Posted by PoohBear on December 22, 2003, at 13:27:04
In reply to Going thru a real funky experience................, posted by Jaynee on December 20, 2003, at 13:18:58
Jaynee:
Here's my input...
I have been on Effexor XR for the past 11 weeks, at various dosages from 37.5 to 225mg. I have had the insomnia and difficulty sleeping that many have reported.
My wife is on chemo and has lorazepam (Ativan) for nausea. I remembered that I had been give Ativan after my last surgery to help me sleep and snuck one of her's. SLEPT GREAT!
Discussed this with my PDoc and she gave me a prescription for it, but would not renew it because of it's addictive effects. She gave me Trazodone and told me to TAPER off the Ativan.
Maybe that's your problem. I was taking 0.5mg tabs and was told to cut them in half for three days and then in quarters for the next three days.
No problems.
The Trazodone didn't work, so now I'm on Seroquel, but frankly it's not nearly as good as the Ativan. Damn!
Hope you get your symptoms worked out. Going sleepless (even here in Seattle) is never fun.
TR
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