Posted by Novelagent on May 23, 2012, at 8:05:28
I've been off Effexor for 3 weeks now, and my sleep ranges from being zero hours to 7 hours... I have a resident, and residents don't like to prescribe meds for sleep-- not unless they're boring and don't work. But I'm trying to work with my doc, so I'm looking for ideas.
I've taken Seroquel for sleep before, and at a low dose (200mg? Not sure-- it was years ago)- it worked wonders. I'd try klonopin, but she won't prescribe that for a couple of months (long story). I'm on Invega Sustenna (similar to Risperdal Consta). Should I go with prn or nightly Seroquel as an add-on until I get better sleep naturally? Or something else?
It should be able to slow my body down-- it's not really that I need to be calmed down; it's more of a physiological thing. I have a self-hypnosis mp3, and it works when my body isn't in a tense spot like it is a lot when I oughtta be sleeping.
What's worse is that I'm now on Vyvanse, which means if I can't sleep until 3 or 4 at night like last night, I still have to wake up at 7 AM and can't take a nap with it. I've tried melatonin, but that will just make me yawn a bit, but won't affect the tense-like state I seem to be in some nights.
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