Posted by Tina1 on May 27, 2000, at 11:41:38
In reply to Re: Why is everything so bad at 5am?? Oh, and tattoos, posted by Noa on May 27, 2000, at 10:16:34
Were you asking me about the serzone Noa or Nikki? I took it at night because I am so sensitive to side effects. When I woke in the morning I was so nauseous and cranky I had to stop. The one thing I hate to be is nauseous. The doc told me if it makes me very ill that it's not for me and that I should stop. I need something though, I can't take it anymore.
> What time are you taking the serzone? When I first started taking it, the instructions from my pdoc were to take it at night. I had always taken the trazodone about 1 hour before desired bedtime, and within an hour, I was very sleepy. But with Serzone, I find it takes a number of hours. It is a much less intensely sedating drug for me than trazodone, but longer lasting. So, in the beginning, I was taking it at night, still having some difficulty falling asleep, and then having the most awful time trying to wake up in the morning. So, I began to take it much earlier, around 6pm. This has worked much better. Interestingly, while I was on lithium, for about 3 months, the serzone took effect very quickly, so during that period, I took the serzone before bed. But now that I am off lithium, I am back to the 6 pm dosing time. Except that sometimes I forget to have it with me, and take it later. On weekends, I am less vigilant about taking it early enough, because I can go to sleep later and sleep in later in the morning.
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