Posted by Joanne on December 12, 1999, at 9:32:59
Hi Everyone,
I've just discovered this site yesterday, and I want to thank Dr. Bob and everyone out there who visits/contributes to this site. Depression is a very lonely illness, and despite a little progress, there is still a huge stigma attached to it. Anyway, I've been taking Wellbutrin for about eight months, and it has worked wonderfully. In the past three weeks, nowever, I've suffered from terrible insomnia. I can't fall asleep (as I type this, I haven't been to sleep since the night before, and I'm wide awake), or if I do manage to fall asleep, I wake up 2-3 hours later and am unable to go back to sleep. I'm so frustrated to the point of tears. I take Ambien, which worked wonderfully for awhile. Apparently, I've built a tolerance to it. I really like it because it only stays in your system for 7 hours, and then it's completely gone. (no "hangover" feeling, like from valium, etc.) Tonight, I took an Ativan in addition to my Ambien, and still nothing. Does anyone know of anything comparable to Ambien that might work on me? I'm desparate! Thanks, Joanne
poster:Joanne
thread:16756
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