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(Message started by: Guido on Oct 12^th, 2004, 12:00pm)

Title: Happy joyous and free??
Post by Guido on Oct 12^th, 2004, 12:00pm

So there I was feelin all happy joyous and free? Just a few short hours earlier I had brought home my o2 after a week of hoop jumping and set backs, also my first refill of Imitrex. Armed with what I truly felt was my remedy to thwart off the beast till this episode was over. Matter of fact I had felt so good all day I new it was going to be a pf night.
I took 3 Melatonin and snuggled in with my lovely wife for an uninterrupted night of sleep. Twang! that first little hit just above my eye, not 20 minutes after laying down. Shit, this can't be. I had not felt anything all day. A few more minutes pass and there it is again this time a bit stronger and not going away. I jump out of bed go to my o2 and breath breath breath. The doc prescribed 10 lpm, but a few of you said 12 to 15. So 15 it is. It went to about a Kip4 maybe a 5 leveled off and after about 20 minutes was gone, ahhhhhhhh. Back into bed and a warm spoon position with my sweetie.
Bang!!! It's now 2 hours later the fucker has woken me up @ a 5. I rush to the o2 breath breath breath. It goes to a 9. After 10 minutes I can't stand it anymore and have to dance. I felt as though a previous night the Imitrex and the Melatonin conflicted in my system and was trying to stay away from the trex. Screw that! I take a hit, 10 minutes later nothing. I'm at a kip10, head bangin, deck pacin, hiperventilatin fool once more. Hour later I fall back in bed exhausted. My lovely bride wispers her love and we fall to sleep.
What a fuckin way to live and I have it easy compared to a lot of you. Anybody have and suggestions out of all that? If not thanks for the vent.
Guido

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by thomas on Oct 12^th, 2004, 12:03pm

Take more melatonin and take it about 30-45 minutes BEFORE you lay down.

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by nani on Oct 12^th, 2004, 12:17pm

No new suggestions...just [smiley=hug.gif]. Hang in there.

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by karma on Oct 12^th, 2004, 12:25pm

Sometimes they get through no matter what.
Don't go back to sleep until its realy gone.
Sleep elivated after a hit.
when your breathing the O2 try and get into a slow, relaxed rythme. Breath deeply from the dyaphram. Your stomache should be going in and out and not your chest

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by Tom K on Oct 12^th, 2004, 2:26pm

I agree with Thomas, up your tonin to about 9mg. I do 6mg of regular and 3mg of time release, 45 mins before bed. Don't know about Trex and tonin conflicting, never had a problem. When my night hits would come I would shot the Trex, grab the ice pack and hit the O2 until it passed, usually about 10 minutes. You want to take enough tonin to push REM back. No dreaming. If you are still dreaming up the tonin. What happened that makes you think that the Trex and tonin conflicted?

T

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by Guido on Oct 12^th, 2004, 4:27pm

"What happened that makes you think that the Trex and tonin conflicted?"

Years ago I was a drug abuser. I would take downers and uppers at the same time. Kinda felt like that. Thats why I asked. I last week my blood pressure was 118 over 78. So I figure I can take some more abuse, but it never hurts to ask. thanks,
Guido

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by taraann on Oct 13^th, 2004, 1:50am

yeah "lay" propped up or in a recliner. I spent almost 6months of nights in a recliner before. Seemed I could finally crash for good around 5 (after the 3am hit) instead of a little later around 6 or 7. Maybe coincidence or maybe it bought me 2 extra hours sleep. Hang in there. You seem to be doing a really great job reading and learning as much as you can.

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by E-Double on Oct 13^th, 2004, 1:29pm

Ditto on Thomas' suggestion!!!!

Increase if you don't have any problems that would be effected by the melatonin.

That happened with me too, until i went to 6 and sometimes 9mgs.

TAKE A WHILE BEFORE YOU ARE GOING TO LAY DOWN then hit the sack and see what happens.
Sometimes there is that window of opportunity when you feel drousy. YOU BETTER TAKE IT otherwise a chance that it won't work.

good luck dude.

E

Title: Re: Happy joyous and free??
Post by eddie on Oct 13^th, 2004, 2:21pm

some folks here suggest taking dramamine and
melintonin it does help and i take xanax. i have
taken less xanax with dramamine
good luck PFDAN TO ALL