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Diphenhydramine Questions...

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Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but ....

I've been using dipenhydramine to fall asleep every night for the past 4 years...Usually take anywhere from 75-125MG per night....

So far I believe it is making me dumber as time goes on....I find that when I wake up from a 7 hour or less sleep from it and go to work I have a hard time thinking clearly...then like an hour or so later I'm good again.

Is it safe to keep taking dph every night for sleep?
Melatonin doesn't work too well for me


....and am not getting anything prescribed to me. I do love benzo's, but I keep it to a lot of them in 1 day per every two weeks.


Thank you. :)
 
It could be down to it leaving you with a "hangover" of sorts. And taking anything for such a long period of time is bound to have side effects such as this.
Maybe try an Antihistamine with a shorter half-life? Not sure if this would fix the problem though, maybe only a period of abstainence would do this.

About the Benzos - Is it that your Dr. won't script you them or you prefer not to take them?
 
I don't even have a doctor haha, but nah, I wouldn't want a script for them because I would abuse them like I do every two weeks lol.

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking about trying doxylamine...


Just found this on the Doxy-Wiki


It is also available in combination with vitamin B6 and folic acid under the brand name Evanorm (marketed by Ion Healthcare).


^sounds lovely.
 
Maybe you should just get a script of 3 or so Zolpidem? They're short acting and, being scripted so few, abuse wouldn't be an issue.

But Doxylamine is powerful and should knock you out well. Have never tried it before though so I cannot comment on it's next-day effects - or if it will be any better than DPH with regards to the mental unclarity you're experiencing.
 
Let'se see how good my memory is, I'm on 150mg right now of DPH, Zolpidem as in...uh...ambein? I took that once and had a crazy time I stayed awake....
 
Ambien, it's one of the best drugs out there, for helping you sleep anyway, I suffered for insomnia for a while, I tried all sorts, many would leave me zombied all morning, with ambien you drop off without realising it and wake up feeling like a million dollars!
Tell your doc you want to try it, it's not really an abuse-a-lot med so they don't mind handing it out!
 
I took 2 unison doxylamine pills last night instead of my usual DPH and I think I like it better. Which is better for sleep? And easier on the body/mind?
 
I still do this every night if I'm not on clonazolam.

About to take 5x25mg pills.

Gute Nacht!
 
I would seriously not recommend taking dph every single night. to be honest, I'm amazed it still works for you and you haven't built a mad tolerance. What you're taking is not a crazy amount.

And yes, it is absolutely possible you're having CNS side effects. Confusion, brain fog, dumbness, inability to concentrate, memory problems... these are all caused by anticholinergic medications. I'm frankly surprised you're not having more issues with so much steady state drug in your stystem.


Try something else, man. Give your body/brain a break. please
 
I used to abuse dph before i turned to the benzos, i also built up a mad tolerance to it, i broke the cycle, went on sleepers and never looked back since. Please try stop taking them, or like wezface says at least give your body a tolerance break for a while
 
I kind of can't sleep without them....lol I made this thread so long ago and I still live my life the same fucked up way.

I flip the bed, i burn the sheets
Leave the blood and I burn my weed
 
Yikes, I didn't even realize how old the thread was when I started reading. I take ~25mg of DPH to help sleep at night and I've noticed maybe a little of what you mention in the morning but nothing too significant. This makes me reconsider that 25mg tho...
 
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