Sleeping without pills. causing fatigue.

[naddi99]

I have been taking tylenol pm or advil pm or some other form of sleep aid for the past four years, last september I couldn't sleep for more than 3 or 4 hours max even after taking prosac which my doctor prescribed. first my doctor thought I might have depression so he put me on depression medictaion and that didn't work either, then he put me on ambien but no results. Finally i tried some over the counter melatonin for a couple of days and that helped me sleep for about six hours. about a couple of months ago i stopped taking everything and I have been able to get about six hours of sleep and if I lay in bed I do manage to fall back asleep even after six hours of sleep.. the problem is that even though I get six seven hours of sleep I still wake up very tired and I feel so fatigued through out the day as if I have no energy. I am sick of running back to my doctor all the time and I really don't wanna take any more medications. Any suggestions as to how I can get rid of this fatigue and exaustion? Thanks.

[naddi99]

I don't exercise much but i eat well, I stopped drinking coffee when i stopped taking all the sleeping pills. I just have a cup of tea in the morning and absolutely no coffee although i do miss it like crazy. I take cingulare in the morning everyday for my sinus but other than that no other meds but i take a couple of tylenols almost every motning because i always wake up with a headache. I do keep regular hours like from 12 to 8 everyday, i do fall asleep easily but i wake up after 5 hours or so and then i have to take some time to get back to sleep but sometimes by the time i fall back asleep it's almost time to wake up again and even if i do get all my sleep i feel as if i have been up for days i am just too tired. thanks for asking!!!!!!

[badsneakers]

What kind of eating and exercise habits do you keep?  are you on any other meds throughout the day?  Do  you keep regular sleep hours (ie 10pm to 6am)?  Do you drink coffee or other caffinated items?