Posted by Squiggles on November 4, 2006, at 17:09:52
In reply to Sleeping all the time... med related?, posted by Gee on November 3, 2006, at 15:07:28
> I'm on effexor and I've been on it for maybe over 2 years now. I sleep ALL the time. Well not all the time, but I usually have at least an hour nap in the afternoon and sleep about 10 hours at night. And I'm still tired. My aunt is worried about the amout that I'm sleeping, and so is my mom. I don't feel depressed. Could it be related to the meds? I'm on 150 mg.
My friend has the same problem, and so do i
though not to such a great extent. I am wondering
about the various possibilites:- aging-- are we supposed to get lower dosages
as we age?
- a virus like encephalitis?
- the mix of an AD or AP or AT with too much
Rivotril?
- or
look at this:Neuroleptanalgesia
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An intense analgesic and amnesic state produced by the combination of narcotic analgesics and neuroleptic drugs. Blunted affect is the scientific term describing a lack of emotional reactivity on the part of an individual.
Neuroleptoanalgesia A form of analgesia accompanied by general quiescence and psychic indifference to environmental stimuli, without loss of consciousness, and produced by the combined administration of a major tranquilizer (neuroleptic) and a narcotic. Neuroleptanalgesia may mimic sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness is caused by a small parasite that leads to a serious infection in the brain and the meninges (the covering of the brain and spinal cord). An association with antiemetics, eg, phenothiazines, has been postulated to mask early symptoms, and it has also been proposed that antiemetics may further predispose the individual to a variant of this disease.Psychotropic agents and tranquillizers (especially prochlorperazine, imipramine, phenothiazines, and their various derivatives, whose mlsuse has been long-associated with oral candidiasis, high rates of pneumonia, and other severe infection).
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