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Meds, Mind, Body & Benefits => Mental Health & HIV => Topic started by: shadowfluid on September 27, 2008, 03:34:03 am
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Looking into it for constant anxiety. Don't know if any of my pozzies are on that and like it.
I seem to be getting up an hour on the dot! before I'm supposed to. Maybe it's stress. Anyway 25mg Seroquel knocked my s#*% out for 24 hours. Restoril makes me sleep worse in quality. Overy sensitive to benadryl. I even (OMG!) cut down on coffee....anyway...
Xanax doesn't help the terminal insomnia.
Sooo....maybe I will cut the seroquel in half or take 1/4. Oh yeah and Lunesta was nasty and Ambien didn't do squat. Hmmm maybe an antidepressant will help with the excessive REM sleep/vivid dreaming/early morning awakening.
Bah. More pills to take. :)
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shadow,
I'm sorry I can't help you out with the Buspar as I haven't tried it.
I however have at good luck with Ativan (Lorazepam).
I hope you find one that works for you.
AA
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I was prescribed Buspar/Buspirone for anxiety. It didn't seem to do much except give me a bit of a banging headache. I took up to 45mg a day, although only took it for a couple of weeks and was told to stop when my HIV meds were switched because of interactions. I took 20mg Temazpeam each night to get me to sleep but this is not a long term solution, I took the benzos for 7 days straight and they seemed to stop working after that. I now take Citalopram for anxiety and depression which messes up sleep so I take it first thing in the morning rather than later in the day. The best anti depressant I've had with a sedative effect is Mirtazapine, if you haven't tried that it might be worth checking out. Good luck. I hope this gets sorted. Take care, Mark x
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Shadow, BuSpar didn't do anything for me either. But, everyone's different. Things like this are kind of hit and miss, I believe. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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Hi,
Sorry I can't really help re this particular one.
I'm sure you will discuss this with a professional doctor, but I am doing much better on a combination of mirtazapine and efexor. It has taken a while for me to sort things out but together the drugs and the talk therapy are helping immensely.
Whether it is the medication or just depression in general, I have put on a lot of weight.
I too have found mirtazapine to have a good sleeping impact.
Good luck with your discussions and decisions.
Auspoz.
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Remeron (mirtazapine) as well as buspar, slows your metabolism and causes weight gain. I'm surprised you weren't advised about this side effect by the person prescribing these meds to you.
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I take both buspar and serequl, and in much larger doses than you. 60 mg of buspar and 300 of serqeul. I have had a good response to both. I find that psych drugs work differently on each person. Unfortunately sometimes it is hit or miss. You may find it necessary to work with you psych for a while until you find the right meds for you. Do not give up, it may take time I know it is hard to deal with but it takes some time. I encourage you to do some relaxation expercises as well. and find a good therapist.
Good luck keep on going,
Peter
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I would recommend Trazodone. It's a mild anti-depressant with a sedative effect that has helped me sleep in the past. My doc prescribed it to me when I was on Welbutrin to help me sleep. It worked for me. It's been around for a while so the long term sides are known, and it's available in generic so it's very cheap (if that matters).
Good luck
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Well I always have a hard time sleeping and I was on ambien. I was taking it evernight and actually just spoke to my doc about it last night. She switched me to rozerum but I am like you that benedryl does nothing. I'm sorry I can not help you more but I hope that you have luck with it.