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Re: Thought I'd found the holy grail » schleprock

Posted by Tabitha on October 28, 2012, at 15:44:53

In reply to Re: Thought I'd found the holy grail, posted by schleprock on October 28, 2012, at 2:41:36

> You say that you've been unmedicated for years, yet were using Ativan for sleep. If it is the case that you have been using Ativan for quite recently on a regular basis, then you may be suffering withdrawel from that medication if you stopped it abruptly. I would suggest you go back to the ativan and then slowly taper off of it when you feel more comfortable.
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> Increasing your doe of lamictal might also be of some benefit.

The Ativan is new in the last few months. I am doing chemotherapy and it is actually used as an anti-nausea med. I was using it a couple nights in a row, then cutting back to half, then going without. I was sleeping on and off without it. My pdoc said addiction probably wasn't an issue since I wasn't taking it around the clock.

After switching chemo drugs and adding effexor the total insomnia started. It's hard to say which is the culprit.

I will ask about increasing lamictal. I was doing so well on 75 mg I didn't even go to the original target dose 100 mg.

 

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