Posted by musky on May 4, 2006, at 0:43:30
In reply to remeron w/d and INSOMNIA from hell, posted by jeninco on April 18, 2006, at 10:35:14
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Hellotry not to stress about the not sleeping... NO ONE ever Died from lack of sleep... sleep when you can and just say calming thoughts.. acupuncture helped straighten out my sleep patterns... try some hot milk or chamomile tea before bed... exercise if you can that really helps too...
REmeron just give a fake sleep... and messes up the sleep waves in the brain... so that when you come off your body just needs time to adjust on its own and then you need to get it back in balance ... so many things affect sleep from diet to exercise to stress to hormonal to emotional issues... try to look at these events in your life one by one... and dont be overwhelmed, that just reinforces the negative emotions which will increase your insomnia...Hang in there
Musky
*Forgive me if this shows up twice, I don't think I put this on THIS board*
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> Hello all, I went to the doctor last June with major insomnia. I would maybe nod off from time to time, but no major sleep. This went on for days-so major trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I would estimate that I'd get combined less than 2 hrs a night. I was diagnosed with being depressed/having anxiety and was given zoloft. I tried the zoloft for months but decided it wasn't helping at all with the sleep. I tried ambien for a while with great sucess but got headaches. Then we tried pamelor which also gave me headaches, and then finally remeron. Sleep on remeron has been great; I was taking 1/4 of a 15 mg pill, but over time needed more. As I increased my dosage I found that I was groggy/grouchy in the morning and hungry all day. I have binge eating disorder and can not afford to gain weight! I no longer feel anxious/depressed at all and really thought they came as a result of being unable to sleep in the first place. So I stopped taking the remeron two days ago. No anxiety at all, no depression. However, CAN'T SLEEP AT ALL. I was going to do sleep restriction, but you can't restrict your sleep when it won't come! I've set the clock for 6:00 the last two days (as opposed to 7:15 when I normally get up), but I did not sleep at all last night-only dozed for maybe 3 hrs, and the same the night before. I don't know how much longer I can take this and really don't think it's w/d from the medicine. It feels EXACTLY the same as when I went to the doctor originally. I don't know what to do-I feel exhausted but not sleepy. I feel horrible.
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