Posted by yxibow on January 22, 2008, at 0:19:01
In reply to Insomnia, posted by Sigismund on January 19, 2008, at 17:24:04
> Seroquel may be good for sleep but may not provide good sleep quality.
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> Remeron is OK for me until the next day when I would definately rather have not taken it.
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> So I'm wondering about the lowest effective dose of Zyprexa?
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> I think the 5HT2 antagonism (or whatever it is) might agree with me. And if I kept the dose really low perhaps the whole appetite, weight gain, prolactin thing would be handleable.
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> My problem is sleep maintenance. I get to sleep easily because I'm so tired, but wake up after four hours. Even if I take something then, sleep tends to be very very light.
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> I wouldn't be thinking of something like Zyprexa if I hadn't eliminated all the causes I can think of.
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> So what's the very minimum effective dose?
> And does it feel really awful?
> (I hate antihistamines and anticholinergics.)
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Have you tried Trazodone (50-150 mg) ?Even that with the Seroquel I'm already on for other reasons sometimes wakes me up in the night so I chose between l-tryptamine and 5HTP (the metabolite) to continue sleep.
Excercise (mea culpa) helps improve the body's sleep cycle as well, like bundling up and taking a walk in the evening, not too soon before bed and not be too stimulated (caffeine, computer games, etc) before bed (again something I could do more myself).
I do sympathize, I haven't had a good nights sleep in 15 years.
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