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Best over the counter sleeping aid.
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Mini Viper
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twippy23 - here are two types:
Sonata
SONATA Sleeping Pills is indicated for the short-term treatment of insomnia. SONATA Sleeping Pills is not indicated for use in pediatric patients. Although SONATA improved sleeping time from baseline in clinical trials, it has not been shown to increase total time sleep or decrease awakenings vs. placebo.
Hypnotics should generally be limited to 7 to 10 days of use, and reevaluation of the patient is recommended if hypnotics are taken for more than 2 to 3 weeks.
Ambien
AMBIEN can be very effective in the short-term treatment of insomnia. While natural sleep is best, AMBIEN pills can help you sleeping , stay asleep, and not awaken prematurely.
AMBIEN Sleeping Pills works with a natural brain chemical called GABA. GABA is one of at least 18 major brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters control communication among neighboring brain cells by either increasing or decreasing their electrical activity.
You should ask the pharmacy because they might recommend you something.
peace bro
Sonata
SONATA Sleeping Pills is indicated for the short-term treatment of insomnia. SONATA Sleeping Pills is not indicated for use in pediatric patients. Although SONATA improved sleeping time from baseline in clinical trials, it has not been shown to increase total time sleep or decrease awakenings vs. placebo.
Hypnotics should generally be limited to 7 to 10 days of use, and reevaluation of the patient is recommended if hypnotics are taken for more than 2 to 3 weeks.
Ambien
AMBIEN can be very effective in the short-term treatment of insomnia. While natural sleep is best, AMBIEN pills can help you sleeping , stay asleep, and not awaken prematurely.
AMBIEN Sleeping Pills works with a natural brain chemical called GABA. GABA is one of at least 18 major brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters control communication among neighboring brain cells by either increasing or decreasing their electrical activity.
You should ask the pharmacy because they might recommend you something.
peace bro
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Mini Viper said:
These are not OTC in the US.
Some that have worked for me:
Benadryl (same ingrediate in many of the OTC sleep aids just a lot cheaper - generic Benadryl)
5-HTP
Melatonin
GABA
Valarian (Is a little liver toxic so I do not reccomend it.)
Kava Kava (Highly liver toxic so I do nto reccomend it.)
Good luck!
TerminatorX
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Valerian is good. I use it a couple of times a week... but dont know about liver toxicity (maybe doublebicep is right!!) I have never felt bad using it.
Apart from that Xanax is the best, but this is not OTC and is extremely powerful!!
Term
Apart from that Xanax is the best, but this is not OTC and is extremely powerful!!
Term
Train Harder
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I use melatonin regularly and it works well. However are there any know sides to this, like are there any depency issues?
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J
Juice Authority
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I prefer Sominex
Goldprospector
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I like Unisom.
Meletonin always make me have weird ass dreams!
Meletonin always make me have weird ass dreams!
Fukkenshredded
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Unisom is diphenhydramine HCL, an antihistamine, not really bad for you and not particularly stressful to the liver. However, tolerance can build quickly, and any dose over 100mg can lead to dysphoria, a very unpleasant feeling.
Dosylamine succinate is also an antihistamine, again, not particularly toxic, but not something to take all the time. Tolerance is an issue, and doses over, say, 75 mg can lead to bizarre experiences. I prefer doxylamine to diphenhydramine, although I hate them both.
Valerian--nothing. Kava--nothing.
Ambien can be addicting, and can also be a deleriant. If you don't go to sleep you can hallucinate and engage in some erratic behavior.
The best sleep aid, by far, is GHB, but of course that is illegal so forget it.
I say valerian is nothing, but that isn't completely true, I suppose. You might try 600mg valerian, 50 inositol and 100 5-HTP to get to sleep. This combination works well on my fiancee.
Dosylamine succinate is also an antihistamine, again, not particularly toxic, but not something to take all the time. Tolerance is an issue, and doses over, say, 75 mg can lead to bizarre experiences. I prefer doxylamine to diphenhydramine, although I hate them both.
Valerian--nothing. Kava--nothing.
Ambien can be addicting, and can also be a deleriant. If you don't go to sleep you can hallucinate and engage in some erratic behavior.
The best sleep aid, by far, is GHB, but of course that is illegal so forget it.
I say valerian is nothing, but that isn't completely true, I suppose. You might try 600mg valerian, 50 inositol and 100 5-HTP to get to sleep. This combination works well on my fiancee.
acroyer666
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not otc but i like small amounts of "G" or ativan
Fukkenshredded said:
Fukkenshredded - good point - diphenhydramine HCL is the active ingrediate in many of the OTC sleep meds and combination pain med / sleep med. It is *much* cheaper to simply buy generic Benadryl. Besides, I don't need liver stressing meds along with my sleep med.
doxylamine (I think Sominex sp?) is good. It also has a generic.
I alternate between doxylamine and diphenhydramine HCL when I need a little assistance sleeping. When I want to be knocked out Ambien works everytime.
