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Posted by flip_flop on June 8, 2006, at 4:37:42
How common is insomnia on Prozac really?
Posted by cecilia on June 8, 2006, at 6:23:33
In reply to Anyone NOT getting insomnia on Prozac?, posted by flip_flop on June 8, 2006, at 4:37:42
I don't know, I get insomnia on everything. Some people fall asleep on everything. Cecilia
Posted by Ripley Snell on June 9, 2006, at 7:18:43
In reply to Anyone NOT getting insomnia on Prozac?, posted by flip_flop on June 8, 2006, at 4:37:42
I tried it in 1996 ... well, it ws better than Serzone (nefazodone) at the time. It kept me up the first night. Thereafter, I could hardly feel its therapeutic effects; it's sort of that it put a "floor" on my depression--I just couldn't get worse. No great shakes. The previous poster is right on: YMMV.
And the side effects of Prozac and the other SSRIs just kill me--no interest in food, or sex. Causes difficulty with others! When I need a true blast, I combine Effexor and Remeron. I can tolerate Remeron no problem, but a lot of people say it turns them into zombies--so there you are.
Finally, the diagnosis of myself as bipolar cleared up a lot of these antidepressant-hunting-behaviors; now I take Lamictal (lamotrigine) and feel pretty darned good.
Snell
Posted by bassman on June 9, 2006, at 7:46:56
In reply to Anyone NOT getting insomnia on Prozac?, posted by flip_flop on June 8, 2006, at 4:37:42
I'm taking Prozac and no insomnia...Wellbutrin gave me very, very mild insomnia for a few days when I started it, but nothing else has.
Posted by ed_uk on June 9, 2006, at 14:53:45
In reply to Re: Anyone NOT getting insomnia on Prozac?, posted by bassman on June 9, 2006, at 7:46:56
I slept fine on Prozac.
Ed
Posted by Bonnie_CA on June 12, 2006, at 12:09:13
In reply to Re: Anyone NOT getting insomnia on Prozac?, posted by ed_uk on June 9, 2006, at 14:53:45
I have been taking Xanax to counteract the manic effects of Prozac but I think I'm on too high of a dose. So I have to take some Xanax to counteract the slight insomnia, but it's not too bad. I only need .25 of Xanax so it's not that bad.
-Bonnie
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