Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 993952

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sleeping pills = worse mood!!

Posted by linkadge on August 15, 2011, at 20:54:25

I can't sleep. However, every "sleep med" that I have tried results it substatially worse mood the next day. I hate taking them for the fear of feeling worse the next day.

I don't want to take seroquel, mirtazapine, amitriptyline. I throw away 3/4 of the day by doing so.

So, I'm stuck. Benzos, sedating AD's, AP's, you name it, its all the same crap. No solutions.

Linkadge

 

Re: sleeping pills = worse mood!!

Posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 15, 2011, at 22:19:20

In reply to sleeping pills = worse mood!!, posted by linkadge on August 15, 2011, at 20:54:25

Have you tried triazolam (Halcion), it is pretty short acting, and should have worn off by the following morning.

 

Re: sleeping pills = worse mood!!

Posted by Phillipa on August 16, 2011, at 0:30:31

In reply to Re: sleeping pills = worse mood!!, posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 15, 2011, at 22:19:20

Why not a benzo got a good 35 years of good without raising dose now don't work but sleep. Phillipa

 

Re: sleeping pills = worse mood!! » linkadge

Posted by floatingbridge on August 16, 2011, at 1:41:16

In reply to sleeping pills = worse mood!!, posted by linkadge on August 15, 2011, at 20:54:25

> I can't sleep. However, every "sleep med" that I have tried results it substatially worse mood the next day. I hate taking them for the fear of feeling worse the next day.
>
> I don't want to take seroquel, mirtazapine, amitriptyline. I throw away 3/4 of the day by doing so.
>
> So, I'm stuck. Benzos, sedating AD's, AP's, you name it, its all the same crap. No solutions.
>
>
Linkage

Yes, that seems to be the current state of sleep meds. Sonata (yes, one those 'Z' drugs) was the best for next day mood. It quit on me.

There is baclofen, zanaflex. Not exactly knock outs. Less harmful to sleep arcitecture, maybe. Zanaflex was actually mood enhancing. Go figure.

 

Re: sleeping pills = worse mood!! » linkadge

Posted by SLS on August 16, 2011, at 7:42:05

In reply to sleeping pills = worse mood!!, posted by linkadge on August 15, 2011, at 20:54:25

> I can't sleep. However, every "sleep med" that I have tried results it substatially worse mood the next day. I hate taking them for the fear of feeling worse the next day.
>
> I don't want to take seroquel, mirtazapine, amitriptyline. I throw away 3/4 of the day by doing so.
>
> So, I'm stuck. Benzos, sedating AD's, AP's, you name it, its all the same crap. No solutions.
>
> Linkadge


Your feeling worse might be a temporary effect of retarding your circadian rhythm - with or without sleeping pills. If this is true, you might begin feeling better within 3 days of maintaining a consistent sleep-wake cycle. This retardation of the cycle is just the opposite of the advancing of the clock in sleep-deprivation.


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