British Expats

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11783792)

If you don't set an alarm, do you wake up naturally after a normal 8 hours of sleep? Or do you just keep on sleeping?

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11784321)

The one I tried Zopiclone lost effectiveness after 6-8 months of use, I would take it and would not get drowsy enough to sleep.

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11784311)

Do you?

My wife was on Zolpidem as a 'sleeping pill' and it was very effective, albeit with a tendency to strange (imaginary) conversations just prior to sleep.
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I'm the 'dead to the world' night time sleeper at 3 minutes after my head is on the pillow, I'm out cold without the aid of any medications, tea, Melatonin etc, the phone could ring, the ceiling could fall on my head - I will not wake up. No middle of the night potty trips either.

Night time sleep duration is 6 hours max. At the drop of a hat, I can go to sleep at anytime of the day, after 20 minutes I'm awake revived & fresh ready to go again. I have never ever needed a wake up clock since I came to Canada, even when I travelled overseas, my body just seemed to adjust to the local time zone, just like changing the time on a watch.

My wife on the other hand is a total insomniac. She has been this way most all of her life since her childhood. Test after test, sleep studies, its her body or mind that won't shut down. She is more awake & brain active when its time to sleep than during the wake hours.

Her sleep meds are 7.5mg Zopiclone (no side or after effects) that she has been on for over 10 years. She has to pay for these because they're not covered by the provincial plan. Major side effects for her with the Zopiclone is 'night time binge eating', not big eating, just snack on anything, so we do not buy or have any junk food in the house ever.

Prior to the Zopiclone, it was several different sleep aids one after the other that she tried, that never worked or that left her zonked out of her mind during the day.

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