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Re: A week in...going a little crazy

Posted by steve3211 on January 18, 2004, at 13:15:08

In reply to A week in...going a little crazy, posted by Missy K on January 18, 2004, at 7:05:19

> Hi everyone.
> I'm starting week 2 on Lexapro and I haven't cried since last week. So that's good. The nausea seems to be easing up as well, but I would really like to sleep. Everyday I wake up about 3AM shaking, and lay there for 3 hours trying not to let the anxiety attack fully develop. I know I'm whining a bit, I have to be patient, I've just never taken anything like this before. The attacks are lessening a bit everyday. I'm just looking forward to the day I can sleep all night again. Thank you to all of you for making me know I'm not alone...

Hi Missy,
I wake up at about 4pm after about 5 hrs and then can't sleep anymore. Drives me nuts. I am usually pretty calm in bed but then in the morning when I have to face the day fatigued my anxiety level then rises. Then I get depressed. I have found that I can only handle 5 mg of Lexapro currently. Is this a similar experience to anyone of you guys? I am in mid 4th week and am worried that my dosage is too low and am scared to raise it. Restoril as a sleep aid is only somewhat effective and I want to stop it anyway. Can anyone recommend an effective OTC sleep aid? Thanks all-Steve

 

Re: A week in...going a little crazy » steve3211

Posted by Mariposa on January 20, 2004, at 8:46:21

In reply to Re: A week in...going a little crazy, posted by steve3211 on January 18, 2004, at 13:15:08

> > Hi everyone.
> > I'm starting week 2 on Lexapro and I haven't cried since last week. So that's good. The nausea seems to be easing up as well, but I would really like to sleep. Everyday I wake up about 3AM shaking, and lay there for 3 hours trying not to let the anxiety attack fully develop. I know I'm whining a bit, I have to be patient, I've just never taken anything like this before. The attacks are lessening a bit everyday. I'm just looking forward to the day I can sleep all night again. Thank you to all of you for making me know I'm not alone...
>
> Hi Missy,
> I wake up at about 4pm after about 5 hrs and then can't sleep anymore. Drives me nuts. I am usually pretty calm in bed but then in the morning when I have to face the day fatigued my anxiety level then rises. Then I get depressed. I have found that I can only handle 5 mg of Lexapro currently. Is this a similar experience to anyone of you guys? I am in mid 4th week and am worried that my dosage is too low and am scared to raise it. Restoril as a sleep aid is only somewhat effective and I want to stop it anyway. Can anyone recommend an effective OTC sleep aid? Thanks all-Steve
>

I took TylenolPM to help sleep, lots of posters also have used Benadryl. I started at 5mg, and around end of 4th week I started to feel worse ( increased depression and anxiety attacks). Pdoc raised dose to 10mg and that helped me.

Good luck to you.~~~8|8

 

Sleep Aids OTC and others

Posted by KimberlyDi on January 20, 2004, at 9:32:05

In reply to Re: A week in...going a little crazy » steve3211, posted by Mariposa on January 20, 2004, at 8:46:21

> > > Hi everyone.
> > > I'm starting week 2 on Lexapro and I haven't cried since last week. So that's good. The nausea seems to be easing up as well, but I would really like to sleep. Everyday I wake up about 3AM shaking, and lay there for 3 hours trying not to let the anxiety attack fully develop. I know I'm whining a bit, I have to be patient, I've just never taken anything like this before. The attacks are lessening a bit everyday. I'm just looking forward to the day I can sleep all night again. Thank you to all of you for making me know I'm not alone...
> >
> > Hi Missy,
> > I wake up at about 4pm after about 5 hrs and then can't sleep anymore. Drives me nuts. I am usually pretty calm in bed but then in the morning when I have to face the day fatigued my anxiety level then rises. Then I get depressed. I have found that I can only handle 5 mg of Lexapro currently. Is this a similar experience to anyone of you guys? I am in mid 4th week and am worried that my dosage is too low and am scared to raise it. Restoril as a sleep aid is only somewhat effective and I want to stop it anyway. Can anyone recommend an effective OTC sleep aid? Thanks all-Steve
> >
>
> I took TylenolPM to help sleep, lots of posters also have used Benadryl. I started at 5mg, and around end of 4th week I started to feel worse ( increased depression and anxiety attacks). Pdoc raised dose to 10mg and that helped me.
>
> Good luck to you.~~~8|8

