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Oh Lisa, I really feel for you. There is nothing worse than not sleeping. I can't believe you can function with 20 mg Flexerill during the day. I take 10 mg at night and sleep pretty well. I can't imagine taking it during the day. I've never heard of Halcion, can't help you there. I know the sleeping aids didn't help me either. Thankfully I am finally sleeping better. I so wish I had a magic pill for you.  Cindy
" That which does not kill me only makes me stronger"
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Please see my recent posting in regards to Magnesium Citrate Using Mangesium to relieve Pain, Stiffness, Fatigue - News Article I have started to sleep a lot more soundly now that I supplement with magnesium citrate. Magnesium helps to relax muscles. Just think about "Milk of Magnesia" for instance. Google the 2 words "Magnesium & Sleep" together in the same search, and read up. Goolge results for "magnesium & sleep"
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here is my nightly ritual and i do sleep pretty well most of the time:
1. take a hot bath or shower
2. take zanaflex (lasts 6 hours in the blood stream so even though it lowers the blood pressure and knocks me out, i can function the next day; flexeral made me feel like a marshmallow man zombie, but zanaflex is better for me)
3. lay on a blue squishy ice pack (usually under my SI, buttocks, right hip) if these are spasming / inflamed.
4. lay with pillows under my legs and with my legs bowlegged to "counterstrain" my buttucks muscles and hip tendon/ligaments (that helps with the spasming)
5. use a thin good quality feather pillow.
6. lay flat on my back, if i lay on either side, my SI is bothered.
7. take prilosec and mylanta to quiet my stomach.
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Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)
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No, this isn't cholately enough to have any caffiene in it I don't think.  ) Sure some. It is just an evelope of the sugar free mix and it is barely chocolate and I get it just warm and it is relaxing. Sometimes I have a warm cup of decaf tea in the night also but not too often, I have NO caffiene after 12:00 p.m. except for when I splurge on the not real good fake chocolate. ) I am wide awake now and SO-o tired so I'm off to the recliner. Hope all is well with you.  Possi 
![[Linked Image]](https://www.kickas.org/images/flowers/Smilingsun.gif) Possi ********************************************************* RUN WHEN YOU CAN, WALK IF YOU HAVE TO, CRAWL IF YOU MUST, JUST NEVER EVER GIVE UP! "A FRIEND HEARS THE SONG IN YOUR HEART AND SINGS IT TO YOU WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORDS." "A FRIEND LOOKS THROUGH YOUR BROKEN FENCE TO ADMIRE YOUR FLOWERS."
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