Posted by JohnL on September 21, 2001, at 17:04:56
In reply to Ambien + Geodon + XFR XR = fever/bad dreams, yikes, posted by kid_A on September 18, 2001, at 14:53:42
Strange things can happen when different meds are mixed. Ambien kind of did the same thing to me. Sonata also. I got real sweaty, didn't sleep very good, tossed and turned, nightmares, kind of like being on the edge somewhere between asleep and conscious. Though Ambien and Sonata are prescription sleep meds, neither one was any good at all. They work good for some people though. Not me. Maybe not you either. Of the three meds you are taking, I would be most suspect of the Ambien as being the guilty one. Just a hunch. Based on the information you provided, Ambien was the only thing that had been changed, right? Everything else was fine until the Ambien was added, right? If so, then there's probably no question.
John
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> I take geodon / effexor every night with normally no problems at all. I usually drink at night, a few beers but not completely out of control 4-5 tops... Last night took Ambien in addition to above and woke at 4:00am w/ fever and restless bad dreams, just as if I had skipped an effexor dose...
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> What happened? Ive taken ambien and all of the above at once and not had this occur, it just seemed random... Of course once I woke up I fell in and out of sleep w/ bizzare effexor dreams... Id like to make sure this doesnt happen again, but I have no idea why it happened in the first place...
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> Maybe I'll switch to taking my effexor at 6:00pm, instead of 1 at 6:00 and another at midnite...
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