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Posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
am feeling much better on Prozac now, I am not requiring as much sleep as before. But now I am having trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep. Then during the day I NEED a nap, but that is a catch 22 because then I can't sleep at night. It is after midnight before I get to sleep and then I wake up at 5am! ick! I am always someone who needed there 8 hours, so 5 can't be enough for me.
I guess I need to force myself somehow to get past those sleep afternoons after a night I didn't sleep well, and try to stay awake. I hope this is one of those side effects that eventually go away.
One positive side effect is that I seem so much more creative than before. Maybe because I am not sleeping so much, and am awake. lol.
Posted by blueboy on September 24, 2007, at 16:03:50
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
That's EXACTLY what happened to me when I found a drug that helped me (in my case an MAOI). My experience is that you just have to deal with it.
It sounds like you don't have a 9 to 5 job which is a major blessing.
Anyway, my solution was to try to get to bed early (meaning 12 or 12.30), take benzo's/Ambien/Lunesta/whatever every other night or so -- and I have to take triple the recommended dose. Then, if I was awake I'd work or do whatever. I did and still do take a nap when I'm sleepy. Screw the clock; if I'm sleepy I go to sleep; if I can't go to sleep, I take a pill; if I wake up after 5 hours of sleep, I get up and go to it!
And one other thing. Don't EVER take steroids unless you'll die without them. I took them for a week once (to clear my sinuses for an MRI) and averaged maybe 2-3 hours of sleep per night. I was an absolute wreck and freaked out so badly during the MRI they could hardly even finish it.
> am feeling much better on Prozac now, I am not requiring as much sleep as before. But now I am having trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep. Then during the day I NEED a nap, but that is a catch 22 because then I can't sleep at night. It is after midnight before I get to sleep and then I wake up at 5am! ick! I am always someone who needed there 8 hours, so 5 can't be enough for me.
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> I guess I need to force myself somehow to get past those sleep afternoons after a night I didn't sleep well, and try to stay awake. I hope this is one of those side effects that eventually go away.
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> One positive side effect is that I seem so much more creative than before. Maybe because I am not sleeping so much, and am awake. lol.
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Posted by DharmaBum on September 24, 2007, at 18:00:52
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
How about a spot of green tea mid-afternoon? Works for me...
Posted by Phillipa on September 24, 2007, at 20:27:13
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
Happyflower a lot of posters use a dose of a benzo til body adjusts or lunesta or ambien. Phillpa and good luck
Posted by stargazer2 on September 24, 2007, at 22:19:44
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
What dose of Prozac and when do you take it? Perhaps the dose is too high and if you take it at night you may want to take it in the AM or vice versa. Sometimes simple changes are all that is needed for a med to work in synch with your sleep/wake cycle.
Stargazer
Posted by Amigan on September 27, 2007, at 19:14:02
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
If you don't want to add a second medicine to fight the insomnia that prozac causes, then it is ideal to switch to a less long-acting and stimulating SSRI. (Since SSRIs seems to work well with you) I don't know which. You could try paroxetine.
Posted by Phillipa on September 27, 2007, at 21:15:22
In reply to Re: prozac keeping me awake » Happyflower3, posted by Amigan on September 27, 2007, at 19:14:02
Oh l0mg was even stimulating to me and took xanax with it. Phillipa
Posted by linkadge on September 28, 2007, at 23:15:13
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
Welcome to the world of SSRI antidepressants.
Linkadge
Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on October 3, 2007, at 17:12:57
In reply to prozac keeping me awake, posted by Happyflower3 on September 24, 2007, at 15:16:21
Sertraline (zoloft) kept me awake too, but it only lasted about 2-3 weeks. then it was back to normal. Try an antihistamine to help you sleep if you wake up too early. good for allergies too. I have fall allergies like CRAZY right now.
achoo
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