Posted by floatingbridge on August 16, 2011, at 1:41:16
In reply to sleeping pills = worse mood!!, posted by linkadge on August 15, 2011, at 20:54:25
> I can't sleep. However, every "sleep med" that I have tried results it substatially worse mood the next day. I hate taking them for the fear of feeling worse the next day.
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> I don't want to take seroquel, mirtazapine, amitriptyline. I throw away 3/4 of the day by doing so.
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> So, I'm stuck. Benzos, sedating AD's, AP's, you name it, its all the same crap. No solutions.
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LinkageYes, that seems to be the current state of sleep meds. Sonata (yes, one those 'Z' drugs) was the best for next day mood. It quit on me.
There is baclofen, zanaflex. Not exactly knock outs. Less harmful to sleep arcitecture, maybe. Zanaflex was actually mood enhancing. Go figure.
I dig a pony.
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