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hi lyndarae, your story moved me as i to had an alcohlic for a mother...i lost her to alcohol when i was 6 and my father to cancer at 17.i stated drinking myself at the age of 13 after frequent visits to the doc for growing pains!alcohol helped because i could sleep and passibly function as a human being but it never got better i then became pregnant(through alcohol) and no sleep for the best part of nine months no alchol either i might add! but through my seemingly unwillingness to even get out of bed i lost her but still no one would listen so i returned to the land of alcohol my life was a joke so i quit drinking and thats when i woke up to the fact that feeling like this can't be normal.after years of going backwards and forwards to various different docs and getting nowhere i've found that with the help of this site and a big dollop of stubborn i think i might just get a chance tp put a few things right hang in there girl and stop beating yourself up for things you had no control over.it's never easy to face a past with alcohol as major part but i accept mine as a result of my condition not the cause
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Howdy guys i am loged in and registered but iam having trouble makeing the site realize that anyhow thanks so much for the feeback i really dont know what i would do without yaall since i found this site. you all are my heros today i got a scipt for sonota??? i dont know much about it any one have an6y experence with it and want to share i am all ears they have crawly bugs in them but,,,,, IM DEALING WITH IT i cant type tonight either my feet are on fire ahahahahahahhhah!!!!!!!!! good thing i dont drink anymore cause it would be bad.....guess i will go smoke!!! i know i know but one habit at a time RIGHT thanks everone god bless you
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BRAND NAMES: In the U.S. Sonata Description Zaleplon ( ZALeplon) belongs to the group of medicines called central nervous system (CNS) depressants (medicines that make you drowsy or less alert). Zaleplon is used to treat insomnia (trouble sleeping). In general, when sleep medicines are used every night for a long time, they may lose their effectiveness. In most cases, sleep medicines should be used only for short periods of time, such as 1 or 2 days, and generally for no longer than 1 or 2 weeks.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:
Oral Capsules (U.S.)
Proper Use of This Medicine Take this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doctor ordered. If too much is taken, it may become habit-forming (causing mental or physical dependence).
Take zaleplon just before going to bed, when you are ready to go to sleep. This medicine works very quickly to put you to sleep.
Do not take this medicine when your schedule does not permit you to get at least 4 hours of sleep.If you must wake up before this, you may continue to feel drowsy and may experience memory problems, because the effects of the medicine have not had time to wear off.
Zaleplon may be taken with or without food or on a full or empty stomach. However, taking this medicine with or immediately after a heavy or a high fat meal may make zaleplon not work as fast
hey thanks for the info jumpyowl I took 5mg of the sonata last night It took about 1 hour and then I slept through the night woke up a little groggy but not too bad, the np gave me enough for 2 weeks but I already know that i am not going to take it every night im kinda thinking that if i spread it out maybe my body will learn how to sleep again i dont want to gwet dependent on it so my plan is to make it last 1 nights sleep is better than none RIGHT!!!!! I just think it is so weird that the np would give me that but would not even think about the ambeian???????I dont get it I am trying to find a doc in Pocatello Id that knows about rls or at least will listen any suggestions on how to go about that I have used this site but cant seem to get anywhere I know this sounds strange but i feel so much better since i found aoo of you i dont feel as scared and hopeless so thanks to all of you who are helping me live with this i just couldnt do it without you all, my hat would be off if i wore one hahahah love you all lyndarae
Hey thanks alot jumpyowl for checking out the doc situatioon i would be closer to slc at this point so maybe i can try and find someone there poky is pretty small i didnt think we would have too much luck.My sister lives in salt lake so if i did find some one there that would see we i could stay with her so thanks alot for checking that out lyndarae[/i][/b]
wow your fast thank you soooo much Im getting on this first thing Monday it would be so up lifting to talk to some one who knows something(doc) AND I could see my sister at the same time thanks again you are the best I am starting to see why you are so adored on this site lyndarae
Well I havent wanted to type it but I cant ignore it anymore the bugs are back in my ear............................I did get a good year or more without them and for that I am grateful. I noticed them about 2 months ago. About the same time I got into a realationship hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... dont know but I do know I have been nervous and not myself lately. Being single for so long and then having someone in my life has been a big challenge for me. But I do find it interesting that they came back when I am sure of one feeling I am having and that is being nervous, got to have something to do with it. But once again they are driving me nuts and I just want to dig them out,I know they is nothing in my ear!!!!!!!!! But tell my ear that.. When I first wrote this thread along time ago not that many people could relate hiow about now I have read other posts about feeling the creepeys in the face and lips anybody have earwigs. If you do you know what Im talking about thanks for letting me vent I guess its time to face it and get use to it again.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lyndarae
Lyn, they really blow - I really hope yours go away very, very soon. They can make you feel like you are crazy - truly certifiable, like you are imagining things. It's interesting that you correlated it to nervousness. I'll have to pay attention - mine usually last for a few days to a week at a time and then mysteriously go. They are sometimes in the ear, but mostly on my scalp, and sometimes on the arms and back. The scalp feels like fleas or lice (well, what I imagine them to feel like!). I slap my head sometimes to make it stop.
