Posted by Sarah T. on September 20, 2005, at 0:27:21
In reply to Re: sleep is number 1., posted by linkadge on September 19, 2005, at 10:44:52
Hi Linkadge,
First, I have to comment on your phrase, "I wasn't awake during the day which made me significantly dumber." In order for you to be "dumber," you'd have to be dumb. You are not dumb. You are so smart!
Secondly, I know what mean though. I've had the same problem with poor sleep on AD's. I actually function better on just a few (3-5) hours sleep with NO meds than on 7 or 8 hours with meds. When I started taking ssri's, I noticed I had to spend MUCH more time in bed. On Celexa, I had to spend AT LEAST two extra hours in bed beyond my usual amount because, on Celexa, I would wake up in the middle of the night every night for about two hours. Nothing, absolutely nothing, would put me back to sleep except the passage of time (those two hours). During those couple of hours, I would also get very hungry, but it wasn't a healthy kind of real hunger that I usually have when I'm hungry. It was sort of a gnawing, edgy feeling in my stomach. I would eat, but the food wouldn't make that edginess or anxiety go away. Ugh! I don't know how I ever took that medicine.
poster:Sarah T.
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