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Old 11-10-2011, 04:37 PM
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I have it in a very bad way and it is seldom that I can go to sleep at 11:00 and wake up at 7:00 and feel rested. I am always up sometime during the night.

I tried Midnight and that was a waste of money. Tied not eating anything after 4:00 pm or drinking any liquids after 5:00 pm and that did nothing.

One thing that works is a very small sip of Nyquil, about half a tea spoon. NOT something you want to use every night but it does work for me.

I have a close friend that had it worse that I do and he went to s sleep specialist who put him through a battery of sleep monitoring tests. It ended up he was having a breathing problem and he was fitted with an odd looking face mask hooked to a contraption for breathing. He also this past week had cartilage removed from his nose to also aid in breathing. This will help him get away from the face mask set up. Overall he says it is the best thing he has ever done. He sleeps great and gets up feeling refreshed. He also says if he has to get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night he goes right back to sleep where in the past he would be up for a couple of hours.

VG