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Posted 4/29/2009 7:15 PM (GMT 0)
I recently appeared for my exam - i was taking exam after nearly a decade. I have always been a good student and exams never worried me - this time was different - i lost sleep 10 days prior to my exam - but since i badly wanted sleep so took Tylenol PM tablet at night - the day i took it - next day i had increased flare up!! So i preferred staying sleepless than taking the medicine.

I was wondering do these sleep aids cause flare to increase?

Good news is -i scored more than i expected i would :-)
Posted 4/29/2009 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know about the Tylenol PM. Perhaps someone else does.

Your flare could have increased from the added stress of losing sleep and having an exam.
Posted 4/29/2009 8:04 PM (GMT 0)
i also have never heard of sleep aids causing a flare. I agree with Joy that your flare may have been from the stress of having to take the exam, especially that u havent taken one in a loooong time. Lack of sleep i think would also cause one's system to go out of whack..
feel well
Ghena 31 UC
Posted 4/30/2009 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
yes! i guess so.... i was very tensed - what ever little i slept - i dreamt of maths-algebra-geometry!! :-)
Posted 4/30/2009 12:55 PM (GMT 0)
     I agree with subdued.  I take Tylenol PM...well actually not Tylenol brand but the store brand cause it is cheaper....at least three times a week because I have had trouble sleeping since being hospitalized last year and I am still in remission.  I believe it is the stress causing your bleeding.  Why don't you try a mild anti-anxiety med?
Posted 4/30/2009 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
I take Trazadone (rx) and it doesn't irritate me.
Posted 4/30/2009 8:45 PM (GMT 0)

Melatonin which is a sleep aid is a very powerful anti-oxidant and I have found out that taking at least 20 mg of melatonin before I sleep lessons my 'morning flares' dramatically

saposs said...
I recently appeared for my exam - i was taking exam after nearly a decade. I have always been a good student and exams never worried me - this time was different - i lost sleep 10 days prior to my exam - but since i badly wanted sleep so took Tylenol PM tablet at night - the day i took it - next day i had increased flare up!! So i preferred staying sleepless than taking the medicine.

I was wondering do these sleep aids cause flare to increase?

Good news is -i scored more than i expected i would :-)

Posted 5/2/2009 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
20mg? Isn't the usual dose 3mg?
Posted 5/3/2009 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
You shouldn't take tylenol PM every night its just benadryl with tylenol. Why subject your body to all the tylenol if you dont need it, just take benadryl or the generic kind of benedryl. I have been using something called "LunaSom" sold at Walgreens and it has so far been working very well for me. I am nowhere near as groggy as I am from benadryl. Plus I think taking benadryl every night made me more susceptible to colds etc... and I always wondered if it contributed to my UC - as I had been having trouble sleeping for a year or two before UC diagnosis, and had been frequently taking benadryl. I wonder if it could screw up the allergic response, taking anti-histamine every day?
Posted 5/3/2009 6:41 PM (GMT 0)

Rider Fan said...
20mg? Isn't the usual dose 3mg?

3mg is the dose for sleep but you need at least 20 mg  melatonin  for IBD
Posted 5/3/2009 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
My goodness that seems like a lot. It doesn't dope you up too much? I've never heard of using melatonin for IBD. Where did you hear about this use for it? Thanks!
Posted 5/3/2009 7:57 PM (GMT 0)

Rider Fan said...
My goodness that seems like a lot. It doesn't dope you up too much? I've never heard of using melatonin for IBD. Where did you hear about this use for it? Thanks!

Hi Rider

I first read about melatonin for IBD in a South African magazine. I did some research and found several sites supporting this treatment. See the link below

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=36466

Melatonin takes a about  3 weeks to 'kick in'. The biggest benefit is that it almost stop 'morning flares'. I had had severe joint pains and after 3 weeks of melatonin my pains got reduced and today I no longer have joint pains. I believe that you can never overdose yourself with melatonin.

DMSO has similar benefits but it acts much faster. DMSO can reduce pain almost immediately.

You will be wasting your time with 3mg of melatonin a night. Melatonin only works if taken in large doses. The 'slow release' works much better but it's 3 times more expensive.

 

Posted 5/3/2009 8:33 PM (GMT 0)
Study Explores Melatonin as Treatment for Irritable Bowel Disease and Ulcerative colitis

See link below

http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=2229
Posted 5/4/2009 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
thanks all for replies. i had never heard that Melatonin could help in IBD.

doors12: i had it for 5-6 days and after my exam my husband hid the medicine - he said try to sleep without them. I still wake up many times after 4-5:00 in morning.....I have started meditation. :-)
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