I find that I am in the "pattern" of waking up in the night around the time that I would be hit.  I thought that it was just because I had a month of night hits and was now in the "habit."  I take 10mg of melatonin and it seems to knock me out enough to get back to sleep even though I still waken...  I am in a suppressed cycle since we increased the Verapamil.

So, Brew, you have me thinking that it is just the beast wanting to get out of the Verapamil and Melatonin cage.  May his lack of success continue!

Never thought about the benadryl...

Enjoy the PF time!

Brew wrote on Mar 19^th, 2009 at 10:53am:

That's how I felt when I took 12mg.  I think my body was telling me I was taking too much, so I halved it to 6mg which worked great for awhile until I started having less sleep time inbetween attacks.  I then bumped up to 9mg and I was able to have 6 hour stretches.

Oh, and to answer the ?.  Yes, I have woken up at a certain time after falling asleep for several nights in a row (a week?).  I wasn't in cycle at the time though and I thought it had something to do with my internal clock.  So I turned my alarm clock to the wall so I couldn't see it and after I few nights I quit waking up at night.