Posted by Darkness At Noon on August 6, 2007, at 2:55:46
In reply to Re: EMSAM At 8 Weeks » Darkness At Noon, posted by Racer on August 6, 2007, at 0:24:21
> Thank you for posting this. My pdoc has brought up EMSAM for me, and warned me that if I switch, sleep will be an issue. What have you tried for sleep? He's suggested Sonata, or maybe Rozerem, or back to Ambien, in the CR formulation this time. Have you had any luck with any of them?
I've been taking Ambien for years. I find that the CR version doesn't give me any more sleep, just makes me groggy when I do wake up.
In the past, adding Klonopin has compensated for stimulating meds. The problem right now is that my new pdoc won't prescribe more than 3 mg Klonopin. I think that another 1-2 mg might get me enough sleep.
This particularly peeves me, since I have a decade-long record of using Klonopin in this manner, and have never developed tolerance or dependency. Then the pdocs wonder why we have problems with compliance, or why I snort with disbelief at their claims that "sometimes the insomnia/sedation goes away after a few weeks/months". Right!
I tried Sonata a few years ago. I might as well have been taking M&Ms for all the sleep help it gave me.
YMMV.
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