Posted by amber_spirit on April 11, 2002, at 13:36:57
In reply to agitated on trazodone, other weird reactions » amber_spirit, posted by katekite on April 10, 2002, at 17:19:59
Thanks so much!
I've been starting to think I'm crazy. I seem to
react the opposite to all of the meds they give me.
Trazodone was supposed to sedate me and just made
me "hypo". I do have the "pressured" speech though.
I actually will find myself talking WAY too loud
or about something I don't want to and in the back
of my mind I'll be thinking "Why don't I just shut
up?". I don't need as much sleep, I get really busy,
and start vounteering and starting additional things
when I can't even handle my current schedule. It's
kind of nice until it gets to the point that I can't
type fast enough to keep up with my thoughts and I'm
constantly agitated and shakey. Oh well, it was a
nice change for a while.In answer to some of your questions:
Neurontin made me so "drunk" feeling it was hard
to tell if its sedating or not. It can't be helping
too much since I'm on 20mg of ambien to sleep.Currently on 150mg Effexor am and 15-20mg ambien to
sleep. I finally cut out the evening neurontin also.
(It seems like its mood stabilizing effects have
totally wiped out my feelings - I'm numb. Can't
laugh, cry, anything. Couldn't understand what my
sister was talking about when she would describe
this feeling. Now I know and it SUCKS!)The ambien has been great. It doesn't take long at
all to fall asleep and I actually sleep 8 hours.
(This doesn't necessarily apply to everyone. I've
seen posts from others for whom it doesn't work
nearly as well.)I'm sorry this is rambling and disorganized and
long but the back ground seems necessary. I was
on Effexor with Klonopin for sleep for last 18 mo.
It was working great. Then less so. Then finally
realized I wasn't getting more than a few hours
each nite. This time around I couldn't fall asleep
till early morning (2-3 am and I get up at 5am).
Last episode was early wakening. Then I get this
wierd symptom where each time I start to doze, my
whole body jerks and wakes me up. Not a problem now
with the ambien.I feel the same as you. I have a strong family
history of depression and don't want to spend my
life feeling "ok" or having something work for a
while then stop and have to spend 6 months finding
something else to work. My uncle and sister have
just started on Adderall and its seems to be having
amazing effects. I'm thinking of asking to try it.
Please, let me know how you do on the ritalin. I'd
be curious how someone "similar" does on a stimulant.Again, apologies for the long post. No one to talk
to that understands...AS
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