Is there anything safe for us to take to get back in a normal sleep pattern? I've only slept about 3 hours for a couple nights now. I am tired and not too uncomfortable, I just can't sleep.

For the first couple of day I was taking my pain meds to go to sleep.

We were sleeved the same day. I have been taking a pain pill at bedtime along with a melatonin. Sleeping somewhat. You should see my bed though...It looks like a little boys fort (haha). I have SOOOOO many pillows in there, and I try not to move them as I crawl back into bed at night. Good Luck, it seems to be getting better.

I am having difficulty getting the fluids in. How much can you drink at a time, before you know it's too much??

Is there anything safe for us to take to get back in a normal sleep pattern? I've only slept about 3 hours for a couple nights now. I am tired and not too uncomfortable, I just can't sleep.

I would take a Melatonin. It always helps me sleep. Its natural and safe.

i was sleeved on 3/8/11 and the only thing that would keep me sleeping was the pain medications i would only take it at night when i was readt to go to bed and during the day i would deal with the minimal pain i was feeling

mjb123, i'm in the same boat. I'm sleeping about 3 hours per night, but I am able to get in a couple of small naps during the day too.

I have gotten to where I take a swig of my liquid pain medication when I'm settling in for the night, because it helps get me comfortable, and sleepy enough to drop off.

Every single day gets a little better!

<3

I was sleeved on 3/7 and chose to use tylenol pm versus the pain meds to help with sleeping. I didn't want to nap during the day and not sleep at night. My bed too has a ton of pillows because of the drain.

I spoke to my nurse from the clinic yesterday and after letting her know I had tried Benedryl (which was on our list of safe meds to take) she told me it was ok to try tylenol PM. I slept 8 hours last night. I feel SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better. Thank you all for your suggestions!!!

Glad you are getting some sleep. It's weird but at the

one week follow up sessions I attended EVERYONE said they were having trouble sleeping. Could it be the anesthesia? Not in much pain after 3-4 days. As I recall it didn't last long, though. A couple of weeks.

I was like you, for about a week that is all I was able to sleep 3hrs a night!!!! Few naps during the days but the naps would be approx an hr long or less. Now I sleep from 10pm-10:30am (taking advantage of my medical leave! lol)