Posted by orbital on January 4, 2010, at 1:40:05
In reply to Re: Stugeron/cinnarizine - great results » orbital, posted by hopefullynow on January 4, 2010, at 0:35:35
I'm glad to hear you've had a positive response so far :)
Honestly, I'm very surprised by this drug's positive effect. I've ruled out placebo effect, as I doubted I'd get any benefit whatsoever when I started taking it; I'm very jaded when it comes to antihistamines, they never seem to do much of anything for me (with the exception of mirtazapine and mianserin, not technically antihistamines anyway). So this was completely unexpected.
My experience with antipsychotics is very limited - I used to take a small dose of quetiapine for sleep, but it didn't have any notable effect on me, it did nothing for my insomnia, so my pdoc whisked me off it after a two month trial.
I've taken the Stugeron on an empty stomach several times, and haven't experienced any problems - the insert does recommend taking it with food, to avoid possible GI problems. No sedation (or stimulation for that matter) either.
Uhmmmm... at the moment, I'm a bit weary of taking cinnarizine long term. It definitely seems like it might have pretty powerful properties that haven't been fully determined. I'll ask my doc to see what she thinks.
Thanks :)
> Orbital,
> Thank you so much for your detailed explanations, very interesting things about cinnarizine, i knew that it is an antihistaminic but didn't knew about it's weak D2 antagonistic properties.Last night i took 50 mg and slept very good.I woke up with a nice sense of wellness, same sensation that risperidone or olanzapine gave me but without sedation and ravenous hunger.One thing, about an hour after I took Stugeron, before falling asleep I felt some nausea.Do you take it with food, or you never experienced this?
> Thanks again.
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