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Zzzzzzzz
I definitely feel that (a) sleep is essential to health and healing, and (b) being awake in the middle of the night and fretting - to put it mildly - is OUT. I take .5 mg of melatonin, whihc seems to make it easier to get back to sleep if one wakes up during the night, and then just the little Tylenol Simply Sleep pills. These are the 'may cause drowsiness' component of antihistamines, without the antihistamine part, and I find 1 1/2 completely effective. I#ve been taking them for quite a while, no side effects, no grogginess (if one allows for 7-8 hours of sleep), I don't think they are addictive, and if so, frankly I don't care.
I tend to think that all prescription medication tends to have some unfortunate side effects, but this may not apply to Ambien.
I have recommended Simply Sleep to several friends wih insomnia for various reasons, and it always seems to help.
Sleep well,
Tessa
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