I've always been a bad sleeper, and these days I take a prescription sleep med every night. I don't like having to do this, but it's the only way I can get decent sleep. I was introduced to an over-the-counter med recently and tried it last night to see if it would be an acceptable replacement. At about four in the morning, I woke up with a migraine headache, so I also took my migraine med.

I've been zonked out all day.

This morning it was really bad. I had to force myself to get up and get dressed, and after breakfast, I slept for more than an hour. Still feeling wonky, I went for a 45-minute walk to wake myself up. Still felt wonky. Dosed myself with caffeine. Helped a little, but still wonky. It's late afternoon now, and I'm STILL zoned out.

I looked up drug interactions for the two meds and found nothing on any of the major medicine sites. I did find a study that showed the two drugs can cause drowsiness and fatigue when taken together.

Either way, I'm not going to take these two in combination ever again.



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