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Chelee · 06-13-2008, 12:07 AM

Krista, There is nothing worse then not being able to sleep. I went through about a year of that myself...what a nightmare! I tried the xanax, ativan, Rozerem, Ambien. I think Ambien was the worse...it didn't do a thing for me. The Rozerem was awful and it gave me a terrible headache. (Never again!)

I tried other things and finally my doctor gave me Restoril. He said they give that to people in the hospital. All I know is that finally worked. Everyone is different so you have to keep trying meds to see which one works for you. Restoril has been around a long time & works wonders for me. Once I broke the cycle of not sleeping with the Restoril I went off of it and now have no trouble sleeping. Just keep after you doctor till you find what works for you. Hang in there.

Chelee

06-13-2008, 12:07 AM	#4
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Krista, There is nothing worse then not being able to sleep. I went through about a year of that myself...what a nightmare! I tried the xanax, ativan, Rozerem, Ambien. I think Ambien was the worse...it didn't do a thing for me. The Rozerem was awful and it gave me a terrible headache. (Never again!) I tried other things and finally my doctor gave me Restoril. He said they give that to people in the hospital. All I know is that finally worked. Everyone is different so you have to keep trying meds to see which one works for you. Restoril has been around a long time & works wonders for me. Once I broke the cycle of not sleeping with the Restoril I went off of it and now have no trouble sleeping. Just keep after you doctor till you find what works for you. Hang in there. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.