Posted by bleauberry on April 19, 2009, at 12:17:09
In reply to Severe insomnia, considering Percocet, posted by G-man885858 on April 19, 2009, at 1:48:40
I agree with others here. Seroquel may need to come down. Its sleep promoting effects are in the 25mg to 50mg range. My doctor prescribes it in higher doses when someone does NOT want to have sleepiness.
I don't like the idea of adding more meds either when the ones you are on are causing more problems than good. It is better to get rid of those and do something else. Otherwise, months later, you realize you are on 4 to 7 meds, you are still not much better off than you were on 2, and now you're in deep water. Percocet has its own set of problems, like whenever you need to come off it, nasty.
About 30% of people I've talked to get wired on Ambien instead of sleepy. It kinds of helps make them groggy for bed, but in a couple hours they are wide awake and wired.
For sleep meds that are intended to be sleep meds, I have found nothing better than Lunesta, with klonopin taking second place.
Try reducing or eliminating seroquel, unless it is doing you considerable good.
Remeron in a tiny 7.5mg or even 4ish mg dose induces a long deep sleep. Any higher and the norepinephrine thing kicks in, sort of like seroquel does, and it becomes less sedating, and even activating.
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