Posted by don_bristol on August 2, 2004, at 14:41:28
In reply to Lexapro and Sleepyness!, posted by captain on August 2, 2004, at 12:26:10
> Hi everyone,
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> I have been on 10mg of lex for about 2 months - maybe a little longer - for anxiety. It has helped me a great deal. I usually take it around 10am every day. In the past few weeks I have had a harder time than normal falling asleep, I usually fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. I also used to be able to go to bed at 9pm and now it is closer to 10:30 or 10:45.
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> The problem is that I am SOOOO tired in the morning when I have to get up for work. I teach a class at my gym at 6am two days a week - and I used to get up to work out on the other days but I can barely lift my head off the pillow.
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> Do you think I should start taking it at night? Will that help at all? I have heard that taking it at night AFTER sex might also help in the orgasm department....
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> any thoughts would be appreciated!
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> Captain
> 28 year old female - GAD! :)========
My girlfriend. who is 31, has the same effect as you describe on her 25 mg Lexapro.
We found that she was not sleeping deeply enough and that adding a relaxing sleeping tablet helped her a lot.
I don't know if zolpidem, zaleplon & zopiclone will improve the depth of your sleep in the way that a benzodiazepine would. Maybe someone here can answer that. I suspect they will not as my subjective experience of them suggests that they mainly just knock me out (very effectively and with no problem).
In my girlfriend's case she found that 1.5 mg of lormetazepam works well.
It may not help a whol elot given Lexapro's half life but sh takes it in the morning. Of course if, paradoxically (and it can happen but is unusual), Lexapro makes you drowsy then take it at night.
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