Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Any ideas? My diet is already very good, I also take calcium and magnesium and fish oil capsules (4 per day of a superior brand and quality). I've tried St. John's Wort and homeopathic melatonin. (Real melatonin is not sold in the country where I live though I just heard it may be possible to get it by prescription). It is anxiety related. I have had it on and off for years but am having an especially bad bout lately. I'm having to take antihistamines otherwise I would not be able to function at all but I hate the way they totally drug me. I've tried cutting down the dose to 1/2 a tablet but I stopped sleeping. It is causing digestive problems as well. Arrgh! 5Htp and L-Tryptophan are not available over the counter here. I am still looking into whether I can get them by prescription. It may be possible. The antihistamines drug me so much I have no real energy to exercise much so that only exacerbates the problem but exercise didn't seem to fix the problem in the first place. I don't have any other health problems to speak of which might contribute to this and don't take any other drugs. I am eating no sugar and taking no caffeine of any kind. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Holly, Dr. Mercola's site has lots of good tips on getting to sleep. Please read: http://www.mercola.com/article/sleep.htm Are the antihistamines for allergies or are you using them for sleep? For allergies you can use multiple gram doses of ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid is anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine. David At 03:31 AM 9/28/2004, Holly wrote: >Any ideas? > >My diet is already very good, I also take calcium and magnesium and >fish oil capsules (4 per day of a superior brand and quality). I've >tried St. John's Wort and homeopathic melatonin. (Real melatonin is >not sold in the country where I live though I just heard it may be >possible to get it by prescription). > >It is anxiety related. I have had it on and off for years but am >having an especially bad bout lately. I'm having to take >antihistamines otherwise I would not be able to function at all but >I hate the way they totally drug me. I've tried cutting down the >dose to 1/2 a tablet but I stopped sleeping. It is causing digestive >problems as well. Arrgh! > >5Htp and L-Tryptophan are not available over the counter here. I am >still looking into whether I can get them by prescription. It may be >possible. > >The antihistamines drug me so much I have no real energy to exercise >much so that only exacerbates the problem but exercise didn't seem >to fix the problem in the first place. > >I don't have any other health problems to speak of which might >contribute to this and don't take any other drugs. I am eating no >sugar and taking no caffeine of any kind. > >Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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