Comment Re:It's even worse for some of us... (Score 2, Interesting) 329
Agreed. I was having a lot of sleep issues when I first started college. Either not being able to get to sleep, or waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep. I also was having issues staying awake in classes. I managed to graduate, and same issues with my job. I was getting enough sleep at around 8 hours/night, and while my nutrition wasn't great, it wasn't horrible either. I was also taking a general multivitamin.
I gave in and went to see the doc, he ran the standard tests (cholesterol and thyroid) and everything came back that I was perfectly healthy. So even with being athletic, and low weight, no apparent physiological issues, my doc wants to put me on sleep meds (ambien). I didn't want a fscking bandaid, I wanted a reason. He didn't want to run a sleep study, and I was unwilling to take meds with an increased incidence of sleep walking/driving.
I gave up with the doctor route, and started taking a low dosage B-complex vitamin which I discovered through my own research can help if you're having sleep issues. Surprisingly, I started feeling a little better, but was still having sleep issues. So I upped the dosage to an extended release B-100 complex. Lo and behold, my sleep issues were almost nonexistent within a couple of days.
So people, don't rely solely on your doctor to solve your problems. Do your own research (from legitimate sites like webmd) and see what you can come up with. Too often these days, doctors just don't care and are just looking for the quick fix to get you out of their office.
**On a side note, I'm currently working over 80 hours/wk at 2 full-time jobs (one is overnight IT shift). I have weekends completely off, still manage to find time to get to the gym, have a decent family life and still feel relatively well rested. Yay B-100!
I gave in and went to see the doc, he ran the standard tests (cholesterol and thyroid) and everything came back that I was perfectly healthy. So even with being athletic, and low weight, no apparent physiological issues, my doc wants to put me on sleep meds (ambien). I didn't want a fscking bandaid, I wanted a reason. He didn't want to run a sleep study, and I was unwilling to take meds with an increased incidence of sleep walking/driving.
I gave up with the doctor route, and started taking a low dosage B-complex vitamin which I discovered through my own research can help if you're having sleep issues. Surprisingly, I started feeling a little better, but was still having sleep issues. So I upped the dosage to an extended release B-100 complex. Lo and behold, my sleep issues were almost nonexistent within a couple of days.
So people, don't rely solely on your doctor to solve your problems. Do your own research (from legitimate sites like webmd) and see what you can come up with. Too often these days, doctors just don't care and are just looking for the quick fix to get you out of their office.
**On a side note, I'm currently working over 80 hours/wk at 2 full-time jobs (one is overnight IT shift). I have weekends completely off, still manage to find time to get to the gym, have a decent family life and still feel relatively well rested. Yay B-100!
