Posted by Tabitha on October 28, 2012, at 15:59:35
In reply to Re: Thought I'd found the holy grail » Tabitha, posted by Beckett on October 28, 2012, at 10:12:40
> Ambien had the same effect on me, too. Right now I use temazepam for sleep though I agree with my pdoc that benzos are not ideal for sleep. Still my pdoc recognizes my anxiety level and how intractable my insomnia is-- I have tried every Z drug on the market. You might have success with a trial of Lunesta or Sonata. These worked for me for periods of time before they pooped out. Ambien never did.
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> I'm curiuos about your med timeline. Did you start the lamictal and Effexor together, or was there a time when you were on lamictal as monotherapy?I started lamictal alone. I think I'd reached 75 mg for a couple weeks and felt really good before adding the effexor. As I mentioned the effexor was actually added for severe hot flashes. It's been shown to reduce them by quite a bit, and tends to work quickly. I was hoping for a mood lift too. I'm only on 37.5 mg which is quite low.
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