modafinil

[gir]

Pussies.

I'd take it.

yeah, and you'd probably take enough at once to keep you awake for five months =P

[Port]

yeah. a few years ago, i took a little bit of nyquil like four nights in a row to help me fall asleep (i don't even think i took a full dose). well, by the fourth day i was falling asleep behind the wheel of my car and i was all kinds of screwed up. so that was the end of me taking nyquil. a lot of meds that help people fall asleep disrupt rem, and that's a very bad thing. i don't want to mess with that.

Sleep apnea will also make you fall asleep at any point of the day, even driving, and also fuck with rem too. Bad thing it is... not something you want to live with.

[Grave]

On the other hand, it is -hilarious- interacting with people who have taken Ambien but aren't asleep yet. Experienced that over the weekend and it was just absurd how far gone those people can get if they don't fall asleep when they're supposed to.

Truth. It's awesome/scary to hear stories about hilarious things I've told people while on Ambien and having not gone to sleep. Some of them were surprisingly insightful and I had no memory of them. Some of them... yeah, scary shit. I have good stories, but none I feel like telling on a messageboard.

[ChaoofNee]

Sleep apnea will also make you fall asleep at any point of the day, even driving, and also fuck with rem too. Bad thing it is... not something you want to live with.

Fall asleep at any point of the day?

...even whilst driving a motorcar?

...fucks with REM?!?! Stipe can't hold it back?!?!?

Seriously, though, the more I hear the symptoms of apnea, the more I think I have it. It may also be my four to six hours of sleep a night during the week, though.

[Nomi]

Truth. It's awesome/scary to hear stories about hilarious things I've told people while on Ambien and having not gone to sleep. Some of them were surprisingly insightful and I had no memory of them. Some of them... yeah, scary shit. I have good stories, but none I feel like telling on a messageboard.

The guy I was around had to take an insane amount to sleep, probably well above what most doctors are comfortable prescribing. Someone else was making shadow puppets to freak out a drunk girl and the guy on Ambien was laughing waaaaay too much. Then he started signing some song and ballroom dancing with himself. About ten minutes after that he fell off his bed and had to ask somebody to put him back on it.

I don't want to think about what would happen if somebody got out of their house or away from normal people while on that stuff. Sounds dangerous. This kid didn't remember a damn thing that he had been doing.

[Spent]

...fucks with REM?!?! Stipe can't hold it back?!?!?

I LOLed

[Port]

Seriously, though, the more I hear the symptoms of apnea, the more I think I have it. It may also be my four to six hours of sleep a night during the week, though.

That's what I thought too until I got it checked out. If you snore, and if you have any relatives that have it, find a sleep medicine doctor (they usually do cardiology too) and get checked out. You'll go for a sleep study (mine was fully covered by insurance) and know for sure.

Sleep apnea is scary shit. I've lived like a zombie for the past 4 years without knowing why. It killed Jerry Garcia and a hall of fame football player, as far as famous people go.

If you can't find one, look up Dr. Aman Vazir in West Paterson, NJ. It'd be a hike but he's a great doctor if you need one.