turning in bed waiting for sleep.
( Love to have a few toblerone or kitkat before brushing my teeth and going to bed.)
Can't decide to do away with chocolates or sleep.
hah
Have you made sure that you're cutting out all caffeine before sleeping? It takes 6 hours to flush out caffeine from the body, which is found in not only the obvious, like tea and coffee, but also in fizzy drinks like coke, seven-up etc, tonic water (very, very bad!!), soda water, beer, and sparkling wines and sparkling mineral water. Anything with bubbles can activate the brain instead of allowing it to sleep. Also, chocolate is a sleep depriver too.
If you're taking any of the above within six hours of going to bed, then you'll have sleep problems if you react to them. Most folk don't think about the chocolate biscuit with a cuppa, late on in the day, but that's saying goodbye to sleep! regardless of what stress you are or aren't under.
I stayed awake for four days once, when I was drinking just tonic water (I don't have a sweet tooth). A friend told me of his similar situation when he'd had a tonic water in a 'mixer' drink. He also took four days to figure out what was wrong...and easily diagonosed my problem then. Dropping the caffeine made major difference to the kind of sleep I had too... I felt refreshed, instead of just 'asleep'. So maybe you need to look at your diet as well.
Angelwings.
Hi Julia,
Thanks for your reply. It is so good to hear that there is help out there! I guess I should of just went and asked a Dr. here instead of assuming that it would be like it was in Kuwait and couldn't get anything stronger then a Advil!
Hope you are getting good rest now...
bajesus,
I'm afraid Panaodol night would never do the trick for me. As for the luttuce juice, well, I would rather stay awake! lol. Thanks though!
e46m3
I can relate for sure. Nothing worse then trying to sleep and then just laying there tossing and turning. I've learned to just get up and stay up untill I feel like I'm going to drop, lol. A lot of nights I get out of bed and stay up the whole night without any sleep! Go to bed anywhere from 5:00 to 8:00 A.M and still only get a few hours sleep...Person can't function well to say to least.
I've been up for two hours this morning and it is now only 6:00! And it is moving day.....
Hope to hear you are getting some much needed rest!
Thanks everyone,
Charlene
I'm an insomniac and rarely sleep before 3 a.m.. I once tried an over-the-counter herbal concoction called Sleep-Aid.
While it made me drowsy it didn't knock me out and I had a terrific hangover the next day.
Saw it the other day at the pharmacy.
Terrible not being able to sleep.
Panadol night but I think u know it. Or sleep assured tablets sold at pharmaceuticals which is good because its components is from natural extracts. Theres a do-it-urself remedy that works like a charm too and that would be lettuce juice, have it b4 u go 2 bed. I know it sounds nasty and it doesnt taste any better but ull definitely find it effective.
Dear Charlene, i have the same problem, for about 10 years. I saw a doctor here in Hamad Outpatients, his name is Abdoul Moneim, he is a very good psichiatrist, and he prescibed me the same sleeping pills i use to take in my country, that's Zolpidem (or Stillnox), its relly good, but he will not give you more than 14 tablets.
When i canot get this medicine, i use to take Tryptozol 25 mg, but only half tablet, you can find it in any farmacy without prescription.
I wish you good luck and sleep well..
I really don't think they would find anything wrong with me though. I've had the same problem sleeping for years. Sometimes I have no problems sleeping, depends what is happening in my life...Stress being the main factor!
So, having the odd sleeping pill to take would be great. I knew I should of made that trip to the Doctor before leaving Canada, lol.
Thanks!
I had to stay overnight at the Hamad Hosp, while a couple monitored me all night from another room. I was wired up all over the place, which for me wasn't too comfortable, and then left to 'sleep'... which I did very little of anyway as I didn't like the 'wiring'.
I was also diagnosed by the Maxillo Facial Surgeon, who checked the size of my jaw, tongue etc etc, and noted that this was one of the causes of my apnoea. I didn't do the 'sleeping pills run' as I had an operation instead to alter my jaw and remove a bit of my tongue (sounds gross, but wasn't really that bad).
But this is definitely the route to take, as pills may not be the answer for you... maybe there is something else wrong that can be corrected.
Hope you get 'relief' soon...I know what you're going thru!
Angelwings
Thanks for the info. What did they do in order to dignose you? And how long did it take?
And do you know if you can get sleeping pills?
Great that you are able to sleep all night. I have not done that since moving to Qatar. My sleeping patterns are up and down, more down :(
There is a sleep clinic at the Hamad.
It was there that I discovered that I had sleep apoenea, and they have treated that now. Its abslutely amazing to sleep all night every night, {except when I forget and have caffeine, or a fizzy drink by mistake) - first time in over 40 years!
Go to the second floor (the one above ground floor)in the OutPatient Dept and ask at room 215 for the sleep clinic. They will direct you as to what you have to do to be assessed.
You will need a Hamad Health Card (100 QR) for this.
Angelwings.