Weed and Seven Benadryl: The Wild Lengths COVID Docs Are Taking to Get Sleep
https://www.thedailybeast.com/weed-...ld-lengths-covid-docs-are-taking-to-get-sleep
One emergency medicine doctor at a New York City hospital has lost count of the number of sleep medicines she’s tried since the coronavirus took over her life in February.
First it was temazepam and then trazodone, though even tripling her initial 50 mg dose didn’t help. She’s been prescribed two different antidepressants, and tried medical marijuana.
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One night, she said, she took seven Benadryl.
“And my doctor was like, ‘What happened?’ And I was like, ‘I didn’t sleep,’” said the emergency medicine doctor, who spoke to The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity because she didn’t want her employer to find out she sees a psychiatrist or takes medication.
Her newest cocktail: a combination of Ativan, melatonin, and high blood pressure medicines. But there are still days, she said, when she drags herself into work on no sleep at all. “It absolutely affects how I do my job,” said the doctor.
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this "Doctor" took 7 benadryl? this DOCTOR?
what the fuck is wrong with people. lol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/weed-...ld-lengths-covid-docs-are-taking-to-get-sleep
One emergency medicine doctor at a New York City hospital has lost count of the number of sleep medicines she’s tried since the coronavirus took over her life in February.
First it was temazepam and then trazodone, though even tripling her initial 50 mg dose didn’t help. She’s been prescribed two different antidepressants, and tried medical marijuana.
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One night, she said, she took seven Benadryl.
“And my doctor was like, ‘What happened?’ And I was like, ‘I didn’t sleep,’” said the emergency medicine doctor, who spoke to The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity because she didn’t want her employer to find out she sees a psychiatrist or takes medication.
Her newest cocktail: a combination of Ativan, melatonin, and high blood pressure medicines. But there are still days, she said, when she drags herself into work on no sleep at all. “It absolutely affects how I do my job,” said the doctor.
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this "Doctor" took 7 benadryl? this DOCTOR?
what the fuck is wrong with people. lol