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Desperate for sleep - Help someone

Posted by tonyz on February 16, 2010, at 14:55:13

I have posted here before but not nearly as often as I should have. This group has provided a lot of support. I am desperate for sleep - I thought I had my depression licked but it came back like a firestorm. I was seeing a new doctor and she had prescribed buspar and lexapro - the lexapro was started at a low dose like 5mg for a while it seemed to be doing something but then anxiety went through the roof and insomnia started. Stopped both of these meds and started back on Nortriptyline - I am 100 mg now and will bump up to 125mg tonight, also taking seroquel 50-75mg and clonazepam. The clonazepam I had been trying to get rid of but I think I need it now.

I had a very rough night last night I went to bed around 11pm took my meds (100 nortriptyline, 50 seroquel and 0.25mg of clonazepam) 1am took another 25 seroqeul and by 1:30am took another 0.25mg of clonazepam. At best I got 2 hours sleep but I don't even think that much.

I called my doctor and told her I was going to take 1mg of clonazepam in the morning to try and get some sleep. I know this is a bad pattern and can screw up your sleep cycle but anyway I took 1mg around 11am and haven't been able to sleep. I had a lot of anxiety and it helped with that but didn't put me under.

Tomorrow I will check into hospital as an outpatient

Anyone have any suggestions for me on how to get through tonight - I can't take this insomnia.

I thought of increasing the Nortriptyline to 125mg (it is due for a raise), the seroquel to at least 100 maybe 125, and adding at least another 0.5 of clonazepam. I don't like messing with my meds myself but I haven't been able to get back with my doctor.


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