Posted by ace on June 9, 2003, at 20:26:27
In reply to horrid insomnia post-zoloft, posted by bookgurl99 on June 9, 2003, at 3:49:22
> hey guys,
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> it's been several weeks off zoloft and i'm not getting much sleep.Yeah, same thing happened to me. After 3/4 weeks it was very hard to sleep, used benzos ever second night. One night I remember using 10mg Valium as a single dose - got me to sleep, but awoke at 4am - needed 10mg more. Also, it caused a horrid rebound depression, even though it didn't help my depression! First time I had to go back on it, second time switched to Nardil will stopped any withdrawal symptoms and also killed Zoloft in it's great effects.
> i've already used valerian for 2 weeks. what's the best course of action here? ask the pdoc for a short-acting sleep aid?If you are not intending to go back to any drug, I would personally use many agents over a short period, for however long it takes - that way there is no addiction...for instance
1. For 1 week- Zyprexa a sleep aid
2. 1 week- Mogadon as sleep aid
3. For 1 week - Trazadone as sleep aid
4. For 1 week- Elavil as sleep aid.Of course, you could extend these times, and I doubt very much there will be any withdrawal from a couple of weeks on Zyprexa for instance.
If you plan to change to another med, it's simeple- use one with sedative properties.
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Hope everything works out for you,Ace.
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