Posted by jacquie on April 16, 2000, at 7:24:09
In reply to Re: Cam, posted by Cam W. on April 13, 2000, at 7:14:55
> Cam- thank you very much for your advice. I am still the intermittant sleepless wonder. Bleary-eyed on occasion. Going to chat with a physicians assistant on Tuesday who appears to know quite a bit about Celexa. after that I will make the call to the psychiatrist. I feel like such a moron for not knowingmore about these medications.The therapist Iam seeing said I am taking below the noraml dose of Celexa daily....I take 20mg per day and wondered if I should take 40mg and waht difference would it make ultimately? Is there something one can take to give uniterrupted sleep, but not be a sleeping pill so to speak?? He suggested desryl....i despise that stuff, so i nixed that idea. What about ativan? I had that a while ago when I had surgery and it worked. Thus far I like Celexa, except for the sleep thing. I am still waking alot, but seem to be getting some sleep in there. Maybe it will slowly subside...but the nurse said most of her patients complain about this side effect. Any advice, Cam??? Hope you are well. Liz is on vacation so we won't be hearing from her. I hope you know that your correspondence means a great deal to me. You and Liz. I am very unfamiliar with meds, but all too familiar with depression. Thanks, Cam.
> Jacquie - I'm just a community pharmacist who works with a local mental health clinic and reads a lot. We really don't know all the things that antidepressants do in the body. We just call them SSRIs or SNRIs because we are human and like things to fit together in neat classifications (not unlike stereotypes). I believe serotonin reuptake blockade to be one effect (eg side effect or artifact) of SSRI activity. All antidepressants seem to readjust (reset?; resensitize?) our body's stress defence mechanisms (HPA axis). They do many other things as well (side effects). Side effects are just effects of the drug that we don't want to happen at that particular time. For example, Nytol is a sedating antihistamine used as a sleep aid, but it could also stop an allergic reaction. It is just that a 'side effect' of this antihistamine is sedation.
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> The 'feeling like you've slept' may catch up with you eventually. Your body needs sleep to heal and function properly. Give it another week and tell us how it goes. - Cam W.
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