Posted by TriedEveryMedication on July 1, 2016, at 12:02:37
desipramine really really works for my ADHD-I. Night and day difference, it feels like my IQ goes up 25 pts when I'm on it.
I've developed a reaction to it where it tends to wake me around 2:30am and I feel very wired like I'm on stims until about 4 or 5am.
It wasn't always like this - it used to knock me out (histamine action, I guess) when I took it at night and then I'd wake up fresh and early.
Now it doesn't seem to matter when I take it - the insomnia comes on at the same time every night.
I was kinda fearing it so much that last night I stayed up until 4am just to avoid it. I still woke up at 9, but I guess that's better than getting woken up in the middle of the night.
Any ideas on how I could manage this? (ambien doesn't touch the insomnia and kinda ruins the ADHD-treating effects of desipramine, as do other drugs like trazadone and remeron)
Thank you
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