Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Trouble sleeping... » SheilaC

Posted by Tony P on June 21, 2007, at 16:59:54

In reply to Trouble sleeping..., posted by SheilaC on June 21, 2007, at 10:12:23

That's a very activating combination - not surprised you're having trouble sleeping! I was up half the night when I used to take just Wellbutrin.

A benzo like Xanax may help, but you may also quickly become tolerant to it. I was taking Klonopin (clonazepam) with the Wellbutrin and still am taking 2 mg/day with my current meds (Remeron+Requip); it's probably the safest bet for long-term night-time use. Even with the clonazepam I still have trouble sleeping many nights without additional meds.

Here are some non-benzo alternatives that I've used successfully:

Trimipramine 50-200 mg (according to Wikipedia, the closest to natural sleep)
Nortryptiline 25-50 mg
Trazadone 50-300 mg YMMV greatly!
Neurontin (gabapentin) 300-600 mg, this didn't help me get to sleep but seemed to help with staying asleep.
Melatonin 9 mg (for me works best in combo with one of the above, good for resetting your bedtime)

All of these except the Melatonin are mild to moderate antidepressants too (and of course are Rx only), so you might be able to reduce your other meds as well. Trimipramine works the best for me, the only problem is it has a long half-life so I tend to have trouble getting up, but setting two alarms and the coffe-maker on auto usually does it for me!

Good luck,

Tony


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


[764789]

Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:Tony P thread:764708
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070613/msgs/764789.html