It helps to cycle thru the OTC sleep aids. Tylenol PM and Benedryl certainly help. Melatonin has also helped at times. The best help I've ever had sleeping is with Trazadone. I don't develope a tolerance much to it, and I'm able to wake up in the morning unlike my experience with Ativan. Trazadone has very inexpensive generics available but it requires a doctor's prescription. Good Luck. Insomnia & depression/anxiety go hand in hand.

 

Re: Sleep Aids OTC and others Kimberly

Posted by Steve3211 on January 20, 2004, at 12:45:32

In reply to Sleep Aids OTC and others, posted by KimberlyDi on January 20, 2004, at 9:32:05

> > > > Hi everyone.
> > > > I'm starting week 2 on Lexapro and I haven't cried since last week. So that's good. The nausea seems to be easing up as well, but I would really like to sleep. Everyday I wake up about 3AM shaking, and lay there for 3 hours trying not to let the anxiety attack fully develop. I know I'm whining a bit, I have to be patient, I've just never taken anything like this before. The attacks are lessening a bit everyday. I'm just looking forward to the day I can sleep all night again. Thank you to all of you for making me know I'm not alone...
> > >
> > > Hi Missy,
> > > I wake up at about 4pm after about 5 hrs and then can't sleep anymore. Drives me nuts. I am usually pretty calm in bed but then in the morning when I have to face the day fatigued my anxiety level then rises. Then I get depressed. I have found that I can only handle 5 mg of Lexapro currently. Is this a similar experience to anyone of you guys? I am in mid 4th week and am worried that my dosage is too low and am scared to raise it. Restoril as a sleep aid is only somewhat effective and I want to stop it anyway. Can anyone recommend an effective OTC sleep aid? Thanks all-Steve
> > >
> >
> > I took TylenolPM to help sleep, lots of posters also have used Benadryl. I started at 5mg, and around end of 4th week I started to feel worse ( increased depression and anxiety attacks). Pdoc raised dose to 10mg and that helped me.
> >
> > Good luck to you.~~~8|8
>
> It helps to cycle thru the OTC sleep aids. Tylenol PM and Benedryl certainly help. Melatonin has also helped at times. The best help I've ever had sleeping is with Trazadone. I don't develope a tolerance much to it, and I'm able to wake up in the morning unlike my experience with Ativan. Trazadone has very inexpensive generics available but it requires a doctor's prescription. Good Luck. Insomnia & depression/anxiety go hand in hand.
>
Kimberly,
I have a prescription for trazadone but am a little worried about taking it. Can you describe your experience? Isn't it a pretty heavy duty drug just for insomnia? Will it counter the effects of the Lex? Best-Steve


 

Trazadone » Steve3211

Posted by KimberlyDi on January 21, 2004, at 11:38:07

In reply to Re: Sleep Aids OTC and others Kimberly, posted by Steve3211 on January 20, 2004, at 12:45:32

I've taken Trazadone with Effexor but not Lexapro. It was effective to counter-act Effexor's insomnia side effect but not Effexor plus Strattera. Trazadone prescribed for insomnia is a lower dosage than when prescribed for depression. I have no problems with it. Take it only when you know that you won't be driving anywhere. The sedative effect can be strong. I recommend starting at 50mg first before going to 100mg. When I first started taking it, if I had to get up in the night, I felt extremely dizzy. I had to cut the pills in half (100mg pill) for about a week before I could take 100mg with no problem.

My husband rarely takes his trazadone because it makes it difficult for him to wake up in the morning. i wake up "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed", ready to go. drugs affect everyone differently.


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