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I am 64 years old and have been having severe sleep problems for about 10 years. One of those problems is insomnia. So, I try alternating many different things to get myself to sleep. For the last 6 months or so, I've been taking Dramamine with 5HTP, and it worked better than Lunesta and other stuff I've tried. When I was about 10, I had chronic migraines and the doctor put me on Dramamine, once a day, for a year. It fixed the migraine problem. So I figured that there would be no problem taking it as a sleep aid.
Recently I've hit bottom. My negative thinking and depression has overwhelmed me. I was reading the book "Heal Your Brain, Heal Your LIfe" and had strong positives to every single indicator of Limbic system problems. So I did a search on Dramamine and the Limbic system, and found this forum. Although I found nothing that says that once a day Dramamine causes depression, there is an effect on the limbic system. My skin dryness has also increased and my feet have ezema so bad that they are cracking and painful to walk on. I stopped the Dramamine yesterday. No more of that. Being older, perhaps there is a greater effect on the limbic system. Maybe not. But I'm not taking any chances. My brain doesn't seem to be as resiliant as it once was!