Posted by PoohBear on March 16, 2004, at 9:31:47
In reply to Insomnia, posted by sira on March 15, 2004, at 19:09:14
Sira:
I too experienced amazing technicolor dreams when I first started taking Effexor. The dreams were very weird and VIVID. For someone who never really could remember his dreams, it was very disturbing, but it eventually moderated.
As for the insomnia, I never have been able to sleep that well, but I found that with the Effexor, I too was waking up every two hours. That drove me nuts and sent me and my pDoc on a 4 month search for a good sleep med. We tried Lorazopam, Trazodone, Remeron, Seroquel and Topamax. The only things that worked for me were the Lorazopam (habit forming) and Remeron (terrible weight gain...) I'm currently using Seroquel 100mg every night and while it doesn't knock me out, I do manage to sleep through the night, perhaps waking once to use the bathroom rather than 4 times or more.
Talk to your pDoc. Everyone reacts differently to meds so, your mileage may vary... Good luck!
Tony
> I was recently put on Effexor XR to help with depression. The only problem I have is that even before the effexor I had a problem sleeping and tended to wake up at 12, 2, 4, 6 and 8am. Now I tend to sleep a few hours and then I am up till 6am and then sleep for a couple hours. I do find that when I do sleep I do have amazing dreams when I never use to dream. I take my effexor at 8am any help or suggestion greatly appreciated.
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