I have read numerous posts about people having trouble sleeping after the VSG. I am a shift worker, so sleep issues is something I am familiar with. About 5 years ago, I discovered Melatonin. It is a natural "chemical" that is found in your body that makes you sleepy. I take it when I am working days. When working nights, I sleep all day with no problems. It makes me sleep very well, and no hung over feeling when I wake up. I take a 3 mg tablet about 1 hour before I want to go to sleep. A few coworkers have reported strange dreams, but it does not cause issues for me. I buy it at my grocery store in the vitamin and herb section. Might be worth a try.

I have to sleep sitting up I am home but on my back it hurts I am 3 days post op

I learned somewhere in college that the number one cause of insomnia in the US is sleeping pills (unsupported fact pulled out of my distant memory). After my bout with Ambien I can believe it. I take a Xanex occasionally or a little dyphin, but mostly I try to let my body do its thing. Some nights I just want to SLEEP though.

Stacey

I also think it's a lack of carbs. I'm not used to sleeping on an empty stomcah.

I'm used to passing out in a carb induced coma and then getting up late and running for the coffee pot. It's just our bodies might not be getting as much work lately since they're not digesting so much...that's lots of work. I think it will get better in time...when I get up real early I have a bit of soy milk and go back to bed and sleep more.....seaview

Okay... when posting on this thread before I was Pre-sleeve. I am now Post Sleeve and have struggled a bit with sleeping. I decided to test our carbohydrate theory and low and behold... If I eat a few bites of apple sauce before I go to bed I sleep like a baby.

Stacey

I sleep like a baby. I can't stay up late anymore. My body is so exhausted by 9pm. I am waking up around 4:30-5:00 though. Never linked it to my surgery. I just thought it was because I was going to bed earlier.

I'll just share my first few weeks post op...I awoke every morning between 5 and 6 am and was full of anxiety. Once my eyes opened I was unable to fall back asleep (and I wanted to). Early out I was taking percoset for pain and reglan every 6 hours as a motility drug, so those very first few days were a bit screwed up. I would get up in the middle of the night to crush, mix and swallow pill/s. I also think that my caloric intake was so pathetically low that my body was unable to deeply relax.