Posted by Phoenix1 on January 1, 2008, at 13:22:07
In reply to Re: Nardil-Jedi » Justherself54, posted by Jedi on January 1, 2008, at 1:54:50
I found the same thing when I tried trazodone. Hung over until the early afternoon...
I find Seroquel isn't enough for me. I've tried 25mg, 50mg, 75mg, and I still end up waking up in the middle of the night and not falling back asleep. If I take Seroquel relatively early (1-2 hours before I want to sleep) and then 7.5mg of zopiclone RIGHT before bed, I can often get a decent nights sleep (6 hours or so). For me, zopiclone could be replaced with a traditional benzo (oxazepam or temazepam) for the same effect. I find they all do about the same thing to me. Unfortunately, for me, I find I easily become dependent on them for sleep and it's tough to get back off them. But right now, I would rather just get sleep and worry about the rest later.
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> Hi Justherself,
> I almost always can get by on just 25mg of Seroquel nightly. I have a very stong sedative reaction to antihistamines and since Seroquel is an antagonist at the histamine H1 receptors it is no wonder I react to a small amount of it. The difference in Seroquel and the antihistamines is I don't seem to build up a tolerance to the somnolence effect of Seroquel. I've taken it for over six months now with no tolerance to the sleepiness.
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> When I first started Nardil. I took Traz for insomnia. It left me with a very hung over feeling. A lot worse than Seroquel.
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> Right now I'm taking 2mg of clonazepam. It doesn't make me tired, even if I take it in the morning. I was taking .5mg, then I had a trial of Parnate. I increased the clonazepam to 2mg during this trial. The Parnate seemed to be working OK then I had a rare spontaneous hypertensive reaction on it. Had to give it up and go back to Nardil. Then I ran into some finanancial difficulties that really raised my stress level. So I decided to stay on 2mg for a while. I plan on dropping the clonazepam after I get through these stressful times.
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> I've never taken zopicone. What does it do for you?
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> When I increase my Seroquel to 50mg and get up to use the bathroom in the night, I almost pass out. I think there is a synergism with the Nardil to increase the orthostatic hypotensive side effect. I try to stick to 25mg, but like I said, I'm very sensitive to antihistamines.
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> I hope 2008 brings you healthy times,
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> > How much seroquel do you take at night? I'm currently taking 50 mg., .5 mg clonazapam and 7.5 zopicone..one would think that would get me through a good part of the night, but I continue to have frequent wakenings and always seem to be just on the "edge" of deep sleep..I can't take trazodone..
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> > It's a strange feeling, after I take my night meds, they hit pretty hard, but once I'm in bed, the tossing and turning begins..I'm wondering if increasing the seroquel will help..I'm reluctant to make another increase tho..any thoughts?
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> > And have a Happy New Year!
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