Posted by Mitch on September 19, 2001, at 23:50:42
In reply to Re: how to hang on with few acceptable meds... » Mitch, posted by chloe on September 19, 2001, at 17:59:14
> Do you have any opinion about the smallest dose (125mgs)of Depakote? I really need to sleep SOUNDLY and not be so labile (and suicidal). If I remember right, Dep would give me these really strange dreams...(and hair loss!) Aren't you taking Dep? Do you have any insight on this med for sleep, cycling, ruminating, etc?
>Chloe,
Yeah it is good for sleep. I stopped the Depakote though because I starting getting left hand resting tremor from it (again-but this time at a lower dose than the last time) and my left eyelid was fluttering-everything on the left side!
I swear I have got structural brain damage in my right temporal lobe or something, maybe I will get a scan done soon.
The Depakote got replaced by a microdose of Remeron (2-2.5mg) at bedtime and I feel a lot better. I definitely sleep SOUNDLY, no doubt about that-have to set the alarm to get up or forget about getting to work on time! Another thing I notice is that it counters the restlessness from the microdose of SSri I take as well. We are both on similar meds, maybe a tiny chunk of Remeron at bedtime added to your Neurontin, Valium, and tiny chunk of Celexa could work out for you as well?? The Remeron is also a 5HT-2c antagonist like the atypical antipsychotics like Geodon and Zyprexa, but doesn't have the dopamine antagonist activity which can cause TD. They have also found that Remeron can help people that have tremors and parkinson's. Who knows?
Ask your pdoc what she thinks,
good luck,
Mitch
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