NDRU said:

The best I have slept in recent memory was when I was sick and tried NyQuil for the first time

I just got a prescription for Ambien.

Genesia before Ambien --> Genesia after Ambien -->

Genesia said:

NDRU said:

The best I have slept in recent memory was when I was sick and tried NyQuil for the first time

I just got a prescription for Ambien.

Genesia before Ambien --> Genesia after Ambien -->

I never considered sleeping pills (I was scard of them) until I took the nyquil. I seriously considered drinking the stuff every night for the rest of my life, and suddenly stuff like Ambien looked a whole lot better.

NDRU said:

Genesia said:

I just got a prescription for Ambien.

Genesia before Ambien --> Genesia after Ambien -->

I never considered sleeping pills (I was scard of them) until I took the nyquil. I seriously considered drinking the stuff every night for the rest of my life, and suddenly stuff like Ambien looked a whole lot better.

The problem with NyQuil (and stuff like it) for me is that I get a terrible "rebound" when it wears off in 4 hours. The NyQuil liquid (as opposed to gelcaps) makes it worse because it contains sugar and alcohol - a combination that triggers my hypoglycemia.

I was scared of sleeping pills, too - especially Ambien (because of all the wild stories about people sleep driving, sleep eating, etc). But my doctor told me to just take a half a tablet, never with alcohol, and to take it just as I was getting into bed and ready to sleep. It works like magic.

Genesia said:

NDRU said:

I never considered sleeping pills (I was scard of them) until I took the nyquil. I seriously considered drinking the stuff every night for the rest of my life, and suddenly stuff like Ambien looked a whole lot better.

The problem with NyQuil (and stuff like it) for me is that I get a terrible "rebound" when it wears off in 4 hours. The NyQuil liquid (as opposed to gelcaps) makes it worse because it contains sugar and alcohol - a combination that triggers my hypoglycemia.

I was scared of sleeping pills, too - especially Ambien (because of all the wild stories about people sleep driving, sleep eating, etc). But my doctor told me to just take a half a tablet, never with alcohol, and to take it just as I was getting into bed and ready to sleep. It works like magic.

that is exactly why I was scared of Ambien. I don't want to wake up at McDonalds crouched over 10 empty Big Mac wrappers. But I may have to re-think it.

The nyquil thing crossed my mind, but I'd never do that. I had trouble getting up in the morning afterward. It's not made for that, anyway. But it was a very pleasant surprise because normally I hate cold medicine. I just took it out of desperation.

NDRU said:

Genesia said:

The problem with NyQuil (and stuff like it) for me is that I get a terrible "rebound" when it wears off in 4 hours. The NyQuil liquid (as opposed to gelcaps) makes it worse because it contains sugar and alcohol - a combination that triggers my hypoglycemia.

I was scared of sleeping pills, too - especially Ambien (because of all the wild stories about people sleep driving, sleep eating, etc). But my doctor told me to just take a half a tablet, never with alcohol, and to take it just as I was getting into bed and ready to sleep. It works like magic.

that is exactly why I was scared of Ambien. I don't want to wake up at McDonalds crouched over 10 empty Big Mac wrappers. But I may have to re-think it.

The nyquil thing crossed my mind, but I'd never do that. I had trouble getting up in the morning afterward. It's not made for that, anyway. But it was a very pleasant surprise because normally I hate cold medicine. I just took it out of desperation.

Actually...most OTC sleep aids are nothing more than antihistamines in a different wrapper.

pfft...one of these and I'm out like a light, used sparingly of course. Two cause agitation, though.