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Question: What can I do to sleep a full night's sleep? I can only sleep for about four hours and no matter what I try to do to return to sleep, it doesn't work. Then I spend the whole day not feeling well and not being able to do my job well because I don't get enough sleep. I also have been getting a lot of exercise but it still does not help me sleep.
Brief Answer:
Benzodiazepine group of medicines will be useful
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for writing to us.
You have problem of sleep disturbance-insomnia.
Insomnia are of two types in general.
Primary insomnia: Sleep disturbance is the only problem.No other physical or psychological problem.In this case benzo group of medicines like clonazepam,lorazepam,zolpidem are useful.When sleep duration is shorten,clonazepam is more useful.
Secondary insomnia: In this sleep disturbance is due to either some physical or psychological problem.Mainstay of the treatment in this type is to treat underlying physical or psychological problem.Benzo group of drug is
also useful.
Benzo group drugs are strict prescription medicines. You need to consult doctor to take the same.
In both types some measures known as Sleep Hygiene are also useful.They may completely treat the problem without need of medicine or may reduce the dose of medicine.
You can find these measures in below link:
http://sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/sleep-hygiene
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki
Benzodiazepine group of medicines will be useful
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for writing to us.
You have problem of sleep disturbance-insomnia.
Insomnia are of two types in general.
Primary insomnia: Sleep disturbance is the only problem.No other physical or psychological problem.In this case benzo group of medicines like clonazepam,lorazepam,zolpidem are useful.When sleep duration is shorten,clonazepam is more useful.
Secondary insomnia: In this sleep disturbance is due to either some physical or psychological problem.Mainstay of the treatment in this type is to treat underlying physical or psychological problem.Benzo group of drug is
also useful.
Benzo group drugs are strict prescription medicines. You need to consult doctor to take the same.
In both types some measures known as Sleep Hygiene are also useful.They may completely treat the problem without need of medicine or may reduce the dose of medicine.
You can find these measures in below link:
http://sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/sleep-hygiene
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Are you a doctor I can consult with for getting a prescription?
Brief Answer:
Yes I am doctor, but online prescription is not valid
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for follow up question.
Yes I am a qualified doctor/psychiatrist and I do write prescriptions for sleep problems. However I am sorry to say that online prescription is not valid according to law and I can't help you for the same through this forum.
You should consult your GP personally for prescription.
Take care,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
Yes I am doctor, but online prescription is not valid
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for follow up question.
Yes I am a qualified doctor/psychiatrist and I do write prescriptions for sleep problems. However I am sorry to say that online prescription is not valid according to law and I can't help you for the same through this forum.
You should consult your GP personally for prescription.
Take care,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
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