Sleep like a baby symptoms and conditions

60 yr old/young female: I started generic toprol (metoprolol 50mg xr) yesterday (11/22/07). Took about 3:00 PM. The next morning around 6:00 AM, I had a hot flash that equated to one you would have if you had taken niacin. Body was burning and I was sweating. Looked in the mirror to see if I was flushed, because of the severity of the hot flash I thought my body would be totally red. It wasn't. I called my pharmacist to report this event. He researched and found no evidence of such. He did say that it did not rule out the possibility that it was caused by the Toprol. Asked me to keep him posted as his customers were the ones that helped him be able to report side effects to other. Well I found this site and low and behold I have read of the hot flashes and all of the other problems. I will not be taking this medication. I am not a pro medication person anyway and related that to my dr, but at some point you feel you have to have trust in someone. I don't trust medications. I know at some point in my life I will probably have to take something, but not Toprol. Sounds as though it will cause more problems than it will cure. Thanks so much for your input. It will prevent me from having to wean myself off this mess. Oh yeah, I was also feeling the depressed, anxiety mentioned. Not at a high level , but just knew I wasn't myself. That was after just one dose. I can't imagine how it would have progress. I feel very blessed.

Just amazing how things react differently on different people.
I have been on Prednisone for almost 5 weeks now and have LOST weight. I eat because I am supposed to not because I want to, I am NOT hungry !!! I sleep like a baby too... go figure? However, I am weaning off it and am down to 5mg a day and I am experiencing headaches and leg pain which I did not have while on a higher dose (15mg). I love the stuff although I think I am in a minority of one in the world. I feel great when I am on it even though have used it in the past and developed cataracts from it at the age of 48 (now 49) and have already had one cataract removed.

I have had no side effects....My Dr. prescribed this to me for insomina...I take 10mg everynight and sleep like a baby.This has been a mircle drug for me.

My experience with Prozac has been for a period of 7 months . It took at least a month to feel the effects. It has helped me tremendously I had obsessive compulsive thoughts before and I was diagnosed as clinically depressed. As my therapist once told me people confuse sadness for depression for example "I broke up with my boyfriend I am depressed" This is not so you are sad yes but depressed no. Depression seems to be an overused word and in that case people who think they should be on this drug don't really need to be on it and thats why it has no effect on them at all. Those people need to let time do its work on you.
As for those of us who really do have depression in a very serious way a chemical imbalance yes it does help. And for those of you debating will I gain weight or won't I this should not really be an issue of why you shouldn't take Prozac. Is peace of mind not the best choice. I am very happy with Prozac yes I do have the side effect of less sex drive but I am willing to continue with this path because I feel great emotionally and the Obsessive compulsive thoughts have disappeared. And before I couldn't sleep much with everything running through my head all the time. Now I sleep like a baby.

hi everyone! i have been off topamax now for 22 days and i must say what a relief!!! i feel human again, no pains no weird thoughts, i can speak coherently now and sleep like a baby. i am still on effexor er 150 a day and functioning quite well. vision is better too. take care and becareful with these drugs..if it ain't broke don't mess with it. drudogs

I've been on Topamax for over a year now for what my doc says were migraines. I went thinking I had sinus problems that caused confusion,and forgetfulness. Cat scans and MRIs showed cysts that docs say have nothing to do with anything and put me on topamax for headaches.I started 50 mg at night and stayed that way for a year. At first it seemed the headaches were better and I LOVED the weight loss. I was trying so hard for so long to shed the extra baby weight and over 15 lbs just like that. It caused me to over look what was happening to me. I was becoming an imbecile. Not saying I was a genius but I was a relativly smart woman who could hold a conversation. Now I can barely focus,I have to read things over and over again to try and comprehend them,my memory shot,I lose my words in mid sentence,spelling is horrendous,At times I stutter,my vision is worsening,my body gets achy,I have terrible mood swings ,thought about hurting myself. I cant believe I'm still on this med. All for 15 lbs that I'm gaining back anyway cause I quit smoking. I deserve it for putting my body thru this. I talked to my doctor and I'm weaning off. Nothing a little Tylenol and excercise can't fix hopefully.I just hope the side effects go away and this is not permanent. By the way be very careful drinking while taking this med. I had a very bad reaction to it. PRO-I sleep like a baby ,I will miss that.

Well I have been taking Adderall now for 4 months. The first 2 weeks I was hyperfocused to the point that I could barely pull myself away from the office to go home. I was irritable and once went so long without eating or drinking anything that I got seriously light headed and thought I was going down. I still get the dry mouth, I have lost 25 lbs. over the last 4 months and am now extremely prone to severe sunburn. Or so I was until I developed the tan that I have now, and I think the Adderall is hiding the fact that I am seriously in need of sleep. I have never been much of a sleeper, I usually go to sleep around midnight or later, sometimes as late as 2AM and my alarm goes off at 5:15. However it catches up with me about every 4 months and I am exhausted by the time dinner is over and I have to go to sleep right away. After that 10 to 12 hours of sleep I am good again with the little sleep for months. However today and last night I found myself getting extremely angry for no reason. My wife and I just had our second child 4 weeks ago so my sleep has been even less than usual. One night I went to sleep at 1:30AM, got up at 3:30 to feed the baby, went back to sleep at 4:15 and got up at 5:15 to go to work. I think I am ready for one of those body shut downs but the Adderall is keeping me from realizing it. I sat at my desk this morning with my fist clenched, gnashing my teeth with tears streaming down my face and nothing had happened to cause it at all. I am not sure about the Adderall yet. So far I have really liked the increased focus at work and I am now going back to College which I have effectively put off now for 5 years. So it seems to really have helped my focus and motivation. I am EXTREMELY ADHD by the way. Whenever I used to have trouble falling asleep I would pound a Mountain Dew and sleep like a baby. Caffeine has always had a calming effect on me, so I assume the Adderall works in a similar manner. I am going to try and force myself to sleep early tonight and see if the unexplained anger subsides. I will post with my results.

I have suffered for years with nervous legs and got very little sleep. I also have constant pain with my lower back,started taking ultracet and I have been pain free, also I now sleep like a baby. I am now 66 years old and I feel like I'm around 40, I have lots more energy now.