Posted by willyee on May 4, 2006, at 18:50:14
In reply to insomnia w/parnate- considering emsam, posted by blackcat23 on May 4, 2006, at 0:57:15
> I've been taking Parnate for the past 6 months and it has helped relieve a lot of my symptoms of depression (atypical depessive symptoms), but it has increasingly affected my sleep to the point that sleep aids are no longer working. (I've tried a variety!) Prior to Parnate, I had no insomnia, but now it's getting unbearable. I'm considering switching to Emsam- although I know some people have insomnia with Emsam as well, does anyone know if it's less severe with Emsam than with Parnate? My other concern is that Ensam won't be as effective with energy- which is a significant symptom of my depression. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Yep parnate does do that!!I stated here recently that a problem i have with it is i get afternoon fatigue where i can barly stand not napping,then come 11pm BANG im up,and everyone is going to bed and i feel really empty lonly all that stuff.
Dident matter what NON medicational techniques i tried,i did not sleep at night!So i deceided to embrace it,became a night owl,and a big ADULTSWIM fan lol.Problem was in the morning what to do,sleep or take parnate?If i took parnate i was maniac with no sleep.
Tried lunesta,reaced badly to it,even tried the other on o forget its name.Then finaly i got ambien,and now KNOCK ON HOLY WOOD one least problem i have is sleep at night.I also find stragnly never to take a whole tab at once,ill take partial ambien,and perhaps the smallest pieace of a benzo and i sleep.If need be ill wait and THEN approx 40 min after ill take the other part of ambien,why? Well seems taking the entire tab atimualtes me,go figure.
But all i can say is with all truth is since ive been using ambien i have been able to go to sleep.
Its one less problem,now when i see everyone going to bed,i dont mind staying up an hr later cause i know i can go to bed also and wont be up roaming the hose at night,alone.
Its been well over a month and dont see any escaltion in the the dose,maybe cause i choose not to take the entire tab,i dunno i have a friend who takes 2 or three and it no longer works for him.
With ambien this is exactly what happens,i wake once in the night,get up go to the bathroom have a drink etc,and go back to bed,and i fall asleep.Id look into it,i personaly found no other way to deal with the insomnia brought on by parnate.
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