Posted by shadowmon on October 12, 2004, at 4:42:49
Hi,
I dont know what to do. I tried to change meds unsuccessfully about 3 months ago. I was on 40 mg of paxil and 50 mg of trazodone, which worked well at the time I took it. Then I decided that I gained too much weight on paxil and tried to swithc to lexapro, which didnt work. I'm back on paxil but am now taking it in the cr form at 75 mg. The dr swithced me to mertazepine (remeron) for my insomnia. I currently take 2 1/2 tabs of it to sleep. But now I am sleeping and eating too much. The dr recommended that I go up to take 3 tabs of mertazepine which works as well, but I still feel fatigued, and I eat a lot (that's why I want to get off the durn thing!)
In my last visit the dr suggested that I try sonata or ambien, which I am willing to try, but he seems concerned that since those are sleep aids only I wont get the ad effect that the mertazepine gives me.To make things worse, the trazodone which I was taking that worked well for me doesnt make me fall asleep anymore. It' just makes me drowsy, but not enough to sleep.
For some reason, I get insomnia from the paxil, and I wish the trazodone worked. I dont want to take the remeron anymore, and want something that will help me sleep that isint "possibly habit forming" like the remeron or ambien.
I dont even know if the ad effects of the remeron help me, I dont know what to do. Has anyone who has ssri induced insomnia tried ambien for sleep and have taken trazodone before?
I'm just curious
poster:shadowmon
thread:402004
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