Posted by redjr on June 8, 2005, at 21:29:46
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR AND TEMAZEPAM, posted by Kodie on June 8, 2005, at 20:00:55
Kodie,
I'll do my part to make the thread alittle longer! Glad the combo of Effexor and Ambien are working for you. I was on the same combo for about 3 weeks before asking my doc about switching to something else. I had bad prostatitis on the Effexor, and some negative sexual side-affects(can't have that now can we?) :)
I've had mixed results using the Ambien. Some nights it seemed to work better than others, but the bottom line was, that even with a 'good' nights sleep, I still felt extremely groggy the next day - to the point of it affecting my work. Clearly, something else had to be done!
My doc decided to switch me to Cymbalta, but that wasn't much better. It cured the prostatitis, but the negative sexual side affects remained. The Cymbalta regimen lasted 2 weeks.
She switched me to Remeron and Lunesta over 10 days ago. The Remeron is to be taken at night, and while it made me groggy, like I wanted to sleep I couldn't. And the Lunesta didn't seem to help either. In some respects the Remeron worsen my depression, so I've taken myself off that med. I've gone back to an old standby - Elavil. The Elavil was prescribed years ago as an aid to my sleep problems and does seem to work.
I'm waiting for an appointment to see a pdoc, just for meds management in the hopes we can find a combination of meds that will better manage my symptoms. While my depression is very mild, the insomnia - which I have suffered from my entire adult too - is really starting to take it's toll. That alone is enough to make one depressed!
Currently, I'm not taking anything for sleep(except the Elavil), and things seem to be returning to 'normal'. But I don't feel I'm out of the woods yet.
BTW, I did not have any of the bad withdrawal symptoms other have described coming off the Effexor, Cymbalta, or Remeron. It's quite possible I didn't take them long enough to have the same affect others have had - being on it longer. But then again, we're all different.
Take care,
redjr...
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