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Just Had My Gastric Sleeve Surgery Yesterday And I Have Severe Insomnia!



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It's really hard to sleep in the hospital... they are coming in at all hours to do something to you: draw blood, check your blood pressure, ask you about how much you are peeing, change your IV, etc etc. I've been hospitalized four times now and it's so annoying because you're supposed to be resting and healing and they seem to do everything to prevent that.

You need to sleep, though. If you're having trouble, talk to the nurse and see if they can do something for you, like give you some medication, make sure they're quiet around you and wait on any noncritical tests... something.

It's possible it's the side effects of anesthesia, and you might just be hyped up because of what you just went though.

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I slept really good in the hospital with my morphine but when I got home I took the prescribed vicodin and it hyped me up and I couldn't sleep for 3 nights or days. That was really frustrating. I ended up getting the Vicodin changed to Tylenol with Cod and was able to get a nights sleep. Didn't have to take any after that.... :)

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I'm almost 4 weeks out, and I still can't sleep through the whole night. Even right now, it's 3 a.m. and I'm supposed to be up at 9 to go to a doctor appointment. When I do fall asleep, I usually wake up every two hours. Never really had problems sleeping before surgery.

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You might check with your doctor before trying this. I have struggled with this for years and went to see my primary one day and the reception told me that she and her mother had tried many different medications and they still had the same problem. She said that they both both Kirkland sleep Aide at costco and that has really worked for them. I checked with my surgeon's office and they said that it was ok to take. I have taken it and it does work! Hope this helps, but please talk to your surgeon first. :)

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