is it bad to chew 2 benadryl tablets (at 25mg each) regularly to get to sleep ev!

Benadryl is a good and effective drug which serves multiple uses -- in fact a good friend of mine (dead now), George Rieveschl, invented it!

50 mg of the drug certainly isn't going to hurt you but you might have other issues such as:

-- alcohol intake before bed (generally bad)

-- lethargy (exercise outdoors in some aerobic way each day -- wa;king is good.)

-- turn off the dang television!

Honestly, I have always been able to *read* myself to sleep at night and the side benefit is that you learn a lot.

Good luck.

Yeah, it can have some pretty bad long term effects if you take them every night. One, using them too much can start hurting, irritating, and damaging your liver. Also, if you take them every night you'll start becoming dependent on the Benadryl-you won't be able to sleep without it.

The answer to your question depends on how you feel about being dependent on a drug. All drugs are liable to have some effects other than those we desire. The medical community has not been all that great at determining exactly what those long-term effects might be for many drugs. If you are willing to accept the risks, continue to use the stuff. Me? I'd get off the stuff in a big hurry.