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[veiledsentiments]

[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

O.K., O.K., I tried to help out this query at the beginning of this saga and have seen it drag on FOREVER.

To the OP: Yes, by all means come to sunny, funny saudi araby!

And, yes, anti-depressants are available. They're called "Exit-Only Visas"!

NCTBA

[Mia Xanthi]

[scot47]

I cannot imagine what the motives of "argus-eyed" are in posting her 'ad personam' attacks here

As for qualified pharmacists in KSA I have found many who are willing to give free advice and many who are competent and know what they are talking about. This is not always the case with posters on this forum.

[Cleopatra]

[trapezius]

To Those Using Panadol Night For Sleeping:

[Tylenol PM is US equivalent]

Yes, it works wonders. And I really love it because it gives me really vivid and wacky dreams. I used to use it quite frequently, at least twice a week, but I have cut that back to about once a month. First of all, Panadol/Tylenol taxes your liver and kidneys, and the more you take, the quicker you will reach the tipping point when one day your body won't be able to handle the drug anymore. IOW, you will develop a severe reaction everytime you take it. That's one reason not to take it regularly, especially for older people. It is the not the Panadol in Panadol Night that you need (unless you have pain/aches as well), so you do not want to hasten the day when you actually need pain-relief but taking Panadol will swell up your whole body and make you feel terrible because you took too many Panadols when younger.

Another reason is the ingredient that causes the drowsiness, diphenhydramine (also found in cough syryps such as Benadryl and Benylin). It is a powerful antihistamine actually, and drowsiness is just a side effect of it. However, there are many other side effects as well, and it should be avoided in the elderly. However, if you really need to take diphenhydramine as an anti-allergic or a sleep-aid, don't take Panadol Night, take one of many products containing just diphenhydramine (listed in the wiki link). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphenhydramine_hydrochloride and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beers_Criteria

So what's the alternative?

Melatonin

Melatonin is a natural hormone found in our bodies, its function being regulating the sleep cycle! It is available at GNC in Saudi (and at Boots in the UK and Walgreens in the US, among many other places). I have become a big fan of it recently, as it works almost as well as Panadol Night in inducing sleep and vivid dreams, about 75% as well. Not only that, it is also a powerful antioxidant, and is being researched for treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's, infertility, and more! It has almost no side effects, and is very safe. Especially receommended when travelling and/or suffering from jet lag. See more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

[Kornan DeKobb]

[johnslat]

Dear Kornan DeKobb.

Craps, of course, is illegal. Crap, however, is not only legal but is also ubiquitous in the Kingdom.



Regards,
John

[Sheikh N Bake]

[Kipling]

Good Lord
Can't any of the advisors on these boards actually get a good nights sleep????
My Method;
Do a hard days work
A cup of cocoa(spiced sometimes with the good old stuff)
A good book such as 'An introduction to theTechniques of Poetry from1053 -1433'
Some good old loving (some may need chemical stimulants-avoid Indian generics- or so me pal says-)
Araucaria crytic crossword
The latest Hollywood Blockbuster
Any political manifesto from the West( though some can't sleep for laughing)
Dip into the complete Works of Virginia McKenna (free, pm me)
Watch any episode of ....................................

Mr ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....................

[scot47]

"A Guide to the Grammar Of Medieval Magyar and Finno-Ugrian". That always works for me.

[Kipling]

Original Lallans poetry 1707-1999
OR
A Lament for the Great Music
(if you have it ...I will exchange it for my entire collection of tennis books- ...all narcoleptically authenticated)

[Kipling]

[johnslat]

Anything by Milton is the ultimate soporific:

"Thus it is not so unfair, as it might at first appear, to say that Milton writes English like a dead language.
"Edgar Alan Poe thought Paradise Lost was too long; he said it is �deprived, through the extremeness of its length, of the vastly important artistic element, totality, or unity, of effect."
Samuel Johnson was one of the many to notice that Milton�s English is so Latin-esque in structure that it is very hard to read: �He was desirous to use English with a foreign idiom�

E.G.

"Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view
Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause
Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,
Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off [ 30 ]
From thir Creator, and transgress his Will
For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?
Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt?
Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd [ 35 ]
The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High, [ 40 ]
If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God
Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power
Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie [ 45 ]
With hideous ruine and combustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,
Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night [ 50 ]
To mortal men, he with his horrid crew
Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe
Confounded though immortal: But his doom
Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought
Both of lost happiness and lasting pain [ 55 ]
Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes
That witness'd huge affliction and dismay
Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:
At once as far as Angels kenn he views"

If you can get past the first fifty lines before nodding off, well, you're a better person than I am.

Regards,
John

[Kipling]