Posted by mbluett on July 19, 2008, at 0:20:17
Hi All,
I just wanted to share this info with you. I have been on the med-go-round for the last 12 years and had never found anything that could give me a proper nights sleep until now. I was diagnosed as BPII with anxiety and chronic insomnia. I am currently on Lamictal 100mg and 150mg of Effexor daily. Neither of these meds improved my insomnia. I have tried at least 20 drugs and various combinations for my insomnia. I have finally found 3 meds that work extremely well together. At bedtime I take 10mg Valium, 100mg Lyrica and 7.5mg Remeron. I have woken up for the past 2 weeks feeling like a different person. The world now seems 'quieter' and more orderly. I have been experiencing greater mental clarity and reality seems to be more real as I finally feel 'awake' during the day.
My belief is that the Valium induces muscle relaxtion and pulls the GABA handbrake in the brain. Th Lyrica slows my mental processes and induces stage 4 slow wave sleep. The Remeron seems to shut off anxiety and insomnia via antagonism of the 5HT2 and 5HT3 receptors. This cocktail seems to hit the problem from 3 different angles.
I feel like a completely different person as I have not known what life was like without insomnia for the past 20 years. I would highly recommend this combination for those of you with stubborn insomnia. The beauty of this combo is that the dosages can be tweaked accordingly.
All best.
poster:mbluett
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