This last week we have been waiting for some prescriptions to be filled. No problem with insurer, but with availability. The drug shortage has started. I haven’t had an anti-depressant that I take to help me sleep. The nightmares have been terrible.
“The drug shortage has started.”
Yes, it has. I had two that took a few days to get, but then I had one they couldn’t get FOR A MONTH. It wasn’t critical and I had extras, but the fact Walgreens can’t get a medicine for a month is significant.
I’m so sorry to hear you can’t get something you need, KYGrandma. :-(
If you haven’t yet tried any, I have taken herbs like chamomile, hops, valerian root, lemon balm, or St. John’s Wort for calming stress and to help me sleep.
I know that some have interactions (lemon balm with thyroid) so please look them up, but they have helped me a lot. The valerian root causes me to sleep well, but sometimes it causes more dreams, just not bad ones.
I also have tried melatonin and benadryl in a pinch.