Posted by Bonnie C on March 22, 2003, at 23:06:21
In reply to Re: Night Eating, posted by Darby on March 22, 2003, at 21:46:11
Darby:
The only medications I take are Allegra D (major allergies since moving to GA...in the form of puffy eyes and mind blowing headaches) and Valium for a TMJ disorder. I take one 10mg valium one night and one 5mg tablet the next. I've been wanting to get off the Valium, knowing it's addictive nature, but without it, the jaw pain is unbearable. When I first started taking the Valium it knocked me right out to sleep (I was then only taking one 5mg each night). Obviously, I've developed a tolerance for it as I've increased my dosage to what I mentioned above. My prescription calls for me to take two 10mg twice a day as needed for jaw pain, but I absolutely don't want to do that as I can imagine what road that would take me down. As far as the sleep issue, since I've developed a tolerance to the Valium, on the nights that I only take one 5mg Valium I will also take an over the counter sleeping pill like Unisom. I know this is bad, but otherwise, I wouldn't sleep at all. I've never taken an antidepressant, although I have suffered from major depression from time to time. My depression has mostly been situational not generalized but with each episode, it does seem to get worse. On those nights that I take the Unisom coupled with the Valium, I still wake up, in a fog, always feeling the need to urinate, then make my way to the kitchen, no matter how sleepy I am. It's so bizarre and irritating. How do I stop this? I just don't understand how I can be awake, knowing what I'm about to do is something I'm going to be angry with myself about in the morning, yet no matter, I eat. Sometimes as many as four or five times, the average being three. What started you in this cycle? How many times do you wake up and eat, and how much do you eat and what do you eat? Have you heard of anything that will stop this short of being locked in a room? I always wake up because I need to go to the bathroom, yet, it's never enough that I think it should have awakened me. Thanks for your imput. I don't think there are many of us out there.
Bonnie
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