since I was a child, any med that said would make you sleepy worked the oppsite on me. wide wake. pm meds,?

Question

nitequil, codein, vicodin, benadril, it all wires me for hours. I try not to take this stuff, I'm not a good sleeper. I can get to sleep if really tired, but dont stay sleeping longer than 3 hours. up for an hour or two than asleep again. I take xanax to sleep, but that only works for 4 to 5 hours taking 2mg before bed. than I'm up. takes no naps. I had cough meds with codeine in it and was up for 3 days straight. any ideas why this stuff wires me ??

Answer 1

Yea, you know the med's you named up their most adults it will put them to sleep. But being giving them as a child, it would of keapt you up. Still I can relate to this problem. I was once told by a very smart lady, that one day you can take a medication and it will work like it should. Later on you might find that you can't take that medication any longer, cause it could put your life in danger.
Moreless your system sometimes change, and what works for most of the world is not working for you.
To calm down young childern, that are wired, they give medication that is like a speed, and it slows them down, or makes them sleepy. Now not all of us do that, so of us are different , and so we react to the medication we are takeing different. Plus your system will get use to it, and you will become dependent on it. Not a good thing. I can't tell you way these med's keep you awake, except for what i have just said. We all are different , so different med's work different ways on us. One day those med's you listed up there may work for you. That can happen. For now, maybe go talk to a doctor about this problem, and if he thinks you are crazy , look for a different doctor. Cause different med's work different on different people. There is always that little number of people that they will not help or work for. So i would say go discuss this with your doctor, and if he is not helping. Go to a different one that will beleive you , and help find out why this is , so you can get some sleep.

Answer 2

I don't really know the answer to your question. All i want to say is that my son is hyperactive and all sleeping's meds do the same to him. Cough meds he cannot go near. My son is now 22 and sleeps very little and is extremely active although he says he loves it now that he does not need all the sleep as he is studying.

Answer 3

It used to be called hyperactive.and what they did for it then, was give kids coffee, yes coffee to calm them down. Try this instead,..I have a tendency to get 'wired' when taking these things also, and could never understand why I can sleep on sixteen cups of coffee...maybe just a little hyper..good luck dear.

Answer 4

probably have adhd.