snowathlete
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I should have posted this ages ago, but better late than never 'ey!
I have always had trouble sleeping, both getting to sleep and staying asleep, and i would wake up feeling terrible. Things got even worse when i got ME/CFS, and i ended up going for a sleep study. I had to wait a long time for it, and in the meantime i started taking Melatonin, after a little while getting used to it it helped quite abit in getting me to sleep in the first place. No side effects. Its cheap and a natural product in your body anyway.
I still had problems staying asleep and getting worthwhile sleep though.
So, i evenutally went for the sleep study and long story short, it showed some problems but nothing that can be specifed as a known sleep disorder. So, they suggested three drugs that might help. I started the first, Amitriptyline, which they said works especially well with people who have ME/CFS. I was warned to expect two to three terrible weeks when i first started the tablets, but was assured that the side effects would wear off, and then i would get the benefit.
I took them at their word, and indeed, the first two weeks were pretty terrible. It just made me feel ghastly, as other sleeping tablets i had tried in the past had too. BUT, after two weeks the side effects just vanished - i dont have any now - the only thing these tablets do for me is get me to sleep. I still wake up feeling dreadful but its ME/CFS dreadful, without the sleep deprivation on top.
I am normally reticent to take any drugs, i dont even take paracetamol when i get a headache, unless it gets really bad, but I cannot reccomend this drug highly enough if you have ME/CFS and sleep issues.
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I have always had trouble sleeping, both getting to sleep and staying asleep, and i would wake up feeling terrible. Things got even worse when i got ME/CFS, and i ended up going for a sleep study. I had to wait a long time for it, and in the meantime i started taking Melatonin, after a little while getting used to it it helped quite abit in getting me to sleep in the first place. No side effects. Its cheap and a natural product in your body anyway.
I still had problems staying asleep and getting worthwhile sleep though.
So, i evenutally went for the sleep study and long story short, it showed some problems but nothing that can be specifed as a known sleep disorder. So, they suggested three drugs that might help. I started the first, Amitriptyline, which they said works especially well with people who have ME/CFS. I was warned to expect two to three terrible weeks when i first started the tablets, but was assured that the side effects would wear off, and then i would get the benefit.
I took them at their word, and indeed, the first two weeks were pretty terrible. It just made me feel ghastly, as other sleeping tablets i had tried in the past had too. BUT, after two weeks the side effects just vanished - i dont have any now - the only thing these tablets do for me is get me to sleep. I still wake up feeling dreadful but its ME/CFS dreadful, without the sleep deprivation on top.
I am normally reticent to take any drugs, i dont even take paracetamol when i get a headache, unless it gets really bad, but I cannot reccomend this drug highly enough if you have ME/CFS and sleep issues.
Best