Posted by Cece on June 1, 2002, at 21:07:02
In reply to Trimipramine for Sleep - DA, coding, clonidine,etc » katekite, posted by fachad on June 1, 2002, at 15:30:12
Fachad-
I see that you already answered my question about "coding".
I take 25mg Trimipramine at night. I do have a slow time waking up in the morning, but always have to some extent. And as you say, any grogginess wears off very fast. I have no anti-cholinergic side effects.
I take other meds too, and am weaning off of benzos. I was taking 1.25 mg/day of xanax (for about 3 years), with .75 of it at night. I've cut down to .5 at night and already feel less overall cognitive problems. I'm going to continue going down and hope to get off it entirely. I've taken .125mg- that is 1/4 of the smallest tab made, a real chopping chore- of klonopin at night for a long time (about 10 years). I'm going to wean off that also. I'd like to get all benzos out of my regime. I find that Neurontin is a better calming med for me.
I've recently been trying out thyroid supplement therapy- moving from the low end of normal to the high end. That is doing wonders for my overall alertness and energy, and for waking up in the morning. I used to be able to sleep through 3 alarm clocks, and sometimes used 976-WAKE as a last resort! Now, my alarm clocks get me out of bed pretty easily. And I don't feel overly activated.
I do have a bad habit of staying up too late, which obviously doesn't help- I'm working on that. I get obsessed with whatever I'm doing and have a hard time telling myself to set it aside for another day. I find that Trimipramine is somewhat subtle in "inducing" sleep, at least at the low dose I take. It doesn't knock me out, I have to cooperate with it.
Cece
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