Posted by sheilac on January 9, 2013, at 14:28:33
In reply to Re: Less meds, insomnia, etc. » sheilac, posted by herpills on January 8, 2013, at 16:43:57
Phillipa - yes, I have stopped a lot of meds! I think my doc wanted me to just try Trileptal and Lamictal.
Lamictal was making me way too hyper. It is a great antidepressant, but the hypomania it gave me was a little too much to deal with.
Trileptal is great. If I go to 600mg or more I get terribly depressed. It is awful how badly depressed it makes me. Sometimes 600mg is ok, but I feel like a zombie with no motivation and focus. So I've dropped back to 450mg a day and it works great. I can think more clearly during my day and I don't experience depression.
BUT, she also had me stop Klonopin, which I think was a mistake. I still have anxiety and the Klonopin really addressed that.
I did love low dose Lithium, but even my endocrinologist wasn't crazy about me being on it, especially since in just over a 6 month period I had a nodule grow in size and had to have a biopsy. But is wasn't cancerous. But I really think the Lithium is what made the nodule grow bigger.
I see my Pdoc tomorrow and I think by just adding back in some Klonopin it might help with anxiety and with sleep. I have a terrible time relaxing enough to fall asleep. Once I get to sleep I'm great. So, I think I just have some anxiety which if addressed could help me fall asleep.
Another thing that contributes to my anxiety is my inhaler for my asthma. But, the problem is, I can't switch to a lesser inhaler because my asthma gets too bad, so I think the steroid in my inhaler revs me up and brings on more anxiety.
I have tried Melatonin and benedryl and they do help, but I have to take them about an hour or more before bed in order to feel sleepy enough to actually fall asleep. I also have to take my Trileptal early (around 5 or 6 at night) because it makes to pee a lot, so if I take it late I'm up all night going to the bathroom!
We'll see what she says tomorrow!
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