Posted by utopizen on October 13, 2004, at 13:48:26
In reply to 150mg of Dexidrine 40 mg ritilan still sleepalday, posted by noREM on October 13, 2004, at 13:04:28
> i am in the us army and have a traumatic brain injury I have not had rem sleep in obout a year. even with the dex and the rittilan + anti-deps I still get vey little up time 4 hrs or less somtimes. i might as well have been captured over there its like being inprisoned in my own body. any med suggestions. oh yeah i canyt take provigal and allready take zyrem
>Oh, sorry, didn't read you can't take Provigil.
Xyrem made me so depressed I had to stop it. I was weeping, I was incredibly tired, anxious, everything. It was terrible for me. It's not suppose to ever be given to patients with history of mental illness whatsoever. It could very well make your problems worse.
You may want to try Straterra at a high dose and Adderall or Straterra and Desoxyn. And a high dose of Cymbalta (60mg is the starting therapeutic dose, but you can go up to 120 mg).
Also, combining an antipsychotic, Lamictal, or Lithium to Cymbalta or some other antidepressant could also help you. But if you have depression, STOP SEEING YOUR CURRENT DOCTOR. No doctor worthy of his degree would overlook the obvious fact that patients with depression should not be on it. It made me miserable in ways I can't describe, and incredibly sleepy during the day.
Get a sleep study if you haven't already. You may have another sleep disorder like apnea that is worsening your trauma to your brain, or you may have central apneas. I am thin as a twig, and I have sleep apnea at age 21-- don't assume anything, get a sleep study.
Also exercise. I know, you're sleepy. But exercise means hope. And you need hope. Hang in there.
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