Posted by blueberry1 on December 20, 2006, at 17:01:59
In reply to Re: Ronaldo....,Adrafinil » blueberry1, posted by ronaldo on December 20, 2006, at 4:23:23
HI Ronaldo. Will I increase the adrafinil dose today? I did 75mg bid today. 10am and then 2pm. I might go to 75mg three times a day. I didn't feel adrafinil as much today, but I did feel a vague sense of energy and antianxiety and antidepression all at the same time. Nothing that would move a needle on a meter or anything, at such a low dose, but enough to keep me out of the dark dungeon I've been in for the last week. Adrafinil feels dopaminergic to me.
No problems with sleep at all. Other meds are 1.25mg zyprexa and 150mg st johns wort (lowered from 300mg a few days ago because it wasn't helping and maybe making things worse) and 200mg lithiuim orotate and fish oil. I don't know if I can ever get rid of zyprexa. I'm just going to stay at 1.25mg for a while, maybe go back to 2.5mg, maybe shoot for zero, but I'm just going to feel it out over time and in no hurry.
Things on the backburner are 25mg zoloft which treated me ok last year during a month trial; amisulpride which was excellent 10 years ago and went extremely well with adrafinil, should arrive in 8 to 14 days; tramadol...already have it onhand but I'm scared.
I've had periods of bad sleep, sometimes lasting several months, and it is aweful. I can sure relate to what you are going through. Sooner or later though you will have good sleep again. It is not gone forever.
I don't know if amitriptyline would be good for sleep or not. I imagine its sedating side effects would probably carry over through the next day.
Hey, we're in this fight together. Hang in there.
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