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To answer your question... » Snoozy

Posted by Janelle on April 18, 2003, at 17:31:42

In reply to Re: WHY AM I TIRED ALL THE TIME (re MEDS)?, posted by Snoozy on April 18, 2003, at 0:08:03

First, thanks for your sympathies!

To address your question - I do sleep normally but still feel tired; I used to sleep excessively and still feel tired, but no more.

Also, I seem to need more than the *traditional* 8 hours/night of sleep - 10 is what I'd call ideal for me.

I'm on such a low dose (250mg/night) of Depakote I doubt it's the culprit, although I just now realized that this constant daytime tiredness has become more problematic ever since Depakote was added to the cocktail.

But it's a catch-22 situation because I was operating at minimal capacity until the Depakote was added! The changes/improvement (knock on wood) since the Depakote was added have been incredible! :-)

I used to just take 1 mg Klonopin/daytime but for some reason this pdoc has me on 1mg of it daytime and 1 mg night time.

I have an appointment with him very soon and he said he was going to start "streamlining" (his word) my meds, with the first thing being to go off the Buspar. I then hope to reduce the Klonopin and maybe switch the time I take the Celexa.

My problem has been groggy nights (not terribly so but definitely groggy) already and then a feeling that I can't wake up all day the next day.

I've thought about what you mentioned - taking an activating med to counteract these sedating ones, but I already feel like a human drug store as it is. I'm hoping that getting off and/or reducing the sedating meds will do the trick.


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