NSAIDs for sleep-deprived pain relief
Greetings!
41 M...
I have struggled with sleep deprivation for years... Daily walking habit of 7 miles a day (15k steps) has improved it a lot but I still suffer sometimes... In my 30s it was bad... like 3 to 4x a week I'd get 3 to 5 hrs a night of sleep and would feel like I was hit by a truck the next day...
Discovered NSAIDs would take the edge off of headaches, body aches, chills... all from chronic lack of sleep...
but ABOUT 2 or 3x a week (for years) I'd take like 4 or 5 500 mg acetaminophen or ibuprophen pills IN ONE DOSE and it really worked... got me through... Some days I would have so much energy, other days I'd be flying high with no pain at all.
In the last year, it's 1x a week, since I've started being active. I average 6 to 7 hrs now with maybe 1 day of a minimum of 5 hrs.
I'm curious... have I damaged my body silently by doing 2000 to 2,500 mg of NSAID repeatedly? I've had no symptoms from them except pain relief.
Thanks!