Reply #6: My muscle relaxers work far better than any sleep aid.

[ThomCat]

Muscle relaxers and many other prescription meds cause drowsiness and put me right to sleep. No sleep aid has ever worked so well. As long as my pain is kept under control I sleep like the dead.

And because the primary effect of the med is one I need, if I still feel a bit loose in my muscles in the morning, that's perfectly okay. It passes as soon as I start moving around. I don't feel groggy or anything. Just relaxed.

All meds have side effects. If you are already taking other meds, try to use those side effects to your advantage instead of adding more meds that you don't really need. Switch to meds you need that will have side effects that benefit you too. :)

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Be well. I hope you can sleep well.