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Re: Can Risperidal or Zyprexa be used for insomnia

Posted by B2Chica on November 21, 2004, at 15:23:10

In reply to Can Risperidal or Zyprexa be used for insomnia?, posted by jerrympls on November 20, 2004, at 23:25:58

Jerry!
boy do i relate. my pdoc is getting frustrated with this iinsomnia of mine. with you..i've tried: sonata, ambien, trazodone, benzo's, seroquel. took zyprexa a year ago and that did make me tired but... on risperdal now, first two nights it conked me out, but not now (two weeks on). luckily i think my depression is setting in and i'm starting to wind down before midnight now...
i guess i'm not much help, but i'm right there with you...wide awake and mind racing. h@ll, anymore, even when i'm depressive my mind won't shut down easily.

sorry i have no good suggestions...
btw, what is halcion and chloral hydrate? is one of them haldol...my pdoc mentioned that to me but i got scarred, so we went with risperdal.
b2c.


> I'm having a horrific time with insomnia. I've tried ambien, sonata, chloral hydrate, trazodone, seroquel, benzos, restoril, halcion and either they didn't work or worked for a while and then pooped out.
>
> I'm on Ambien 20mg and Trazodone 100mg now and the Trazodone make me feel HORRIBLE and gives me terrible, terrible nightmares.
>
> So what about Risperidal or Zyprexa? Are they used? I've read that the addition to an antidepressant, Risperidal can be helpful for treatment resistant depression. But is it sedating?
>
> Any help here would be GREATLY appreciated!
>
> Thanks
> Jerry


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