Posted by Chloe on January 31, 2002, at 18:26:06
In reply to Re:TCA/depakote/sleep?, posted by Ritch on January 30, 2002, at 13:30:40
> It is possible that the AD effect of the amitrip. is starting to "kick in" and/or you are starting to become tolerant to the antihistamine-induced drowsiness. How long have you been taking the amitrip.? TCA's are weird-they have this 2-3week waiting period before they kick-in. SSRi's can "kick-in" right away up to less than 10 days with me.
Mitch,
I have been taking ami about a month. My rages started about the 2 week mark, now that I look back...The antianxiety effect seemed to wear off around the two week mark too. I miss that calming feeling. But the depakote is starting to smooth things out. But I don't feel dep has much anti-anxiety effect, so far. Perhaps I am not taking enough. I am supposed to go up to 250 tomorrow...Just so scared I am going to blow up like a ballon...Does everyone gain weight on Dep? and on lower doses?...From the posts I have read, dep is starting to sound like Zyprexa. But I don't have the ravenous appetite like I did with that one.
> Oh yeah! I just remembered, when I started taking Depakote my pdoc wanted me to take it about four hours before bedtime in the evening. It takes a little while to peak. That way the "peak" hits right about bedtime. Also, it will accumulate for a while and it may take a week or so before you see the sleep benefit-I definitely did have sleep benefits from it.This was useful. I took it about 6 last night and started to feel slightly drowsy around 9. So your doc was right. And I did sleep a little better last night, thanks. But still suffered from some early morning waking issues...I can hope for the seamless sleep again where I don't wake up for 8 hours. That is priceless in my book.
Hope you are doing ok. Thanks again
Chloe
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