Posted by tabitha on September 2, 2004, at 23:51:41
In reply to Re: SSRIs versus Insomnia, posted by King Vultan on September 2, 2004, at 15:49:00
I used traz for a while, the doc took me off it due to pounding-heart. I hated it anyway, it gave me a sickening knocked-out feeling. Same with Remeron & doxepin. For a while I used nortryptiline, but it dried my mouth so badly, I didn't want to be on it long-term out of fear of dental problems. I used Neurontin for a while-- that's when I was sleeping >12 hours. Used Serzone for a time, but I had consistent unpleasant bowel issues with it.
Ambien helps with getting to sleep but not with the early-morning awakening, so I need something more long-acting. The ambien also seems to poop out after 2 nights in a row-- I never really tried using it nightly. I'm kind of reluctant to get a benzo dependency anyway.
You say Benadryl & unisom are short lived? That's what I've been using lately, plus melatonin. The melatonin alone was good when I was on a lower dose of SSRI. That didn't work after the increase, so I added unisom.
I take the melatonin plus 1/4 of a unisom and I'm out for 10+ hours, plus very groggy on awakening. If I take 1/2 a tab I'll be out for 11-12. One Benadryl seems equivalent to 1/2 unisom-- I don't use it much since it's a capsule and harder to split.
Maybe I should just try 1/8 of a tab. I don't think it's the best sleep anyway. I get really dark circles under my eyes after a while.
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