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Misfit Toy I can't advise you about the Xyrem but what I can say is doctors and pharmacist may not understand how our brains function or don't function so using that, or anything a few times a week may not be THEIR protocol but that doesn't mean it won't work, IF you can tolerate it and that's up to you.
If you want to try it when you're not on your period, then do it and then if it works don't use it then.
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heapsreal advised I alternate between several things a night. Sleep initiators, sleep sustainers and I still wake up depending on what I take.
Last night I woke 3 or 4 times and each time I wake I take something else that is short acting to get me back to sleep for at least 3 more hours. I use stuff with short half life so I"m not drugged and I think I metabolize stuff fast.
The nights I take Halcion I only wake once but I only take that once a night every other day. I am looking into Serax which is another short acting benzo.
You just have to pick a night when you feel ok, can afford to feel like crap the next do and go for it. We all have done that. It's what we just have to do.