Posted by llrrrpp on June 30, 2006, at 19:30:28
I've been napping like crazy, usually take a nap about an hour after waking up, a second nap in the mid morning, and an afternoon doze. short naps, perhaps an hour at the longest.
This despite getting 8 hours of sleep, rigidly adhering to a sleep schedule, and improvment in my depression.
I'm sick of overdosing on caffeine. I've been drinking or taking caffeine pills for up to 400 mg caffeine (though never after 2pm) and I still yawn and feel groggy all morning, afternoon& evening, but I also have anxious jitters and feel sick to my stomach too. I want to go to bed every night @ 8pm, but I force myself to stay up until 9-10 pm.
current meds 90 mg cymbalta & 25 mg of seroquel. I tried increasing seroquel to 50 mg. That was a disaster! I was only awake for about 10 hours on those days of the 50 mg seroquel experiment.
Cymbalta good for me. Felt positive mood, no more suicidal thoughts since I increased my dose 2 weeks ago. Don't want to stop this.
I think I want to try provigil, because I am sensitive to adrenergic peripheral effects. I don't want to take other kinds of stimulants, because I'm worried about my anxiety, which can ge out of control pretty easily.
How can I convince pdoc that I'm not a junkie looking for a study drug to make me a super-human?
Thanks for reading my long post,
-ll
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