Posted by Sigolene on September 3, 2000, at 16:00:58
In reply to Serzone and Insomnia, posted by Steve Mchale on September 3, 2000, at 11:57:08
I think you were right to stop this AD if after 6-8 week you still have no effect. I also couldn't sleep with serzone when i took it long time before.
You should ask your doc to change AD.
Sigolene> Help! I was prescribed serzone for depression and mild insomnia. I would take it after dinner.
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> I started out quite slowly on Serzone. Initially at 25mg a day with 25mg increments per week. I topped out at 100 mg and stayed there through week six.
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> So here it the rub:
> Weeks one through four: nothing. No affect.
> Weeks five and six: Blissful sleep but no affect on the depression. I'm not worrying much if I can sleep like a normal person.
> Week seven, I had full scale insomnia! Doc increased me to 150mg. Insomnia continued. Doc increased me to 200mg. Still no change! Hardly any sleep.
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> Week eight: I'm two days into my European vacation and the insomnia continued. Granted factors are different:I eat very little when I am on vacation and the 8 hour time change. I could not take this anymore so I just stopped taking the med.
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> I have an appt to see the doc in a few days. Maybe he will prescribe another course of action. I sleep very lightly, but it's tons better than the Serzone experience. Depression has not changed. It's usually triggered by events, rather than a constant state.
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> Maybe I was wreckless for going off the AD unsupervised, but I could no longer face the night!
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> Any thoughts?
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