Spike
Footballguy
Do you take that every night? I take a 5mg Zolpidem at times but don't want to get hooked on that. Just wondering if the Lunesta is something you can take every night.
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Weighted blankets (calling all insomniacs) (1 Viewer)
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DallasDMac
Footballguy
Yes, it is designed to be used as a nightly med. It was completely ineffective at first when I just tried it once in awhile. Admittedly, if I forget it, the night does not go well. If I want to stop taking it, I'll need to slowly wean off of it.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Actually, it's not. It's the same situation with what I'm taking. Temazepam. They are designed to be used 1-2 weeks. But usage is all over the place. Guy I played golf with today has been taking it nightly for years too.
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-92350/lunesta-oral/details
TheFanatic
Footballguy
Any chance I can give my dog melatonin? That pain in the butt was whining like crazy at 7 am this morning.
DallasDMac
Footballguy
Hmm, maybe I should try and get off of it. Seems like it may have adverse affects and without a doubt the effectiveness is waning.Judge Smails said:
The General
Footballguy
This is what does it for me.
I can get through like 10 pages on a kindle and am usually out. Takes me like 4 months to read a book.
TheFanatic
Footballguy
The General
Footballguy
TheFanatic
Footballguy
I knocked out Swan Song (about 1,000 pages - thanks @shuke) in 3 weeks I think. Now on to A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Very far into this book and still waiting for something, anything to happen. Next up Childhood's End by Clarke and then some Follett sequels to Pillars of the Earth. Then I think I'm hitting the Stand by King.I have been reading this Winston Churchill book by Erik Larson for like 3 months
DocHolliday
Footballguy
If I remember correctly, the first sequel to Pillers was very good. The third book was a little disappointing.
northern exposure
Footballguy
I'm seeing people post that it takes them 30-60 minutes to fall asleep and I am grateful for my situation. My wife seems to fall asleep as soon as her head touches the pillow, so I thought I had it bad taking 10-15 minutes to fall asleep. Now, I will count my blessings. And once I fall asleep, I do sleep throughout the night. One thing the weighted blanket has done for me is minimized my tossing and turning.
purplehaze67
Footballguy
Those of you looking for a non-pharmaceutical sleep aid may want to give this a try:
http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/
http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Well I have the referral to the sleep lab. Gonna get to the root of this. In the meantime with my dosage of Temazepam cut in half I'm still sleeping gloriously.
Shula-holic
Footballguy
My MIL bought me a weighted blanket for Christmas. I had even more trouble sleeping with it than normal.
leftcoastguy7
Footballguy
Anybody got any ideas on an easy way to clean these things?
I also have a 60x80. The manufacturer says to hand wash. Pretty big to hand wash! How to do that exactly.
Then when I'm done, how to dry it? Too heavy for the dryer. I don't have a clothesline, but if I did it would be too heavy for that too.
Willie Neslon
Footballguy
We took the weighted blanket plunge and slept with one last night for the first time. Got the 20 pound and I LOVED it. Slept great. However, the blanket leaks the tiny glass beads and when we woke up it felt like sand was all over the bed. The tiny little beads were everywhere! I'm returning the blanket (we got this one) but i wanted to know if anyone could recommend a great one that 100% does NOT leak the filling. Looking on Amazon I can't find one that doesn't have at least a few reviews about the filling leaking. Money is no object, just looking for the best. Thanks!
Willie Neslon
Footballguy
leftcoastguy7
Footballguy
I had a similar problem with my Quility blanket. Except the beads didn't leak, they did however come loose from their housings and made a pool at the bottom of my blanket. Effectively destroying the whole idea of a weighted blanket.
Kudos to Quility though, they sent me a new one without hesitation.
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