Posted by JahL on April 11, 2001, at 12:08:59
In reply to SOMETHING WORKS, BUT ITS THE WRONG THING, posted by sweetmarie on April 10, 2001, at 16:24:27
> As I don`t sleep very well (v.common. I expect), I take a sleeping tablet (prescribed) called Zopiclone.
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> This lifts my depression by maybe about 70 - 80%.
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> However, as it`s addictive, doctors and phsychiatrists (here, anyway (UK)) are very reluctant to prescribe it to anyone.
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> I look forward to the evenings when I can take it and feel loads better. I don`t know why this should be the case, but it certainly does the trick.
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> Does anyone else have similar experiences with sleeping tablets?Hi Anna.
I had a similar a similar experience with Promazine (anti-psychotic sedative) &, to a lesser extent, Sulpiride.
Promazine wld give me a sense of euphoria a couple of hrs after taking a pill (it was supposed to knock me out!). I thought it was addressing the depression but my pdoc was adamant that what I was experiencing was a sudden release from yrs of persistent anxiety, & in hindsight I think he was correct (for once). Like y'self I don't consider myself to be an anxious person, but I certainly have the physical symptoms.
Like Anna Laura I too have the suspicion that tranquilizers (minor *&* major) can worsen LT prognosis for depression. Sulipiride may control my social phobia, but in the yr I've been taking it my depression has significantly worsened...
J.
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