Fiddleman 4,376 Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) I am getting close to 2 years post op. Not sleeping happens to me also. It got to be a habit of waking up and seeing 2:30 am and the eventually falling asleep again at 4:30am. Definitely not ideal when I have to be at my desk ready to do international meetings at 6 am. It started when my exercise picked up at post op 7 months. Did the melatonin OTC thing for a while until it stopped working, which was fairly quick when I maxed out daily dose of 10 mg. I recently got a script (about 1 month ago) for hydroxyl which works fairly well for me at 75 mg before bed. Hydroxyl is a bit like glorified Benadryl so is not in the same class as ambien. No experience with ambien, but i heard stories of people doing some weird stuff on it. I not only sleep better on hydroxyl, but my dreams are of high quality and more engaging. There is a small side effect of being drowsy when I wake (5:30am), but nothing caffeine can't take care of. Edited April 27, 2014 by Fiddleman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NMJG 1,266 Posted April 27, 2014 IMHO eating in the middle of the night sounds like justification to eat more. If you plan to keep your weight off, I doubt this is a good move. Hot herb tea or other noncaloric choice is better. Just my opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
