Posted by Ward on November 20, 2002, at 11:13:02
In reply to Re: Question for Pharmrep regarding Lexapro Anxiety » Ward, posted by ayuda on November 19, 2002, at 22:08:56
ayuda - Trazodone is an antidepressant that has the main side effect of causing sleepiness. To find out more information about it, use the search engine www.google.com and type in Trazodone (it is spelled with an "o" in the middle). You'll find sites with all the information you can digest and some more besides. I did not find any warnings about it being habit forming. My doctor had me on Ativan for just a week before switching me to Trazodone. I hope this helps. Good luck!!
> Ward -- thanks for that info. I've never heard of Trazadone, so I have a question: is it something that is considered to be habit-forming? I ask because that it the issue my doctor has with Ativan, and I don't want to bring up a drug that she's going to argue about.
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> From the recent posts, I am hoping to have as much success on Lexapro as some of the rest of you all.
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> > My doctor prescribed Trazodone to help me sleep and it really has worked for me. I usually take 50 mg. about 2 hours before bedtime, if I'm really anxious I'll take 100 mg. Before I started taking Trazodone I was waking up every 1 to 1 1/2 hours in the night and dreaming vivid dreams in between. You might ask your doctor if he thinks Trazodone might work for you.
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> > > > re: question for pharmrep concerning somnolence. I take zyprexa for schizophrenia which i believed was caused by chronic insomnia. i recently tried celexa (50mg) and was pleased by the sleepiness it caused. The celexa didn't address the panic attacks, and gave me low libido, however, so my doc suggested lexapro. The lexapro cured the panic attacks and renewed my sexual interests, but i'm back to insomnia. To me, the insomnia is worse, so i lowered my dosage of lexapro to 2.5mg from 10mg. How low can i go on lexapro? i become very irritable when i am tired, and i can't fall asleep, even when exhausted. The celexa is the only medication which has worked for this. cst.
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> > > I would also like info on Lexapro and insomnia. My shrink wants to get me off the Ativan, but even with it, I am having a lot of trouble getting and staying asleep. She (my doctor) isn't convinced that my insomnia is because of the ADs, and thinks that I am dependent on the Ativan. I would love nothing more than to get a good night's sleep on my own -- but if she takes me off the Ativan, I think I'll have to go to another doctor who will prescribe it, because my doctor isn't the one up all night and exhausted all day. I am a PhD student, I don't have time to waste on the mental confusion and exhaustion from the AD -- there's enough of that just connected to going to school!
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