The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

mardatha

I find Phenergan is magic. Doesn't knock me out like a light but when I get to sleep then I stay asleep.

camelot1001

I once gave Phenergan to the children when we had a long journey to endure. Great at the start but when it wore off there were 3 tornados in the back of the car. Never again!

Hard_Up_Hester

Lol Camelot, I was told by my HV to try it for my daughter who didn't sleep as a child, she too turned into a tornado, without any sleep to start with, like you, never again.

mardatha

Wish to god it turned me into a tornado in the mornings. that would take care of the housework !

ivyleaf

Hope you're still feeling better anyway though mardatha x

grandma247

Karcher have you tried writing a journal ? Putting all those thoughts down on paper ? I had a friend recommend doing that when I couldn't sleep and it usually works. There is something therapeutic about writing of this kind, especially for people who have experienced traumatic events in their lives.

candygirl

camelot1001 wrote: »

I once gave Phenergan to the children when we had a long journey to endure. Great at the start but when it wore off there were 3 tornados in the back of the car. Never again!

My Mum used to give it us when we were travelling too.I didn't know they still sold it! :eek:

THIRZAH

DD1 was knocked over in the playground when she was five. She was very distressed and definitely not her usual self so we took her to A&E. She wouldn't lie still for the x ray so they said they'd have to sedate her. Some time later when she was still climbing the walls I thought to ask what they had given her. When they said Phenergan I told them that whenever I gave it to her for travel sickness, as recommended by my GP it made her made her hyper.Until then I hadn't realised it was supposed to be a sedative.

karcher

grandma247 wrote: »

Karcher have you tried writing a journal ? Putting all those thoughts down on paper ? I had a friend recommend doing that when I couldn't sleep and it usually works. There is something therapeutic about writing of this kind, especially for people who have experienced traumatic events in their lives.

That'll be me then

Thanks grandma247. I hadn't thought of it no. I used to write a lot but haven't recently. I could give it a try. Reading used to help too (a book as opposed to the internet) but I often found I couldn't put it down and kept reading one more page, one more chapter etc and still be reading at 5am :eek::rotfl:

grandma247

karcher wrote: »

but I often found I couldn't put it down and kept reading one more page, one more chapter etc and still be reading at 5am :eek::rotfl:

That is definitely me I have to be very disciplined but it isn't easy because sometimes you just have to know what happens next.