Mwib87 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 It has now been lillte over 2 months since i totally stopped drinking alcohol and stopped with recreational marijuana use. I have since i stopped had 4-5 attacks during the night where i before often woke up with a extremely wet pillow and bed after (drunken) sleeping through the night and not waking up during all the attacks. just a few. I have now become desperate for something to help me sleep! I have been taking melatonin for e few weeks and i visited my GP a few days ago and talked me to a prescription for ibuprofen & codein (i had read something about Vicoprofen here on the forum and my GP said that its not available here in Denmark but the content of that pill was ibuprofen and codein so i got that seperate) The combination of ibuprofen, codein with paracetamol, melatonin got me no more sleep at all, i still had 3-4 attacks during the night, so i got what my GP said i should add if the resoults was not enough with the first meds, and that was 300mg Lyrica (Pregabalin). Last night i took all of the above and got really groggy before i got into bed, i had my first attack before going to sleep and then woke up for another attack around 2AM and then i just slept all the way to 11:20AM! I woke up still groggy (almost drunken) but i have had the most sleep i have ever had since i got my CH and my wakeup was not an attack as it has been for the last long period of time! Now im trying to find out if these meds are going to interfere with my busting? I´m scheduled to take my next bust tomorrow! Sorry if my text is somewhat messy, but my head is still a bit messy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireface Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 This is just my theory... During good times...3 or 4 attacks a week at night...I can drink (beer) myself to sleep and prevent an attack. Some over the counter sleep aids ( if I take enough) will prevent an attack, but they wear off after a few days of continued use. I've used Lyric in the past..again with short term success. A recent sleep study I had showed that an attack was triggered in stage 2 sleep...I'm thinking anything that will transition you quickly from awake to stage 1 to stage 2 to stage 3 may help prevent an attack. Right now I'm in a "high cycle" and alcohol will trigger an attack..."normally" it doesn't... I going to talk to my Doc about something that will take me from awake real quick into deep sleep. It just seems like the longer I linger in stage 2 the more likely an attack will trigger.... again, nothing scientific here...just my thought. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mwib87 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 fireface I think your theory makes a lot of sense, please give an update if you get something that is sufficient! I have tried different dosages with the pills and I have had hellish nights with all doses but the one I mentioned above and now again this last night i got a good nights sleep. I took 1.5 grams paracetamol with 90mg codein, 600mg ibuprofen, 300mg Lyrica, 4mg melatonin and 1000mg taurine and I had just one attack before i was able to go to sleep and then i sleept trough the night without any other attacks. I am not to thrilled about the high pill consumption but I can not keep on getting all theese nightly attacks, I will try to get another source for codein without the paracetamol in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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