Posted by christophrejmc on January 28, 2002, at 7:05:34
In reply to Re: Nardil-induced hypersomnia » christophrejmc, posted by bob on January 28, 2002, at 0:22:18
Weird. When my hypersomnia is caused by depression, I can atleast wake up to an alarm clock (to hit the snooze a couple dozen times) or force myself out of bed if needed but I don't even wake up to my (loud!) alarm clock anymore. When someone forces me to wake up, I can't stay awake longer than a few minutes, no matter how hard I try. My only solution to this problem is to stay up all night every other day. This way, I can get to classes (Monday & Wednesday) on time when I stay up. I'm going to try a few other remedies, I'll let you know if any work. Your serotonin experience is interesting, perhaps I'll start there.
-xtophre> Christophre:
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> I have experienced the eventual development of hypersomnia with every single significantly serotonergic drug I've ever tried. This includes all the SSRIs, Effexor, and Mirtazapine. It doesn't happen right away, but eventually... e.g. six to eight months down the road. It is especially characterized by severe sedation upon getting up - to the point where I eventually don't get out of bed until the afternoon. How's that for hypersomnia?! Nothing I have ever tried has mitigated it, except for coming off the drug in question. Of course, then I dive into severe mental disarray. I tried willpower, multiple alarm clocks, changing the time of dosing, coffee, etc, etc, etc. When you don't hear your alarm, you don't get up.
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> I took Depakote for over a year, and it wasn't as bed with morning sedation as the SSRI type drugs, but then again, it caused 'round the clock fatigue and drowsiness.
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> Bob
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> P.S. If you ever find a solution to this hypersomnia, please post it here!
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