Posted by floatingbridge on June 8, 2011, at 22:32:27
In reply to Re: public health+benzos » floatingbridge, posted by zonked on June 8, 2011, at 22:17:36
Thanks, z. I had/have forgotten the origins of this thread.
Do all maoi's induce insomnia?
Cr*p. Maybe that why my doc says ixna on the maoi's.
There's gotta be a way around this.
Thanks again,
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Glad you are responding :-)
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> zonked, what is EPS?
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> From Wikipedia:
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> Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) are various movement disorders such as acute dystonic reactions, pseudoparkinsonism, or akathisia suffered as a result of taking dopamine antagonists, usually antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs, which are often used to control psychosis.
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> > Plus, does Nardil cause insomnia? I know it can cause sedation, but I experience them as different issues.
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> Nardil is weird. What I am about to describe is pretty common - when it put me in remission before, it would make me very very tired and/or sleepy in the afternoon, and if I was at home on the weekend or not working a given day, it was very very hard to fight a nap. It was *not* quite so hard to fight a nap if I was working since I just downed a Rockstar or a Diet Coke or TaB or two if necessary. :-)
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> But whether or not I took that nap, it also caused some pretty nasty insomnia that was taken care of with 30mg temazepam qhs (see the origins of this thread, we've come full circle!).
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> Currently having no insomnia, likely because I'm still on the starting dose, but it would *rock* if the insomnia side effect never returned. (The afternoon fatigue is still there tho, and it doesn't matter what time I take the tablets.)
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> > Thanks.
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> Any time :-)
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> -z
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
c-ptsd & attendant health concerns
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