Posted by uncouth on September 22, 2011, at 22:24:52
In reply to Re: Saphris vs Seroquel vs Latuda for BP2 depression » uncouth, posted by floatingbridge on September 22, 2011, at 14:23:13
> Uncouth, can you provide anymore information about this:
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> > My doctor seems to think sleeping pills won't work for me, like my insomnia is more dopamine related or something.
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> I haven't heard sleep and dopamine put together before. It's usually GABA I hear about.
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> I have similar sleep issues, and the z's have cr*pp*d out, and benzos escalating.
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> Interesting.
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> (Sorry I don't know the answer to your question.)i dont know but i trust my pdoc, he's one of the best in the area. i think the d2 antagonism helps to settle the brain in a way other things can't. i mean my experience was that this time, that seemed to be totaly true. maybe the antipsychotics screwed me up or sent my brain to an equilibrium point which then required some d2 antagonism to go to sleep (my most likely guess) becuase I used to be able to sleep through the night (both go to sleep and stay asleep) just fine with trazodone or lunesta, but now, this time, neither of them worked sufficiently.
so far so good, last two nights of saphris totally knocked me out, slept like a baby, but woke up feeling pretty groggy and out of it until afternoon. so going to try seroque low dose instead (once again) and see if i can make it through the night without getting hypomanic risk or depression the next day. saphris definitely does exert a stabilization effect on the brain, that is for sure. not sure i like it though!
also been using my CES device the last few days, after reading another study came out recently showing CES has positive effects on insomnia. i hadn't been using the CES functionality of the device for a few months regularly, instead I was using the device for tDCS for the past few weeks. but i dont think it shealthy to be sending DC thorugh my brain every day, all the studies for tDCS were somewhat time delimited, so i'm taking month long breaks in between my 4 weeks of tDCS. we'll see. who knows, not sure that tdcs is even working but hey its something and hey i'm not suicidal so all i know is that something chemical electrical sleepywise or therapy wise is working at least SOMEWHAT. now i just need job money girlfriend romance sex motivation fun house family weightloss to be happy! ;-)
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