Posted by Jost on July 30, 2006, at 20:37:50
In reply to Re: Emsam (insomnia), posted by jkshrews on July 29, 2006, at 22:53:23
Insomnia's been a problem for me, too.
The last three days, I've used the 9 mg patch, and gone to sleep, and then when I wake up at some point in the night, like 5 am or so, I take it off for four or five hours. Then I put it back on at 9 or 10 am, depending on when I wake up.
This has helped my sleep in the later part of the night a lot, for some reason. Think I'm sleeping much better, and also more hours. Both. Guess the amphetamine effect wears off enough for me to sleep better.
My energy has been much much better the last three days, and I've been less agitated.
Even if I'm getting slightly less medication overall, the effect is better than more emsam and no sleep.
I'm taking lots of things to get to sleep initially. You could experiment with taking it off earlier, if you can't sleep at all, and then putting it back on at some point in the night, or right after you wake. You could use a little extra during the day, if you pdoc okays it, to make up for the amount you didn't get if you sleep through the night.
Mine did, although so far I haven't needed it. I might try it, though, if necessary, later.
More might require some accommodation while awake, but that could well happen.
Jost
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