Posted by laima on March 4, 2007, at 7:56:41
In reply to Feeling great, then one night of insomnia ruins ev, posted by linkadge on March 1, 2007, at 20:05:50
Linkdage, have you considered seeing a sleep specialist, discuss having a sleep study in order to determine what exactly might be going on?
Some meds can interfere with sleep, and perhaps a medication switch could help. My first sleep study, for example, confirmed psychiatrist's suspicion that too much seratonin from the ssris I was on was messing up my sleep, the lack of proper sleep was making me tired- and more depressed. He switched me to another med, not so likely to interfere with sleep (wellbutrin-less seratonoin action)- and my sleep started to improve a bit, and my depression did too. Maybe you could have some kind of thing like that going on?
And of course, the study could tell if you are waking up during the night, how often, if you are breathing properly at night, what your sleep architecture is actually looking like- that sort of thing.
Maybe you can end up with both sleep and mood improved, especially if the two doctors discuss the results and treatment strategies together.
Good luck, and best wishes!
> I just start to get to feeling a better, then for some reason I miss a night of sleep, and it always triggers a horrable and prolonged relapse of depression anxiety which can throw me off for days and days.
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> I don't know how to stop the cycle. Perhaps I am asking too much, but I need to sleep every night.
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> What do people find is the best way to take charge of sleep?
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> I mean, if I know that I am not going to sleep, what is the best course of action?
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> Insomnia makes me feel so helpless.
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