I Either Get Sleepy Or Hungry

i don't have allergies but when i have a cold, i buy the no-drowse ones. when do you take aspirin?

@hereandthere I take aspirin only when I have fever, it works, but it gives me stomach problems.

@LadyDuck when we were kids, we took something called aspilets for fever, then it changed to paracetamol/acetaminophen. i think one of my brothers is allergic to aspirin.

i used to wake up to go to the toilet, but when i take iron after dinner, i sleep through the night.

@hereandthere Yeah, that's what I observe too.

I am not sure if it has something to do with being a vegetarian. I take them for additional nutritional support seeing I don't eat meat.

vitamins make me sleepy, while antibiotics make me hungry.

i'm on antibiotics now because of urinary tract infection

i didn't know runners need vitamin b complex.

@hereandthere its good for them.

@hereandthere fruits and veggies , and I am done with my 3 months -No rice diet. Exercise is an option and prefer the zumba, just doing it at home before bedtime to relax some muscles (cooking takes a lot of energy and it's draining me all the time)

so what food do you eat more/eat less of? what's your exercise routine?

@jaiho2009 so true about the rice. if i don't check my portions, i easily gain 2 pounds a week!

@hereandthere I have been on steroids for pneumonia. I think that they increase your appetite, but also I could have been hungry due to the fact that I was so sick I hadn't eaten in a week or more. When I started to feel better, the hunger kicked in like crazy. The weight gain from steroids also comes from water retention. I gained ten pounds in two days and couldn't wear my rings, but it went away as I got better and completely after I got off the steroids. Fortunately, I do not have to take the iron supplements any more. If I do again, though, then I will try to take them at night and see whether or not it helps me sleep.

maybe if you took the iron at night, it would help you sleep? i feel the hunger more with ibuprofen and antibiotics. i've never been on steroids, but i have heard about the weight gain because of it.

@hereandthere Yep - I pretty much ride the headache through. Rubbing my hands and cupping them over my closed eyes helps to relieve it a little. Some reflexology and acupressure (what little I know about it) seems to help too. In most cases a good sleep takes care of it, but not always.

@much2say what triggers it?

i always eat before taking any vitamin or medicine. but as i said, medicine for headache, muscle pain, fever and antibiotics tend to make me feel hungry again 2 hours later. meanwhile, vitamins and minerals make me sleepy so i take them at night. how do you cure a headache? just let it resolve by itself?

they say when you're being sleep deprived (puyat) you tend to eat more, especially carbohydrates and sweets, and i do notice that in myself. what supplements do you take?

now that you mention it, yeah, it might help those who have trouble sleeping.

i noticed it, too, and i'm envious of those who don't take any maintenance medications. that's why when someone wrote about feeling ill when she eats apples, i told her that "an apple a day" does not apply to everyone.

good thing you're a regular exerciser!

that's why i take supplements at night. it's annoying that i crave food ever 2 to 3 hrs because of this UTI.

i always take acetaminophen, paracetamol, ibuprofen after meals, but i still get hungry after a few hours

@hereandthere well, maybe that is the side effect to you, my friend.

i always take vitamins/supplements after dinner because i get drowsy afterwards. i never take painkillers on an empty stomach, but i still get hungry a few hours later.