The GP thinks I am elderly....I am 53!

[KatyMac]

He gave me sleeping tablets today leaflet inside says adults 7.5, elderly 3.75

I look on my label 3.75!

Elderly starts a lot younger than I thought!

I wouldn’t assume he thought you were elderly. Maybe he thought he’d start you on a lower dose? Or are you very small / petite?

When I was in hospital the nurse checked my date of birth and said oh that's weird exactly the same as my dad

I'd love to be small petite.......well my bike is 26 I'm some sort of albino spider - spindly legs and a big fat belly!

You are almost certainly right as I haven't had sleeping pills before

But the company needs ro work on its phrasing!!

The GP has started you on a lower, safer dose.
I am a 57 yr old GP
When I was in my 20’s elderly patients where over 60 - now they are over 90. 😉

Zopiclone?
I’ve had it since I was 44 and I’m prescribed 3.75. I wouldn’t make the assumption my Dr thought I was old.

Im assuming it’s because they don’t want me to be in a coma, I’m quite thin and they don’t want me totally addicted.

Bike=BMI!

@PartyPrawnRingGames ouch!

@BeLessMe right now coma sounds good 7 hrs sleep in the last 72....

@LunaTheCat, thanks 90 sounds much more elderly

It's just the leaflet I guess

I think with sleeping tablets they prefer to start with a lower dose and increase as necessary, so you aren't taking more than you need.

I'm a long term insomniac and your dose of zopiclone is a good starting point. It usually works on me

Thanks tbh I am hoping one or two nights will break the spell and I'll go back to my 9+ hours a night and a nap after lunch.....fingers crossed

Best practice to start at lowest dose. Zopiclone is only a short term measure though, it,is unlikely to have the same benefit if you take it longer term.

Insomnia is horrendous, you have my sympathies💐

Cheek!!
Elderly at 53 my arse!

Forgot to add… and

But on the other hand I slept about 1ish to about 9ish

I would have pad good money for that or sacrificed something to a new god.....

This is definitely not because they think you are elderly. It is because sleeping tablets should be prescribed at the lowest effective dose. I hope you get some rest x

Thanks @SandingWithMyUnshavenLegs I do feel more human

I'm off on my bike in a bit as I haven't done any exercise in weeks as I felt so odd/woosy

My GP told me I'm elderly! I'm 62, and when I was a bit indignant about her saying that, she apologised and said 65 is what the medical profession class as elderly

I am glad I didn't get prescribed sleeping tablets, I would be dead, I needed a sleep study and another test not sleeping tablets.

Ha! I took DD for a blood test, and the GP tried to offer me a second vaccine dose they had spare...about three weeks after my age group had finally been allowed a first dose!
I was accompanying a smallish child- how old did he think I was?

ok I look haggard tbf

@CovidPassQuestion oops

@NailSaloon I've had an mri, blood test & other tests

@TheCreamCaker that's only 9 years away!

KatyMac at least you've got 9 years, I've got 3

@LunaTheCat

The GP has started you on a lower, safer dose. I am a 57 yr old GP When I was in my 20’s elderly patients where over 60 - now they are over 90. 😉

Why did my maternity notes say I was a 'geriatric mother' when I was 29 then?! I was like -> 😦😦😦

Whatever it is - the stuff bloody works and I am functioning again

@KatyMac

He gave me sleeping tablets today leaflet inside says adults 7.5, elderly 3.75

I look on my label 3.75!

Elderly starts a lot younger than I thought!

"Adults" is probably shorthand for "adult males" as is standard for a lot of medication. They only changed women's recommended dosage for ambien rather recently as well, from 10 to 5 mg. I tend to now ask explicitly with pretty much everything I'm prescribed. And yes, it sucks and there's simply no excuse.

In clinical trials we consider elderly to be 65+ so no, you are definitely not elderly. Regulatory guidance also says the same.