![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Herbal remedies may work for some but I've not met anybody with a serious sleep problem who has found much benefit from them. Your doctor can help you with this problem but it may well take several visits to get the right remedy so don't expect an immediate cure. It started with a very mild medicine that didn't do a lot and worked up to an effective solution. Not a perfect solution and one that comes with its own problems, like getting off them when things get better, but, the pros and cons were weighed and pill induced sleep seemed far superior to no sleep. It's a chemical inballance in the brain and was sort of adjusted with the use of tablets. I called the doctor out one night and surprisingly he agreed to come, gave her an injection and made an appointment for the following morning. It got to a point where suicide was seriously considered (by her). Everything was tried from herbal remedies to walking the streets at unearthly hours. It started suddenly and for no apparent reason.At one stage she had NO sleep for over a week although everyone said that was not possible. Your doctor will be able to prescribe the necessaries for you so my advice to you is see your doctor and listen to and take his/hers advice, they are well trained and usualy very careful about what they will and will not prescribe.Īs I said earlier, my wife suffered for years with insomnia. Sometimes caused by a chemical inballance in the brain and given the handle of clinical depresion (not morbid depresion) but the lack of sleep does make you depressed. Insomnia is a terrible affliction ( my wife suffered for years) and the worry just makes it worse. Well, it turns out that my Doctor knew what he was doing.Īlso, it may interest you to know that if I don't take Tramadol the only withdrawal effects I suffer is the nerve pain caused by PHN. ![]() I was warned by the doom merchants that I would probably die or at best be seriously ill, but I was already seriously illand believe me when I tell you that suffering the sort of pain I was experiencing I would have considered anything worth taking. I also suffer with Poly Myalgia Rhumatica and I take Steroids for thattogether with various vitamin and mineral concoctions. The only reactions I get are a dulling of the pain and a good nights kip. I suffer with post herpetic neuralgia and take up to 2X50 mg Tramadol per day as and when needed and one 10 mg Amitriptyline at night. Weening yourself on to various dosages is better than trying to take large dosages at once, the same applies when coming off any medication. Tramadol I started on week 3 with 50mg and week 4 on to 100mg. Amitriptyline can cause side effects on their own, so I took these for 2 weeks starting at 10mg on week 1 and 20mg on week 2. The only reason you were probably told not to take Amitriptyline with Tramadol is side-effects. I have to take them throughout the day at 6 intervals. I suffer from Generalized Dystonia, Functional Episodes and Epilepsy and have to take 25 tablets a day, only one of which is used to counteract side-effects from another tablet. I have tried taking 50mg of Tramadol but I cannot handle the pain. I did not know this and felt nausea the first time I took one, the other thing is to try and keep the dosage as low as possible, I take 100mg a day, as long as I can stand the pain level and get some sleep I am fine. There is a ratio of 10:1 that Tramadol will increase side-effects from other medication, which is why you should never take them together with any other medication. I have to take numerous medication a day, but I have to Tramadol 30 minutes either side of any other medication, the reason for this is because of the side-effects Tramadol may cause, most of them are down to what other medications you already take. Now, what may seem strange is that I am now taking Amitriptyline and Tramadol even though I suffer from Epilepsy, both of these medications can bring on Epileptic Seizures. After 2 weeks the Tramadol was upped to 50mg in the morning and 50mg at night, this was to ease the pain I am constantly in from nerve and muscle spasms. Then I was put on 50mg of Tramadol as well at night's, it did take awhile before the effects to actually 'kick in'. I was basically watching hours tick by, which seemed to really drag. My Doctor prescribed 20mg of Amitriptyline to be taken at night, for nerve condition pain, which was keeping me awake at nights. ![]()
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