Sleeping tablets too readily available!

Otaku Girl · 04-05-2009, 17:42

Yeah,Doctors seem to give them out like smarties and then wonder,and complain,when the patient developes a dependence.Agree?

Tragamin2k2 · 05-05-2009, 18:41

agree

aphex™ · 05-05-2009, 18:44

No my doc won't prescribe them really.

pandamoanium · 15-05-2009, 04:02

I just got a prescription for some today.

Hope they work! I have a severe case of insomnia at the minute, can't do anything during the day at all!

caff · 15-05-2009, 04:13

Agree, people seem to be given them out to readily, my own GP wouldn't though he'd try find out about other factors stress lack of excercise etc.. and if no sign of improvement reccomend a specialist ( in whatever area he suspects is the underlying cause ) Do understand though that some people just expect it all to be solved with pills though and get pretty irate with GP's who wont just give them what they feel they should have.

kraggy · 15-05-2009, 04:36

I was at my wits end before with insomnia and the doctor wouldn't prescribe them.

Depends on the doctor I think.

pandamoanium · 17-05-2009, 23:41

Took my first Zimovane tonight now hope it works..

I think I'm feeling kinda trippy off it..

mickeymoney · 17-06-2009, 00:07

I couldnt sleep properly for ages and found a few helpful tips....

Dont drink coffee/tea aft 6. Never drink red bull at midnight!

Good alternative to coffee is "Yanoh" a really nice health drink

Swimming will wipe you out - great sport

donmeister · 17-06-2009, 00:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickeymoney

Never drink red bull at midnight!

Was that not blindingly obvious? Yeah I think I might need some Ive had awful insomnia of late care of my exams results coming up!

paul23 · 22-10-2009, 18:40

i been getting 60 halcion and 60 diazepam every month for a year off my doc.....still ave trouble sleepin tho!

kellyc · 22-10-2009, 18:56

im on my last batch from my doc! dont think he'll give me anymore i dunno

think it def depends on the doctor and circumstances ive tried everything under the sun for my insomnia - i dont want to take tablets but i need at least one good nites sleep a week!!

but short term insomnia they dish them out no problem! but not long term they'd rather give you anti-depressants to help you sleep! any of you had docs telling you that?! i know they have a drowsy effect but what about all the other side effects!! at least with sleeping tablets the only side effect is sleep!

paul23 · 22-10-2009, 19:06

wouldn't touch anti depressents....altho the sleepin tablets have side effects as well....an there addictive as hell even tho i dont really wanna be takin em...

smelltheglove · 23-10-2009, 14:57

Disagree, I needed them terribly once but could not get them as my child was too young, even though I asked why couldnt I get them and only take them when my husband was home they still were not prescribed. My doctor at the time preferred the idea of a sleep clinic instead, which I did not want myself so I suffered in silence.

Tragamin2k2 · 24-10-2009, 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul23

i been getting 60 halcion and 60 diazepam every month for a year off my doc.....still ave trouble sleepin tho!

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04-05-2009, 17:42	#1
Otaku Girl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Here Posts: 129 Adverts \| Friends	Sleeping tablets too readily available! Yeah,Doctors seem to give them out like smarties and then wonder,and complain,when the patient developes a dependence.Agree?

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aphex™ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Your mind Posts: 1,462 Adverts \| Friends	No my doc won't prescribe them really. __________________ Wedding Insurance

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caff Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: utopia aka noplacia somewhere in Thomas Moores head Posts: 298 Adverts \| Friends	Agree, people seem to be given them out to readily, my own GP wouldn't though he'd try find out about other factors stress lack of excercise etc.. and if no sign of improvement reccomend a specialist ( in whatever area he suspects is the underlying cause ) Do understand though that some people just expect it all to be solved with pills though and get pretty irate with GP's who wont just give them what they feel they should have. __________________ (\(\ (\(\ (o.O)(O.o) (> <(< )* cyberbunnies do it on your thread

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kraggy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Galway Posts: 2,822 Adverts \| Friends	I was at my wits end before with insomnia and the doctor wouldn't prescribe them. Depends on the doctor I think. __________________ “All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.” Peter Singer

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smelltheglove Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lucan Posts: 2,572 Adverts \| Friends	Disagree, I needed them terribly once but could not get them as my child was too young, even though I asked why couldnt I get them and only take them when my husband was home they still were not prescribed. My doctor at the time preferred the idea of a sleep clinic instead, which I did not want myself so I suffered in silence. __________________ - Wedding & Portrait Photography

05-05-2009, 18:41	#2
Tragamin2k2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 286 Adverts \| Friends	agree

15-05-2009, 04:02	#4
pandamoanium Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 438 Adverts \| Friends	I just got a prescription for some today. Hope they work! I have a severe case of insomnia at the minute, can't do anything during the day at all!

17-05-2009, 23:41	#7
pandamoanium Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 438 Adverts \| Friends	Took my first Zimovane tonight now hope it works.. I think I'm feeling kinda trippy off it..

17-06-2009, 00:07	#8
mickeymoney Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 47 Adverts \| Friends	I couldnt sleep properly for ages and found a few helpful tips.... Dont drink coffee/tea aft 6. Never drink red bull at midnight! Good alternative to coffee is "Yanoh" a really nice health drink Swimming will wipe you out - great sport

22-10-2009, 18:40	#10
paul23 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 Adverts \| Friends	i been getting 60 halcion and 60 diazepam every month for a year off my doc.....still ave trouble sleepin tho!

22-10-2009, 18:56	#11
kellyc Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 18 Adverts \| Friends	im on my last batch from my doc! dont think he'll give me anymore i dunno think it def depends on the doctor and circumstances ive tried everything under the sun for my insomnia - i dont want to take tablets but i need at least one good nites sleep a week!! but short term insomnia they dish them out no problem! but not long term they'd rather give you anti-depressants to help you sleep! any of you had docs telling you that?! i know they have a drowsy effect but what about all the other side effects!! at least with sleeping tablets the only side effect is sleep!

22-10-2009, 19:06	#12
paul23 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 Adverts \| Friends	wouldn't touch anti depressents....altho the sleepin tablets have side effects as well....an there addictive as hell even tho i dont really wanna be takin em...

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