Posted by blueberry on December 6, 2006, at 19:02:01
In reply to Zoloft makes it hard to sleep., posted by Bonnie_CA on December 6, 2006, at 13:20:37
For people who are able to stick it out, insomnia problems often go away over time, but we're talking like 3 months or so. Paxil gave me real bad sleep and it was about 3 months before I finally started to sleep well.
The sleep meds are fine. Ambien for example. Directions say to take it at bedtime but I think an hour or two before bed is better for two reasons. To help get sleepy and enjoy that feeling. And to have little or no carryover into the next day.
Some people take benadryl. For most people it is sedating, but for a minority of people it can have the opposite effect.
A sedating benzo like xanax .25mg works pretty good for me. It helps my overall anxiety level even into the next day without any groggy carryover. If I want to just absolutely sleep like a log, .5mg xanax will do it for me. But I've liked ambien too.
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