Had a stroke 4 months ago. Temporoparietal area (above the ear thereabouts on the left side). Sleeping is horrible. Violent twitching at night. They gave me Ambien to take at night back in December because sleep deprivation caused headaches and headaches cause more stroke. 10 mg pills. I only took half a pill on some nights, still have some left so it's been 2 1/2 months for a bottle of 30. Now a friend tells me it's addictive and a narcotic? Does anyone know? I'm not taking any more until I see the doctor again but thought someone here might know. I need something to make the twitching going away but they say it's because the brain sleep center is re-mapping and "normal" for months possibly a year. Melatonin makes me dizzy, it's non narcotic but dizzy = bad. Anybody have any ideas/suggestions? Want to ask the doc for something else but don't know what.
Sorry, its my first post. Not sure how to introduce myself. ImStayingSober, clean and sober since 1990 and stayin that way one day at a time. You'll probably finding me whining about my situation a lot lately
