Sleeping help?
My husband just recenty got out of hospital after major surger of which i wont go in to. Howvr for the past week hes been home he has found it very hard to sleep due to pain and discumfort. No amount of oain killers heals it doctors say its normal but is there anything i can do to help him sleep as him not sleeping means me not sleeping as i feel the need to comfort him. Please help im exhausted and im sure he is!
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Some people have a side effect of opiates causing them to have problems sleeping. Most people they knock out but there are those that they make sleeping almost impossible.
I%26#039;m one of those people. I have a chronic pain condition that requires me to take pain medications every day. Next to the pain my biggest problem is sleep. I have been fighting with it for years.
Here is a link that can help you and your husband. Good luck
http://health.discovery.com/centers/slee...
Most people don%26#039;t understand what going without much sleep, or not getting restful sleep can do to you. It can make you sick in no time at all.
And I agree with the first answer as far as the marijuana goes,,,not the alcohol. Drinking while taking pain medications is just asking for a big problem.
I live in California and have been using medical marijuana for several years due to a spine injury. It is one of the few things that really does help with sleep.
And by the way,, I%26#039;m not a kid,, I%26#039;m 56,,so it%26#039;s not a matter of it getting me high,,,that wears off after awhile,,but it does help with certain type of pain,,which in my case is nerve pain. I am able to take less medication because of the bud and that means I have an easier time sleeping. When I am out of California I have to take about 30% more opiates to help the pain since I don%26#039;t smoke it where it is still illegal. I believe there are 12 or 13 states that now have medical marijuana available. I participated in a pain study at UCSD years ago for marijuana use. That%26#039;s how I started using it for medical purposes, not getting it on the streets. For many people like me it is just another medication,,the only difference is that I smoke it instead of taking a pill.
It%26#039;s not for everybody but it does help. Good luck
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Maybe it sometimes helps to do the odd things like have a glass of warm milk before going to bed maybe watch TV for a bit then when trying to sleep think about the exiting things in life and about the things that maybe are going to happen. Abey get some memory foam cushion%26#039;s or softer matres. i used to have sleeping problems but these odd things CAN help
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