I woke up at approximately 6:30 AM on Tuesday and have not slept since... this fucking medication for my pneumonia is giving me insomnia but I can't stop taking it or my pneumonia will get worse... my doctor told me to just keep taking it.

FUCK! I CANNOT FUCKING SLEEP!!!

Someone please come over to my house and make me sleep.

Can you combine the pneumonia medication with one that causes you to sleep (Ambien is really great for a natural sleep)

AnotherLover2 said:

My doctor didn't give me anything to help me sleep... that heartless prick! He told me to call back tomorrow if I was still unable to sleep... I said, "okay."

What I want to know is this:

How long do you have to go without sleep before the doctor will help you the fuck out???

Insomnia does indeed suck ass.

Why didn't he give you anything? Would it interact with the medication?

Take a xanax!

IceNine said:

Dunno if there's a specific timeframe--I'd say a few days worth of sleeping pills isn't gonna turn you into a foaming-at-the-mouth junkie! Call tomorrow a.m.--and seriously, I went through the same thing temporarily, and Ambien was great. Ask if you can have some. You don't feel all groggy the next morning at all, and you just gently relax into sleep as opposed to feeling drugged.

2the9s said:

I cannot understand why he didn't give me anything to help me sleep... I guess I will find that out tomorrow when I manage to not sleep again and I call him as directed.

I don't want to take any of those over-the-counter sleep aids, for fear that they will fuck with my medications, so I am pretty much fucked.

My fucking eyeballs feel like they are full of sand and someone is pouring alcohol over them to get the sand out, only to have fresh, dry sand poured back in to restart the cruel and inhumane cycle.

Have you tried reading soulpower's posts?

pop in rainbow children cd, listen very carefully

Do you have any melatonin? It's natural, cheap, and will knock you off your ass and you'll sleep awesome. Don't take more than it says, or you'll experience a short coma, miss work, and feel weird.

Anyway, it's the most natural sleeping aid pill that exists.

jthad1129 said:

GOOD IDEA!

IceNine said:

Lets seee

'Goddamn it... Now you can't ask him to damnate anything.. as you do not believe in him :NONO:

insomnia ... (sorry that is ugly)

sucks ass thats just plain unexceptable

fuck well hell you are awake might as well do something!

hey!! take nyquil

AnotherLover2 said:

I would take a fucking chloroform bath if I thought it would work!!!

I will ask him about Ambien.

here ya go Ice,

play this a few times.

It will put you to sleep...

http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=33801

2the9s said:

I tried it and I almost went to sleep... the only problem was that I had placed my head in the oven and turned the gas on high...

I don't want to die, just sleep...

Muse2noPharaoh said:

Thank you Dr. KA.





why the hell did I top post? edit
[This message was edited Thu Jan 23 20:11:59 PST 2003 by 2the9s]

jthad1129 said:

Much like 2the9s' suggestion, that would make me want to jump from the top of a high building.

INSATIABLE said:

Another option... the only problem is that I don't have any.

Damn this!!!

Muse2noPharaoh said:

NyQuil???

I think not, Mike Jackson!!!

:EVIL:

2the9s said:

ANYTIME :MAD2: DEAR 9'SY !!! :HUG: :LOL:

yamomma said:

You want to know what really sucks?

I have tried watching movies that I have seen a million times so that I would get bored and sleep... NO LUCK... I just watched them a few times in a row before moving on to another one.

IceNine said:

dude! go the the frickin' AM PM or somethin'!

There is a very good chance you'll get sicker or catch something else if you haven't slept in days! When you're sick, you should be getting more than 8 hours of sleep, or even just veg out.

Ice, have you tried sitting in your car, in the garage, with the engine running, with a hose attached to the tailpipe and the other end in your window?

I heard it works wonders.

IceNine said:

FORGIVE ME!! My bad.. i forgot about that. Well on the other hand pyrotecnics were involved!! You may like that

INSATIABLE said:

I know... I just feel like total shit and don't want to get out in the 14 degree weather...

I should probably go to the store though... I really should, but I don't want to take anything that will fuck with my medicine.

bkw said:

I discussed that option yesterday... keep up! :LOL:

Muse2noPharaoh said:

Are you implying that I should burn my house to the ground and be in it while it burns, fantasizing about Mike Jackson???

I'll pass...

Try holding your breath for a really long time.

Or maybe get someone to frighten you?

Try standing on your head and drinking a glass of water.


Wait, hold on. Scrap that...

bkw said:

I already tried cracking myself in the nuts with a ball-peen hammer for an hour and a half... it didn't work.

IceNine said:

it doesnt burn down!! though your matress would be stained.. i flipped mine just the other day... what a horrid mess

"they" say (ya know, "them" ) that it's better to get up out of bed and at least be productive/busy if you've got insomnia, rather than just lie there and stare at the cieling. Your chances of getting tired enough to sleep are better. So maybe start doing some housework or something?