Sleep

[beady3]

I think I might go mad soon,I am doing realy well on Tramodol slow release, but now can't get to sleep ,would it be ok to take 1of each Tram slow and ordinary then the ordinary one I would take 9.00 and let's hope sleep

[ookla]

Tramadol gave me insomnia, too, which I didn't actually mind so much... due to my sleep apnea, I'd actually feel relatively better in the morning the less sleep I got (4 hours seemed to be the magic number) and it was kind of nice to lay in bed and enjoy my legs feeling "normal."

Anyway, you could take one extended release and one immediate release if you wanted, it's the exact same medication except the distribution method is different (one pill releases it all at once, the other is a release of a certain amount at certain times). But what would be the point of that again? When would you take the extended release?

If you take the immediate release at 9, it should be in full effect anywhere from ten minutes to forty minutes. And it should last around 6 hours (some can get 8, but that's not the average). For me, I wasn't able to get to sleep until around the 5 hour mark. The side effect seemed to go along with the efficacy - once it wasn't giving me insomnia, it also wasn't giving me relief... and with the increased dose, the insomnia came back.

I hope you have better luck, but I couldn't come up with an effective timing schedule to give relief without affecting sleep. Then again, I didn't necessarily want to.

When I did want to sleep, though, I ended up going to the OTC sleep aids (unison, Tylenol pm, etc.). Hopefully someone else will have a better solution for you.

[AnnaVic]

Hi Beady, glad it hear you got some relief. Unfortunately slow release Tramadol is no magic bullet. I find my sleep pattern varies. Sometimes I can't keep my eyes open at 7pm and a 10 minute doze will bring me round and I could stay up half the night. Others I go to bed around 10pm and can sleep most of the night, maybe reading a little through the night but enough sleep to feel OK in the morning. I am getting aches and pains in my legs and feet from time to time and when this happens I take 100mg instead of the 50. Even one increased dose sets me back on track. I wonder if you do take one extended release and one immediate release for 1 or 2 nights would it put you back on track. I can't see any reason why you can't take one of each. It is maybe the 9 o'clock Tram causing the problem.

Sorry if I'm rambling. It is all trial and error. I have had great help from this site and a bit of this and a bit of that seems to be the way through for me. Kind regards.

[beady3 in reply to AnnaVic]

Thank you and Ookla for trying to help me I am going to take 1 slow at 2.00 and 1 ord at 9.00 let's hope thank goodness we have this web site x

[Hidden]

I find if I wait too long in the evening to take something and the RLS gets well established it is a lot harder to get control of it.

I would take the extended release a good 2 hrs before symptoms normally occur and then the normal release a 1/2 hr before going to bed. In saying that I am sure its unique to the individual and absorption will be effected by food in the stomach, etc.

Good luck.

[beady3 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks raffs apart from standing On my head and taking the B tablets I think I have juggled about with them ,maybe it will be joy tonight x

[Hidden]

I used to yearn for sleep now I don't mind lying awake - as long as the legs aren't crawling. I've come to embrace the insomnia. As long as the legs aren't moving life's good.

Sweet dreams tonight.