Posted by ronaldo on December 23, 2006, at 11:42:40
In reply to Re: sleep - melatonin, temazepam, bipolar management, posted by survivin bpd on December 22, 2006, at 17:35:40
Hi MariaI'm sorry that the olanzapine did not work out for you. How much did you use? 2.5 mg? Strange that it should have made you depressed. I hope the temazepam still works for you. Should do considering it has had a bit of a rest.
I am still withdrawing from the olazapine. I am now down to 3.75 mg from 10 mg. On my previous withdrawal Sept/Oct I got down to zero and stuck it out for 3 weeks against fierce insomnia but finally I crumbled and relapsed to 10 mg. This time I am making a slower more gradual taper and hope that this time the rebound insomnia will not hit me so hard. It feels good on 3.75 mg, sleep is OK, not wonderful but adequate.
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
Alan
> Hi Alan / followers of thread
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> Just to let you know I tried half the min adult dose of olanzapine due to the sleep problems - after a couple of weeks my mood started to slide down and ended up depressed for the first time in years - back to the temazepam!
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> > Hi Alan
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> > many thanks for that - is good to hear the good and the bad. Think that tho the temazepam is so irritatingly addictive I am probably better off not rocking my mood with an antipsyhotic when it is ok if left alone. If things get worse with the insomnia I might go down the occasional antipsychotic route...will have to do something and anything rather than get ill. if I find anything useful I will pass it on!
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> > take care
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