I don't mean to be nosy, but I've now read quite a few references to Ambien CR and insomnia. Is it a big problem among posters? How do you combat insomina or sleep deprivation during meets and training and life? I'm not a big sleeper myself in terms of # hours, but I seem to know a lot of folks suffering from insomnia. Some are resigned to their fate; others are unhappy. What gives?
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All of the pills you mention are addictive and controlled substances. Ambien, Ambien CR, and Lunesta, all will alter the sleep cycle. Halcion is very addictive and is a short half life benzodiazepam. The short acting benzos appear to have a larger potential for addiction than the long acting ones. In addtion it is possible for the body to build a tolerance to there effects causing some people to increase the dosage to experience the sedation they are seeking. Some of the drug metabolites and primary compounds can be stored in the body to for a period of time.
Hormonal flucuations in MEN and women can change or challenge our sleep cycles through out life. Please do not spam me for that comment as all gender's hormonal cycles vary with the stage of life they are in. That is another topic and why I capitalized the word men.
Sleep clinics can benefit people but they take work. Insomina can be a symptom of other problems and those problems need to be ruled out as the cause of sleep depervation. In the end sleep depervation takes work to over come and there is no easy solution.
Being accepting of YOUR sleep cycle and becoming informed about good sleep habits will go a long way towards helping ones sleep patterns. Everyone of us is unique and worrying about going to sleep will certainly not help our sleep patterns. Pills are not the answer.
Caped Crusader
All of the pills you mention are addictive and controlled substances. Ambien, Ambien CR, and Lunesta, all will alter the sleep cycle. Halcion is very addictive and is a short half life benzodiazepam. The short acting benzos appear to have a larger potential for addiction than the long acting ones. In addtion it is possible for the body to build a tolerance to there effects causing some people to increase the dosage to experience the sedation they are seeking. Some of the drug metabolites and primary compounds can be stored in the body to for a period of time.
Hormonal flucuations in MEN and women can change or challenge our sleep cycles through out life. Please do not spam me for that comment as all gender's hormonal cycles vary with the stage of life they are in. That is another topic and why I capitalized the word men.
Sleep clinics can benefit people but they take work. Insomina can be a symptom of other problems and those problems need to be ruled out as the cause of sleep depervation. In the end sleep depervation takes work to over come and there is no easy solution.
Being accepting of YOUR sleep cycle and becoming informed about good sleep habits will go a long way towards helping ones sleep patterns. Everyone of us is unique and worrying about going to sleep will certainly not help our sleep patterns. Pills are not the answer.
