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Posted by g_g_g_unit on July 6, 2012, at 10:34:33
It's four weeks to the day since I reached my target dose of 60mg. During my four month tug-of-war with Parnate, my sleep has been consistently poor, but, aside from waking up to use the bathroom once a night, I've been able to sleep throughout. The quality of sleep is poor, but it's been enough to persist.
Now I'm waking up at 4am and can't get back to sleep. I take 1.25mg of Klonopin, sometimes melatonin, though I try to avoid it since it makes me depressed.
Just wondering if the awakenings are a positive sign? Not sure I can deal with no sleep on top of everything else. There's no other sleep aids I can tolerate, so my only option would technically be to raise of my klonopin dose, though my psychiatrist doesn't believe melatonin can worsen depression and wants me to experiment with that first.
Posted by g_g_g_unit on July 6, 2012, at 10:36:08
In reply to early awakenings on Parnate, posted by g_g_g_unit on July 6, 2012, at 10:34:33
>though my psychiatrist doesn't believe melatonin >can worsen depression and wants me to experiment >with that first.
I mean experiment with larger/smaller doses of melatonin, though I've gone as low as 0.3mg. He thinks 2-6mg might be worth trying.
Posted by Phillipa on July 6, 2012, at 12:16:33
In reply to Re:addendum, posted by g_g_g_unit on July 6, 2012, at 10:36:08
I've read both good and bad here and other sites on melatonin. It does reset the circadium rhythym but is that the case with parnate? Phillipa
Posted by g_g_g_unit on July 7, 2012, at 1:14:09
In reply to Re:addendum » g_g_g_unit, posted by Phillipa on July 6, 2012, at 12:16:33
How are you doing?
Are you able to shed any light on this?
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