how much is too much

take one 10/320 narco a day a night for sleep. sure better than taking ambien where i did stuff i dont remember doing and i sleep like a baby. usually i have four or five beers from 5 til nine. I take the narco between 5:30 and 6:30 usually. doesnt sound bad, huh. well when i dont take the narco, my mind is racing, joints are hurting and really have a difficult time sleeping. I hate to think i am addicted, but when you have any type of withdrawal symtoms (symptoms) i guess you are. never want one during the day and never really crave the drug. 56 yrs old and exercise daily. been taking nacro for nearly a year and like everything i do, i stop for a while to see what is happening to my body that i may not know. cautions from anyone?

[Rayy]

just cause you have wds doesnt mean your addicted there are many thigns to consider beforeyou decide if your addicted and withdrawals are rarely lethal unlesss you have some health problems so if you do! see your doc first also i dont want to say your old but if i were you i would see the doc at your age before i quit anyway just to be safe

[beachtowel]

Hello I have a question when your mind is racing and you cant sleep what are your thoughts......

Is there something specific in your personal life that is really bothering you?

[beachtowel]

"One Narco is way to many but a 1000 Narcos are not enough"

[Dave W.]

Your not exactly doing your liver much good by mixing Alcohol and Narco,
but I should be the last to talk about someone else doing it.LOL. Seriously,
Since your only taking the drug at night to sleep,I'd personally try something
more natural,besides narcotics,if it's just something you need to help you
sleep. I used to half to drink myself to sleep for years while I was so stressed
from a job I had,and if I didn't take anything to sleep,I'd be up all night too,tossing
and turning with my mind racing and irritable. Your not alone in this.Don't feel so
down or mad at yourself by doing what you do,just to sleep good. I'd just find a
safer way to sleep,instead of miing booze and drugs,that's all. Try Melatonin.
It's a natural sleeping aid. It comes in a 3mg tablet and helps lots of people sleep
without going to Benzo's,narcotics and alcohol. Hope this helps.

[1aday]

nothing in the personal life is bothering me...i have always had trouble sleeping since i was 45. my mind just gets on a subject and just stays there. nothing big, just the way my mind is, no matter how much i work physically or exercise.

[1aday]

Tried all the sleep aids. my wife is a ND so we have access to all the natural stuff. I know the b&a is not a good thing. that is the reason i stop for periods of time. just wish my body felt better when i am off the stuff. thanks for the reply

[justlikeyou]

basically your using heroin as a sleep aid.your over 45 and if your anything like us, your tolerance will go up as time goes by and you will need/want more. maybe even start taking them in the day to 'relax'  opiates are very very dangerous, iwhen i quit them i didnt sleep a wink for 23 nights, but eventually i was so tired i started to sleep, now i sleep well and naturally.

its your call, i woud say stop  playing with the opiates.

[VOsRose]

Playing with opiates is like playinig with fire for a lot of people, but then, everyone is different.  If you're actually suffering withdrawal if you don't take them, I would take that as a warning and stop taking them altogether before it becomes a much bigger problem!

Have you tried good, old fashioned benedryl for sleeping?  It works wonders...it was originally developed as a sleep aid and is totally non-addictive.  

Good luck.  I suffer insomnia, also...I have my whole life.  If I get 5 hours of sleep a night, that's usually a good night for me.  Lots of nights I get 1 or 2 hours.  It runs in my family.  We all take benedryl.  

Rosie

[retiredrn]

D*amn you're good  "basically your using heroin as a sleep aid"--exactly!  Opiates are the best pain reliever, the best antidepressant, the best sleep aid--if only tolerance and addiction didn't occur.  I'm older and have had insomnia my whole life,too, but I stay up as late as I can and try to think of wierd things to sooth me, like colors and designs, and it's working!  So good luck and please let us know how you're doing, just 1 a day, I can remember when that was enuf for me.