Posted by TylerJ on April 12, 2006, at 11:16:34
In reply to MAOI's and permanent sleep problems???, posted by Enigma on April 11, 2006, at 15:25:00
> I have severe atypical depression and am on disability (for almost a year now).
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> After a million other meds, I finally tried MAOI's. Parnate was a side-effect nightmare, so I had to quit it.
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> I was then on Nardil for 3-4 months? Side-effects were bad, but not nearly to the degree of Parnate.
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> The worse side-effect was the insomnia and disrupted sleep. I would wake up with mania-type symptoms ever 1-2 hours, sometimes every 30 mins. Sleep aids didn't help much. Nardil DID help my depression, where SOOO many other drugs failed, so I just lived with the sleep problems for as long as I could.
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> Then I got ECT felt a considerable amount better and finally quit the Nardil, mainly because I couldn't stand not getting a decent nights sleep for months at a time AND wanted to gauge how effective the ECT was.
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> I slept a little "better", as in, not waking up ever 1-2 hours, BUT, it still takes me 1-3 hours to get to sleep at night. I just sit there and toss and turn and my brain goes into overdrive, racing thoughts, anxiety, worry, and other things I don't want to talk about (rage-related).
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> I play this game every single night. It doesn't matter when I try to go to bed.
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> I've tried seroquel at night, which gets me to sleep, but makes it VERY hard to get up in the morning.
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> Klonopin is the same. I wake up exhausted, and I think the Celexa is keeping me "down", tired, as well.
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> I haven't gone to bed and woken up "refreshed" in longer than I can remember, which I'm sure is based on more than just the MAOI's.
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> I tried a couple OTC sleeping pils and prescription. Same thing. I wake up exhausted, and that's IF I can even get out of bed.
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> Question is.. most of this stated with the MAOI's.
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> Will I EVER sleep normally again?
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> I used to be able to get to sleep in 15-20 mins after hitting the pillow. Now it's a battle, each and every night and it's driving me crazy. (Crazier than normal I should say).
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> I've been on Parnate for a little over 2 mos. and have experienced some pretty bad insomnia myself. I have tried Lunesta, Ambien cr, lorazapam, benadryl and Trazodone. A lot of pdocs use Trazodone for maoi induced insomnia. A lot of people don't like it, but when you find the right dose and it's not too high ( 150 mgs. for me ) it works great. At this dose I fall asleep quickly, stay asleep, and awaken around 7:00 a.m. feeling refreshed. Different things work for different people. Good Luck to you whatever you try..insomnia sucks!Tyler
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