Re: Took Kalms - Big Mistake
I suffer with depression and panic attacks ,anxiety and a bad back and chronic insomnia . I am on several different types of medication for pain for my heart for anxiety and antidepressants . I was on sleeping tabs but gp was afraid I was getting hooked on them so I had to wean myself off and needed something to make me sleep .After several nights of no sleep was suggested kalms sleep ,couldn't believe it worked .I was never a great believer in herbal remedies but 3 tabs an hour before bed and I slept soundly for 6 hours . I have been taking them regularly for about 3 months and I have actually slept for 10 hours some nights they are a god send made me a believer in herbal remedies and no more insomnia .
Re: Took Kalms - Big Mistake
Which just goes to show how everyone is different with all of these meds, and why nobody on nmp can tell another person what to take or not to take, we can only share our own experiences of taking them.
Re: Took Kalms - Big Mistake
Some herbal remedies don't mix with anti depressants. I think it was Citalopram that said St Johns Wort had interactions.
Even Valerian has known interactions with some.
So, it pays to look around and see what could work.
Prescribed Hypnotics such as Zopiclone only relax you so you can sleep. they don't make you sleep longer than your body needs. Now this can be a problem because if you are anxious about undersleeping, you may get 2 hours less because you don't need it but start to worry you are not sleeping.
GP advice about Hypnotics can be poor as well. Mine told me to take them daily and I found it later I should have used them every other day. So, I had to wean off them which messed my sleep cycle up a lot at first and it took months to fully recover it. When offered this in my relapse, I took them home but decided that no matter how bad it got, I wouldn't take them...and it did get a lot worse but I stuck to that and came out the other side.