Posted by zeugma on December 27, 2003, at 21:43:06
In reply to Re: Exp on buspar ??, posted by morel1 on December 27, 2003, at 19:47:18
TCA= tricyclic antidepressant. Nortriptyline helps me sleep, more so at doses above 50 mg/ day. Nortriptyline is a TCA.
The 'lucid dreams' and so on seem to be symptoms of narcolepsy. I get sleep paralysis when not on meds, and lately on Klonopin too, which is common in narcolepsy. I'll be dreaming, but also aware of body position, and I'll get rushing sensations and headaches, and I'll try to wake up but it's a struggle (and I feel awful for the rest of the night). Tricyclics block these kinds of states. Other drugs useful in narcolepsy include Provigil 9to help with daytime sleepiness), stimulants like Ritalin, and Xyrem, which helps induce deep sleep. I have no experience with any of these.
I've found that Buspar does help, and it's an easy drug to get prescribed (i.e. it has no abuse potential). An interesting book, which goes into the phenomenon of lucid dreaming, as well as the drugs that influence sleep process, is "The Dream Drugstore" by J.Allan Hobson. He says that benzodiazepines and especially SSRI's can interfere with restful sleep, which I have found very true in my experience.
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