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Alka-Seltzer Nighttime Efferverscent Tablets for Cold
My question is a little strange. I do not currently have a cold and these do wonders to help me get to sleep. Do you think that would be bad? Like, if I keep using them would that decrease the effects for me when I actually do have a cold? I don't think there's a risk of dependency like with sleep aids. They get the job done well within an hour. It's not really medicine and it helps me get dizzy because I do not have another alternative to getting to sleep. Thanks in advance!
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Listen to Razhie! You don't want to take that for sleep- it is not intended to be used as a sleep aid.
All sleep aids have risk of dependency, and that includes any medication containing sleep aid.
Try relaxing techniques to help yourself go to sleep. Meditating, for example.
Personally, I like to read, so I lay down and read until my brain is ready to shut down for the night.
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With almost all sedatives, there is a risk of dependency. Just because a medication is not chemically addictive doesn't mean you can't become an addict.
If you are having trouble sleeping, you should see a doctor, get checked out physically and discuss lifestyle changes first and foremost.
Taking them regularly will not decrease their effectiveness when you have a cold, but it will likely decrease their effectiveness at putting you to sleep. You will eventually find yourself unable to sleep without a large dose. You will have trained your body not to fall asleep any other way.
Drugging yourself to sleep a few times a year is not wise, but doing it on a regular basis speaks to a much larger health problem and is the behavior of an addict.
Don't self medicate. Some people self-medicate with booze or weed or other illegal drugs (I cannot count the number of people I know who can't sleep without smoking a joint), others self medicate with over the counter drugs. Either way, it's not a good idea. See a doctor.
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