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Josy · 27-10-2015, 09:14 PM

Nope

I actually struggle to take painkillers and have to buy the dissolving ones.

joeysteele · 27-10-2015, 10:19 PM

None, I hate taking any pills, even if I get a bad headache,I would rather just persevere than take a tablet.

Also anything at all that particularly has codeine in it just makes me feel physically sick thinking of the taste that leaves.

mizzy25 · 27-10-2015, 10:24 PM

mezavant 1200mg 2 per day plus lopermide as and when I need it, I also take a lot of paracetamol

smudgie · 27-10-2015, 10:33 PM

Oh dear, where do I start.

Blue injection first thing on a morning before I even have my coffee, after breakfast 5 tablets,(3 different types)
Lunchtime 2 tablets.
After tea the 5 tablets again.
Before bed insulin jab, once in bed a statin and two painkillers.

Used to take 8 very strong tabs for my gout/arthritis but had to come off them as they have beggared my kidneys.
Other than that I am as fit as a fiddle

Fetch The Bolt Cutters · 27-10-2015, 11:02 PM

i LOVE MURIELS WEDDING SO MUCH

Redway · 27-10-2015, 11:18 PM

Used to be on antidepressants (fluoxetine and sertraline at various points) but I've come off them now. I still habitually take sleeping pills though

Mokka · 28-10-2015, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Rose McGowan

i LOVE MURIELS WEDDING SO MUCH

That's cause you have taste

Kate! · 27-10-2015, 11:20 PM

Sam

I was offered sleeping tablets cos I suffer from insomnia but refused them.

Redway · 27-10-2015, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Kate!

Sam

I was offered sleeping tablets cos I suffer from insomnia but refused them.

Kate.

Yeah, it's a pain having to resort to tablets, especially the likes of diazepem (easy to get hooked), plus they're only supposed to be prescribed for up to a month or so..

Kate! · 27-10-2015, 11:32 PM

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Kate.

Yeah, it's a pain having to resort to tablets, especially the likes of diazepem (easy to get hooked), plus they're only supposed to be prescribed for up to a month or so..

If you're not getting any sleep though its like what do you do? I usually get a few hours a night and function reasonably well on a nap in the daytime.

Redway · 27-10-2015, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kate!

If you're not getting any sleep though its like what do you do? I usually get a few hours a night and function reasonably well on a nap in the daytime.

Yeah, I'm like that. Funnily enough it's actually easier for me to sleep during the day than at night... I dunno. It's hard to explain but at night I'm lying in bed worrying about *something* I should be doing but just can't quite put my finger on.

Kizzy · 27-10-2015, 11:37 PM

I used to be on all sorts and felt like I was getting worse

I had to take drastic action so I used my friend google and researched how I was feeling which is usually the worst thing you can do, luckily I found lots of support and advice... So I put my meds in the bin, changed my diet and I feel MUCH better!

Kate! · 27-10-2015, 11:42 PM

Yes sometimes pills are just NOT what you need.

Sam, you sound like me, just can't switch off. I fear there is no cure.

Vanessa · 27-10-2015, 11:48 PM

I don't take any pills. I embrace my madness

Kate! · 27-10-2015, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanessa

I don't take any pills. I embrace my madness

Redway · 27-10-2015, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kate!

Sam, you sound like me, just can't switch off. I fear there is no cure.

I find that making a list of the racing thoughts can help? Probably sounds like run-of-the-mill advice but that and a warm glass of milk just before bed (as opposed to tea or anything else with a lot of caffeine) can help relax you, and making a note of issues that need to be sorted the next day.

It's hard getting more than an hour or two of sleep in a row though. My sleep's always broken up into random cycles for some reason... been waking up at 5 am lately and then pretty much having to answer to my alarm by the time I've managed to doze off again.

Jamie89 · 28-10-2015, 12:18 AM

Nope. Just the occasional multi vit

Although ask me again after another 6 months of being on tibb, I might need to be on something

Jamie89 · 28-10-2015, 12:19 AM

And muriels wedding is one of the greatest movies of all time

Kizzy · 28-10-2015, 12:43 AM

It's a full moon, go outside and howl for a bit... seriously, you feel much better.

user104658 · 28-10-2015, 11:36 AM

No, and I'd be looking for alternative solutions if it was ever suggested. Though I'm not adverse to taking basic painkillers (ibuprofen and paracetamol) for headaches. However 9 times out of 10 my headaches aire either dehydration or caffeine withdrawal

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But yeah I have severe reservations about pills. My mum was on so many she rattled. Pills, and pills to counteract the side effecrs of other pills... ridiculous. Half of them messed her up even more physically and SSRI's (antidepressants) actually made her depression far, far worse. I wouldn't touch anything like that with a bargepole. Most of them are still semi-experimental, the people who MAKE the damn things don't fully understand the effect they have, let alone the ground-level GP's dishing them out like tic tacs.