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Re: Feeling drugged, anxious, and a little depressed

Posted by torchgrl on February 12, 2000, at 19:08:47

In reply to Re: Feeling drugged, anxious, and a little depressed, posted by Noa on February 12, 2000, at 15:12:45

> John, Serzone is a relatively minor player in my cocktail, certainly as an AD. It replaced trazodone as a sleep aid (because of the activation of the effexor) when the trazodone started to lose its effectiveness. My pdoc thought it would do both the sleep aid thing and add some AD effect as an adjunct to the effexor xr. It has worked fairly well for sleep, and definiely has calmed the myoclonus almost completely. Before the lithium, I was sleeping well, except when in a depressed episode.
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> Since the lithium, it is the peeing that wakes me up so much.
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> But why would I SUDDENLy start feeling this fatigue and drowsiness, after a number of good weeks? Do you think it could be the cafeine and sugar?

I notice that, since I don't usually consume a lot of sugar, when I go on a binge (which for me would just be eating/drinking sugary stuff regularly for a bit), it really affects me. I have to make sure not to have any anywhere near bedtime, or it really affects my sleep. Caffeine also hits harder when I've been off it for awhile, but it feels like the sugar really does a number on me, so that could indeed be the culprit. Plus, it probably throws your blood-sugar levels all over the place, which could induce fatigue, I'd imagine. Why don't you just try eliminating most if not all of the sugary stuff and see if that helps, before making adjustments to an until-now effective meds regime? Although, as I mentioned before, Serzone seems to be able to go from sedating to activating in some people, so... If it's not serving as an AD, maybe you could try Ambien or Sonata to help with sleep...
More brainstorming.


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