Posted by Ritch on April 15, 2002, at 10:48:28
In reply to BZD Improved Sleep Architecture w/SSRI Treatment?, posted by fachad on April 14, 2002, at 19:57:47
> Quite a bit is made here of the fact that benzos disturb sleep architecture.
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> Another less talked about item is that SSRIs wreck havoc on sleep architecture. This does not abate, but rather it continues for the duration of SSRI therapy.
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> I'm wondering if the BZD disrupted sleep architecture is still better and closer to natural sleep architecture than the SSRI induced sleep disturbances.
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> To me, it seems like there is a continuum from natural, perfect sleep to horrifically disrupted sleep, and that it goes something like this, from best to worse:
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> 1. Natural sleep (best)
> 2. Benzo disturbed sleep (better than #3)
> 3. SSRI wrecked sleep + benzos (better than #4)
> 4. SSRI wrecked sleep (worst)
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> Of course the only way to verify this would be to do a PSG sleep study, but it's how it seems subjectiely to me.
Fachad,The sleep disruption with SSRI's can vary greatly depending on the SSRI used. From personal experience I found Zoloft to be the worst-primarily from restless legs syndrome during sleep. Prozac could do it pretty bad as well-but it has a long-half life. Haven't had much experience with Luvox, but Paxil seemed to not disturb my sleep and Celexa seems to not goof it up too bad.
Mitch
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