Question by nike9025: what are the risks as well as the benifits of using sleeping aids?
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Answer by 07_Shelby_GT500
Risks – Getting Hooked, Not getting the suffienct amount of sleep and then having to do something like operate a motor vehicle.
Benefit – Getting the rest your body needs.
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Some of the risks are: become addicted to the drug, naucea, imsomia, abdominal pain and headache.
The benefits are that if you really need it, hey, it will put you right to sleep before you even say “good night”. Please, before using any sleeping pill, make sure to devote at least 8 hours of sleep so you won’t fall asleep at work. Can you imagine your boss trying to wake you up?
Do not drive or operate any machinary before you make sure how the pill works on you. If you take anti-depressants, please do not take any sleeping pills before asking your doctor. And please ohh please keep all medicines away from the reach of children!
the most common risk is dependency
The most common risk is dependancy. The obvious upside is getting some sleep. The trouble is, it is a medically induced state of sleep which has been proven to be less restful. Knowing that, the best you can hope for is to use it for a night or two and hope that on the third day you are exhausted and will fall asleep naturally. If you find yourself needing them to fall asleep, do whatever you can to get yourself off of them. If you don’t, you’ll be wandering around like a zombie all the time.
The risk of taking such drugs is the addiction to it to name one. Once you are addicted, you wont sleep without it. So I would suggest (I’m a slow user of such drug meaning, only when necessary)just take a quarter of whatever the doctos advice only when neccessary.Try not to nap or sleep after 4-5p.m.,instead do some exercises or work around the house so that by night-time you will feel tired to sleep without any sleeping aids., and also avoid coffee or tea after 5p.m. too, because to some people these 2 beverages keep them awak and alert as they contain caffeine. The benefits on the other hand is that sleeping drugs make you sleep better. But I used to take a quarter of the cold medicine, antihistamine,(the type that wont hurt the heart), it helps me to sleep too yet not so addictive as the actual sleeping drug.