[chaostheory]

As someone who has had chronic insomnia since the age of 5, i cannot support you in this. Tests have shown that my body does not produce enough of the chemical to put me to sleep naturally. i was taking subscribed pills from my doctor, but i build up a tolerance to them so quickly ( within a few weeks ) that they no longer work, even when the dosage is upped. The only one this didn't happen with was Restoril, but i chose to stop taking it when i found out it's a class X drug that causes horrific birth defects ( and we're ttc ). i switched to taking 2 benadryl each night instead, and although it usually works, sometimes it doesn't.

Do you know what it's like to not be able to sleep? By the third morning i'm a complete emotional train wreck, and near tears with exhaustion. i agree that addictions to narcotics is not a good thing, but there ARE other alternatives, like benadryl, or tylenol pm. And, there's a difference between someone who is taking them to sleep because of depression, or just to escape waking life, and someone who has to take them out of medical necessity. Natural herbs...they don't work in my case. i've tried them. And i am allergic to most narcotics.