Posted by lm on February 17, 2005, at 7:03:41
In reply to Re: Reboxetine - I'm Opting OUT! » borderliner, posted by ed_uk on January 16, 2005, at 7:25:13
I'v been on reboxetine for several months and consider it ok but I have not been able to get as much sleep as I think I need or at least as much quality sleep as I need. I wonder how common this really is. The literature suggests that this side-effects goes away in nearly all cases, even though sleep architecture is altered somewhat. One well-designed study suggests an increase in average number of hours in patients taking reboxetine for some time.
I think I want to stay on it but cannot imaging tolerating long term sleep deprivation. Is there a drug-free way of dealing with this? If medication is required, which will affect memory and concentration least?
Some background: I have been on many antidepressants over the course of last 10 years but, prior to reboxetine, have made signifnicant progress only on milnacipran. But I still felt that there is some room for improvment, particularly regarding energy and motivation. My symptoms are mostly ADD-like, but around them severe depressive and 'fibromyalgic' symptoms evolved as well (perhaps this is why milnacipran worked so well). To the extent to which I understanding technical literature on antidepressants, there is little evidence suggesting that serotonin is significantly involved in regulating cognition. This is why I switched to reboxetine.
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