Posted by shalhevet on April 8, 2010, at 2:24:10
In reply to Re: My sleep deprevation endorsement, posted by evenintherain on April 7, 2010, at 20:45:57
I left this comment over in the NYT post:
Wow, so many negative comments about this article. I thought it was cool. I'm taking an antidepressant that suppresses REM sleep (Parnate, an MAOI, for refractory depression), and I've never responded so profoundly to a medication before. I've never thought to make any connection between the two (the incredibleness of Parnate, and REM), though. Parnate for me causes both insomnia and intense daytime hypersomnolence, and they feel independent of each other, and my afternoon naps feel so resorative that I've wondered if it's a REM rebound. (Who knows?)Unfortunately, for now this means being on a merry-go-round of stimulants and sedatives, which are bandaids until something better comes along. Too bad Xyrem is so exorbitantly expensive and difficult to obtain (I mean, wow, I've tried $$Provigil, but Xyrem is $$$$ and Serious Business! I'll stick with cheap old Dexedrine). It's meant for narcolepsy, but it's an interesting drug and I wonder how it would affect people with depression who have psychomotor slowing and residual hypersomnolence during the day, but also insomnia or shifted biorhythms altogether. (I also wonder how many narcoleptics with depression find their depressive symptoms abate as their sleeping patterns are corrected)
Night night NYT!
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