Posted by ed_uk2010 on August 19, 2010, at 15:10:43
In reply to Re: Treatment Resistant Chronic Insomnia - Disability, posted by simcha on August 18, 2010, at 17:49:18
>Abilify to my regimen........might have the added advantage of inducing sleep such that I won't need the Trazodone.
Hi Simcha,
I don't quite understand your pdoc's logic here. First of all, Abilify does not generally induce sleep. Secondly, why would stopping trazodone be advantageous? From what you said, the trazodone has proven to be both effective (even in the long term) and tolerable. Finding such a treatment (for chronic insomnia) is not easy.
Abilify can be helpful in some cases of treatment-resistant depression but it does cause adverse effects very frequently. In particular, restlessness (akathisia) is a problem.
Take care.
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