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Re: Seroquel for Nardil Induced Insomnia » harryp

Posted by King Vultan on May 9, 2004, at 10:00:28

In reply to Re: Seroquel for Nardil Induced Insomnia » flipsactown, posted by harryp on May 9, 2004, at 2:36:06

Your thoughts echo mine on the subject of atypical antipsychotics--I do not understand why they are so widely prescribed with their horrible side effect profile to people who are not schizophrenic to begin with. Interestingly, when I discussed sleep aids with my pdoc (whom I have a fairly high opinion of) for my own Nardil insomnia, he also mentioned either Seroquel or Zyprexa--I forget which--as an alternative to the trazodone that I was interested in trying. I did get a prescription for trazodone, and while it did induce sleep at 25-50 mg/night, it unfortunately did not really agree with me and left me feeling rather out of sorts the next day.

So as a stopgap until my next appointment, I am using 2 x 25 mg/night Benadryl (the plain, allergy only version, which is equivalent to generic diphenhydramine). I'm still waking up several times a night but am generally able to get back to sleep and am making a go of it. My pdoc said I could use Ambien every night if I wished to because the drug is sitting on the receptor for such a short length of time, but with a $50/month copay and questionable efficacy in my case, I am looking for other options. An older drug that I'm interested in which is only a $10 copay on my insurance is triazolam (Halcion). I don't think it's as safe as Ambien, but it does have a relatively short half life, and I was thinking maybe I would bring it up at my next appointment.

Todd


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