Posted by Racer on March 15, 2006, at 12:27:31
In reply to Re: What Kind of Pattern Is This? » Racer, posted by TylerJ on March 15, 2006, at 9:34:08
I know nothing about Remeron and MAOIs, although my Monkey Brain says loudly "You Could Look It Up..." so I probably will, but I'm flabbergasted to learn that Ambien and Lunesta are benzos. I'll bet most others here will be, too....
My knee jerk reaction is that cutting back on Ativan is A Good Thing, but that's only because Xanax tends to increase depression for me. And I've never had good luck with Traz. I nearly wrote "I never had any luck," but that's not true: I had very bad luck with it... :-0 And I can certainly relate to waking up groggy not improving depression...
The best sleep I ever got was while taking Provigil. And now Adderall seems to be helping, in a similar way. And Ambien works nicely for me.
(And I looked up Parnate-Remeron, which says it's contraindicated, because the serotonergic nature of Remeron has the potential to cause serotonin syndrome. {sigh} Too bad, huh? That's according to the interaction checker at http://www.drugs.com)
You know what interests me, though, is how you would react to sleep deprivation if you weren't taking anything for sleep. I know, nasty thought, huh? But I wonder if you'd find that, once you got off taking Traz and Benadryl, the Parnate improved your condition well enough that it improved your sleep? (Keeping always in mind that some of the hormones and neurotransmitters involved in depression and anti-depressants also affect sleep/wake patterns.)
I doubt I've offered anything useful here, beyond saying that Provigil -- which I think does play well with MAOIs -- helped me sleep. But I'd talk to your doctor again about Ambien or Lunesta -- they're not benzos, and even if they were, so what? If you've safely taken Ativan for many years, and you're not a slavering drug fiend, why should Lunesta be different? (That's assuming, of course, that you're not a slavering drug fiend...)
Good luck. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful wiht this.
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