<p>Sometimes I need to sleep through the ruckus that goes on in this house. I feel like the only people in this house who have to wake up relatively early are myself and the other person who lives in the basement.</p>
<p>Alcohol would work except if you pass out you’re probably gonna wake up with a mad hangover and the need to boot. Bleh.</p>
<p>Tylenol PM and its ilk are weak. I’ve considered those Sleepytime teas, maybe I’ll buy some. But if that doesn’t work, I think I’ll want some Rx-strength stuff for those bad nights. Any insight?</p>
<p>I didn’t enjoy lunesta but I found ambien worked for me. If you go the health center and explain your situation they will treat you just as they would any other health concern. I don’t think you can just walk in there asking for lunesta though.</p>
<p>I used to never be able to sleep on airplanes, but two benadryl works like a charm. You could always get a pair of those foam earplugs if it’s noise that’s a problem.</p>
<p>Ambien works fine as long as you go to sleep right away after you take it. If you take it and continue to do other things you will start tripping a little and you will do things you won’t remember. It’s not bad though, just give yourself six to seven hours to sleep otherwise you will be groggy the next morning. I just told my doctor I couldn’t always get to sleep and he gave me 20 pills for over the semester. I use them recreationally for the most part (I take two usually), but sometimes when I want to sleep I just take one and it works very well.</p>
<p>No one has directly answered the OP’s question yet, so here you go - if the health center is staffed by an MD, DO, PA, or NP, then yes they can prescribe any prescription drug. </p>
<p>But your best bet is to go in there and tell them the problem you’re having and seeing what they recommend. If you have a specific reason to want or need Lunesta, let them know.</p>
<p>At my school, the campus health is staffed with doctors and whatnot…and pretty much any practicing doctor has prescription writing privileges.</p>
<p>Re: tripping on ambien…does it actually put you in that state right before you fall asleep? I’ve been able to recall ridiculous amounts of information when I’m just about to go to sleep and semi-dreaming. So a drug that could do that would be awesome.</p>
<p>I don’t find that it allows me to recall much, I just know it makes me trip and feel mildly drunk. Things seem to move slightly - nothing too intense even at double the dose. Occasionally I do things I would never do (as I’ve been told) like randomly have a beer (alcohol and ambien is a TERRIBLE mixture, obviously one beer was fine, but I’m not the person to casually have a beer ever). But yes you are in an altered state before you go to sleep, if you really want to experience it, take the Ambien and then continue to be awake, go on the computer, do whatever. It kicks in fast but you’ll notice the difference. I find the words on a computer screen tend to wave in a pleasing way. Don’t plan on remembering much though, I’ve had entire deep conversations with people while on Ambien and I said the craziest things, didn’t remember, and I had to be told the next day. Don’t use it for recall AT ALL, I can’t think of a drug that erases memory like Ambien and I use a lot of drugs.</p>
<p>If the problem is noise in your house…have you tried talking to your housemates?</p>
<p>If no cooperation there, I find that sometimes combating noise with noise works well…maybe leave a tv or radio on low enough that it is a hum in the background (not loud enough to keep you interested).</p>
I recall a study concluding that small doses of melatonin are effective while large ones are not. And then they went into this discussion on neurochemical feedback loops that went completely over my head.</p>
<p>I was quoting my professor from the other day in neurology class. A quick pubmed search reveals several DBRCT showing melatonin works, but most of the studies were looking at 6 months or longer for the usage period, so maybe it is effective as a longterm supplement for building better rhythms, but is not effective as a one time “knock me out” pill.</p>