Posted by cobamis on September 8, 2003, at 10:40:57
In reply to Re: lack of sleep » Bill L , posted by CamW. on September 8, 2003, at 9:56:52
Cam and Bill: Thanks to both of you for your help. I am a drug rep and one thing I promote is Tylenol PM. Yes it does help one sleep, if benedryl has the sedating effect on you. It can wire some people, or just not work. In my case it didn't work. I just spoke with a nurse at my gyn office who is familiar with effexor withdrawals (finally found someone) and she's putting me back on at 37.5 for a week, then 1 every other day for a week and so on till I'm off. In the meantime, for GOOD sleep , she's writing Ambien, which IS an RX sleep aid, mostly for short term, but some are on it for a long time. I can't imagine it's a good thing to get your body hooked on ANOTHER pill just to get rid of another, but for 10 days, it won't hurt.
This site has been a HUGE help for me through a very tough 4 days and thank all of you for your suggestions. I'll keep you posted
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