Posted by psychobot5000 on June 15, 2007, at 8:03:48
In reply to Re: Advice from Parnate (insomnia) users please.., posted by sophia04 on June 14, 2007, at 19:09:48
> LAst night I increased my Seroquel 50 mg and hardly got ANY sleep. This is crazy i know. I woke up after about an hour and struggled the rest of the night until I finally took lorazepam. My doc said this response is untypical, but I will go back down to 25mg for one more night before I move on to Ambien... i guess. I also feel pretty yucky today - naussea, hang-over, etc. My doc also tells me that she thinks the parnate induced insomnia will actually go away, or at least decrease. Has this been the case for ANYone out there?? Are there any long time users, who take the bulk of the parnate at night, use no sleep aids??
________________Okay, so Parnate-induced insomnia is not at all uncommon, though I believe you mentioned you were taking Provigil/modafinil, and that caused me insomnia when I took it, also. Parnate or other MAOi-induced insomnia does have the reputation of going away after a period of time weeks or months, usually. Maybe not completely, but significantly. Sleep is a problem on MAOis for some.
Do you find that the Parnate causes drowsy periods during the day? Sometimes you can time the dosing so that the drowsiness hits you at bedtime, or, failing that, you can try taking the entire dose as far away from bedtime as possible--though I don't think you're supposed to take it all at once.
Since MAOi-induced insomnia can sometimes be a serious problem, some users do have to take sleep aids all the time, it's true.
Hope you find something that works it out.
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