Waking nightly between 2:30-4 am

[Fiddleman 4,376]

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

[NMJG 1,266]

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.