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NikkiRT

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NikkiRT    265

NikkiRT
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Anyone else having trouble sleeping since surgery? There's no pain, nothing keeping me up other than I am wide awake as of 4 am every day! Not sure if maybe I need to start taking some melatonin or what?

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sc101071    398

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Could be hormones. If you're still on pain meds, it could be those.

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slvarltx    332

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I have the same problem...i wake wide up between 3:30 and 4:30 every morning...,it is kinda of annoying....tried meds...restoril keeps asleep, but groggy the next day...the best answer i have is too fight to stay awake at least until 10 pm

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I have heard from my acupunturist that your internal organs are balanced and when anything is wrong with them it brings disharmony and etc. from looking at most of the posts here with side effects such as facial flushing, insomnia, I really think that oriental medicine could help. I'm just bringing the word out there cuz not a lot of ppl seem to know. Look up stomach and tcm (which is traditional chinese medicine) and there are so many explanations of this.

I'm pretty sure that insomnia and other side effects are caused by unbalance in our internal system because we removed such a large organ in our body

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I have heard from my acupunturist that your internal organs are balanced and when anything is wrong with them it brings disharmony and etc. from looking at most of the posts here with side effects such as facial flushing, insomnia, I really think that oriental medicine could help. I'm just bringing the word out there cuz not a lot of ppl seem to know. Look up stomach and tcm (which is traditional chinese medicine) and there are so many explanations of this.

I'm pretty sure that insomnia and other side effects are caused by unbalance in our internal system because we removed such a large organ in our body

Did they recommend taking two needles and calling them in the morning? :)

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@@4MRB4PHOTO Why don't you try looking it up first. Its a real thing. I'm saying this from experience. I had really bad insomnia for two years (tried everything didn't work). Finally I visited an oriental doctor and got acupuncture and drank herbal teas. after a month my insomnia completely went away!! I sleep 8 hours a night everyday now.

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4MRB4PHOTO    3,900

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@@4MRB4PHOTO Why don't you try looking it up first. Its a real thing. I'm saying this from experience. I had really bad insomnia for two years (tried everything didn't work). Finally I visited an oriental doctor and got acupuncture and drank herbal teas. after a month my insomnia completely went away!! I sleep 8 hours a night everyday now.

(I was only making a joke)

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Montana Gal    448

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Did they recommend taking two needles and calling them in the morning? :)

Cute one!

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OzRoo    1,492

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I didn't sleep well for a long time. With the weight loss, some hormones got disturbed, and also my thyroid med got too strong (it is very weight sensitive). This made me hyper-thyroid for months.

I had to take sleeping pills for few weeks.

Now, I am finally sleeping much better, and my thyroid med has been reduced again.

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ocgirl15    667

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How far out are you? Pain meds caused sleeping issues for me early on. This was not new either I had issues with sleeping from pain meds after other surgeries in the past. I also second all the posters that mentioned hormones. My PCP is fine with me taking melatonin. It really helps me. Wishing you many zzzzs!

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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