Trouble Sleeping Thread

[Marginal]

Depending on how much caffeine you consumed you might have been suffering from caffeine poisoning. (Unlikely just by drinking cokes since you'd have to chug a ton of cola to manage that since a Coke has 46mg of caffeine in it.) Could understand it if you drank a few cans of that Yerba Mate shit though. 300mg's of caffeine per can in that.

Stress, allergies etc can all cause similar problems sleeping though.

 

[Marginal]

That's not true in the slightest.

Really? There are psychological (people think they need the pills and keep taking them even when they don't) and physiological (many of the pills are known to be addictive) components to growing dependent on sleeping pills. The risk is there even if the marketing says "non habit forming."

Most doctors suggest that cognitive therapy (treating the underlying problems) is preferable to pills over the long term.

I also have no clue what you mean by sleep problems being perceptual...but that's a whole different thing.

Recent studies have shown that a lot of people who think they're suffering from insomnia aren't in reality. As soon as they undergo a sleep study and the doctors tell them they're sleeping fine, their perceived insomnia vanishes.

That's not true for everyone of course. Which is why I suggested a sleep clinic as a possible option rather than saying you're imagining your problems or something along those lines.

 

[LP]

Really? There are psychological (people think they need the pills and keep taking them even when they don't) and physiological (many of the pills are known to be addictive) components to growing dependent on sleeping pills. The risk is there even if the marketing says "non habit forming."

Most doctors suggest that cognitive therapy (treating the underlying problems) is preferable to pills over the long term.


Recent studies have shown that a lot of people who think they're suffering from insomnia aren't in reality. As soon as they undergo a sleep study and the doctors tell them they're sleeping fine, their perceived insomnia vanishes.

That's not true for everyone of course. Which is why I suggested a sleep clinic as a possible option rather than saying you're imagining your problems or something along those lines.

What are these studies you're citing? Most sleep medications have to be intentionally abused to even have a chance of becoming physiologically addictive. Psychological addictions are a completely different thing and irrelevant (to me) because you can become psychologically addicted to just about anything.

Also, lots of sleep medications or medications that effect sleep as a side effect as used to treat sleep along with therapy. Even in cases of things like depression or PTSD, sleeping aids are also prescribed.

I'm not trying to seem like an asshole or anything, but that seems like misinformation to me.

 

[Marginal]

Yes. The mayo clinic's known for spreading misinformation.

 

[LP]

Yes. The mayo clinic's known for spreading misinformation.

I would go on to to ask you to actually, you know...cite one of those studies, but, whatever. This has gone on long enough and I don't really care. Regardless of the fact that I think you're completely wrong, anyone considering doing any type of medication should research it before putting it into their body.