But the ears are worse in a way, because you can't even get in there to slep, scratch or otherwise try to assault them
Funny, my DH gets these, too, and he has very, very mild RLS - like once every few months for just a few minutes. He can even go a year or more without it. But he gets these same creatures roaming around his skin.
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Ann ya they really do blow,and drive me nuts but if I get busy or dont think about it they go away also I have noticed that when I am streesed and have my shoulders up to my neck when I relax they go away???? Strange little buggers Last time I had them so bad I actually cut the inside of my ear trying to dig nothing out THATS CRAZY Oh well couold be worse at least Im still sleeping 5 hours~~~~~~~~~~Lyndarae
Wow, FlashBack.....
I just reread the whole thread and WOW, what a while ago.
Not to mention that those earwigs were all over me for two days this week.
Lyndarae, like you I think I topped out the stress meters this week and before I knew it, WHammo! My whole body went nuts for over two days. Yes, i medicated but no help, just drugged feeling and couldn't sleep it all off. UUUUFFFFAAAA I had forgotten what that was like. And thank you I'll keep my pain, the bugs .......I'm with you girls ..........Don't miss them a bit.
Lyn, my ear, my head, my legs, I've got wounds this time too!
No one will ever be able to tell me that my mother didn't have RLS before I was born. Those "bugs" she was scratching at when she'd fall asleep> ?
She lost her skin on her arms 3-4 times.
What a thought.
Oh well loved the trip down memory lane. It was fun to see where we WERE, and How Far We've all come.
Hugs
hey becat.....................yeah a trip down memory lane alright I sure do miss them all, and my jumpy what a blessing he is. You know we have come along way and worked dam hard at it too everyday, and then BAM I am right back were I was digging little crawlies that arent there out of my ear...................... It makes me angry and then it only makes them crawl more. Some times I wonder what is the POINT...............but then I stop and think about how much our stories might have helped someone else that came behind us or even before. This forum has grown soooooooooo much it saddens me but at the same time makes me happy people are finding it sooner and not having to go through some off the things I did to get here. Im right where I am suppose to be I don't doubt that,but I get so tired of fighting this all the time. And now that I am TRYING to share my life with some one else it is really getting in the way. I sit here and my feet are sizzling like bacon cooking and its normal RIGHT!!!!!!!!!! My legs ache and I am bone tired its only 1pm but already its been along time. Rod and I were out shopping last week and I was hurting so bad I could hardly walk and yet I kept that false smile on my face and trudged on. He thought some walking around would help......................Bless his heart. Like I dont get enough dam nightwalking as it is...........Dang I guess I need a meeting hheheheheehehahahahah dang got to laugh or I will cry and we all know how that helps!!!!!!!! Spring is comming and I will be able to start up my motercycle soon and go out and feel the hot sun on my legs what a blessing. So you know me its been along time since I did some good old poor me whinning here,guess it's my turn. I did get into voc rehab because off rls they are paying for my class 3200.00 so I guess it helps to look on the bright side of things.....wawawawawawa yadda yadda yadda.............If I only felt how I say it would be cool.But deep down in my soul I am sad for all of us who are misunderstood and missing out on all the fun. Dang I hate to miss anything but I got to be honest with ya I am tired and I know alot of you are. Thank GOD we have each other and a place to vent cuz girlfriend I would be up the creek without a paddle with out ya'll. Well guess I have gone on long enough and it has taken me out of myself for a while but my bacon is about cooked over done burnt out~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lyndarae
no alchol either i might add! 
but through my seemingly unwillingness to even get out of bed i lost her but still no one would listen so i returned to the land of alcohol 
my life was a joke so i quit drinking 
and thats when i woke up to the fact that feeling like this can't be normal.after years of going backwards and forwards to various different docs and getting nowhere i've found that with the help of this site and a big dollop of stubborn i think i might just get a chance tp put a few things right 
