Posted by deniseuk190466 on October 21, 2024, at 9:58:09
Hi,
I'm looking for advice for my friend and this site is the best by far IMO and the best source of info.
My friend is male, 55 and Asian. He has has a drink problem but only drinks in the evening. His Mother has manic depression and there tends to be mental health issues on her side of the family.
My friend suffers with General Anxiety Disorder, although he does not seem to suffer with the physical symptoms of anxiety. His is mainly anticipatory, in that he worries about everything he needs to do, about going out and socialising, about the future. He is obsessively clean (well that's in my opinion ha ha) He is a lovely person but can be very moody and irritable which in my opinion is related to his condition.
To get back to the question, my friend rarely gets a good night sleep. He finds it really difficult to sleep, admittedly this is worse when he drinks but generally he struggles with sleep.
He has tried lots of meds, Pregabalin, Klonopin included to no avail. I really want him to try Zyprexa but he is loathe to as he tried Seroquel and had sleep paralysis, he is terrified of experiencing that again.
My friend has had sleep paralysis without taking meds so he does have an issue there.
I am only after opinions here, I know that we all respond differently to meds.
Does anyone know of a good medication to aid sleep but which is unlikely to cause sleep paralysis.
Does anyone have any experience of this?
Denise
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