Posted by Snoozy on April 18, 2003, at 0:08:03
In reply to WHY AM I TIRED ALL THE TIME (re MEDS)?, posted by Janelle on April 17, 2003, at 17:58:13
You have my sympathies - I can relate to how miserable it is to be so tired. Do you sleep normally but still feel tired? Or do you sleep excessively and still feel tired?
Depakote can be sedating. All of the others - Celexa, Buspar, Seroquel, Klonopin can all cause drowsiness. The Klonopin is very long-acting, so it could be making you drowsy during the day even if you take it at night.
When you're taking several medications that can cause drowsiness, the combined impact can pack quite a punch. I think it will help if your dr takes you off some of them. I don't know what the life is of Celexa in the body, but it may be worth asking about taking it later in the day, and just taking all of your sedating meds later in the day, and putting up with really groggy nights in hopes of having a more alert day. I don't know if this would work, but you may want to ask about it if it doesn't sound horrible to you.
Alternatively, what I have done sometimes when I'm taking a medicine that is doing something for me, but makes me really tired, is try to add a medication with an activating side effect. Or if an activating medication is helping but I'm too wired, I'll add something sedating. Unfortunately there are a lot more drugs that are sedating.
Hopefully others here will have ideas for you. Good luck to you.
> I need some help figuring out why I feel tired (my eyes feel heavy like they want to close, they almost burn, I want to sleep) all the time --
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> Is it the Celexa (which I hear can make a person feel tired) that I take (with some other meds) in the morning .... OR
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> Is it that I'm currently (but will not be much longer, according to pdoc!) taking quite a few sedating meds either am and/or pm, like Klonopin, Buspar, Depakote (I think that one's sedating; not sure), Seroquel.
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> I would switch the Celexa to pm, BUT I take all my *heavy*/sedating meds in pm and don't want to add yet another which will hangover and leave me me feeling tired the next day?
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> Ack. This is bugging me. I will ask pdoc at next appointment, but would appreciate feedback from people here. Thanks.
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