Posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 8, 2006, at 3:15:47
In reply to Re: Inexplicable fatigue during day,Ciprimil,effex, posted by Racer on April 8, 2006, at 1:47:29
Hey!
Well same thing happened to me on cipramil UK/Europe -which country are you in?!) I slept for like 12 hours a day. When I came home from work around 6pm I would sleep til 9pm, wake up have something to eat and then go back to bed. Its the cipramil. Apparently SSRIs effect sleep architecture -- anyway cipramil made me sleep ALOT. It was a huge relief when I came of it, because I could actually stay awake past 9pm. I didn't realise it was the drug - I thought it was just me!!!
Anyway cipramil also causes apathy and amotivation -- I generally turned into a sleepy zombie! I also got this pretty bad, in case you were wondering, which I didn't realise until I went off the drug!!
I'm only kinda bitter that I wasted a year of my life on a drug which didn't allow me to do anything.
I think Effexor is better in that regard. I don't think I was nearly as sleepy on it. In fact, I think it is relatively okay.
In fact, I'm rather surprised that your doc didn't know that it is probably the cipramil. Are you in the UK (I only ask because in the USA cipramil is called celexa). UK GPs are notorious (IMHO) for not really having much of a clue about SSRIs (I'm in the UK).
The same thing happened to me - I complained to my GP about being tired all the time, and he didn't even think to ask that it could be the cipramil. I had some blood tests and er that was it. Luckily I found this board, and realised that it was the cipramil.
Kind regards
Meri
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