Posted by yxibow on February 2, 2007, at 0:25:09
In reply to Re: Valium, xanax, lunesta together at night for sleep » XanyADDam, posted by Phillipa on February 1, 2007, at 22:42:05
> Saw my pdoc again today and she prescribed the l5mg of valium .5 of xanax and said up the luvox at night and stay on the 3mg of lunesta and if things go well add trileptal it will relax too. Now trileptal I have to google as it's a mood stabizer and my mood is stable so don't know how this would help with anxiety? Anyone know? Love Phillipa ps still would rather have the drinks and think of the money you save.
Trileptal is an AED and is used to challenge anxiety and agitation and especially bipolar; it is oxcarbazepine and has far fewer side effects than its older relative carbamazapine which had issues with low white blood cell count. Its more subtle and may take a while to work, if it does anything at all.
It has been one of the many things that have passed through the chain of AEDs I've tried; for me it possibly caused a side effect in another medication so I can't say whether it would have had benefit or not, we had to discontinue it. But that's just my polypharmacy, not yours.
Drinks for pleasure as I mentioned elsewhere is a multi thousand year old custom of humanity. Drinks to self-medicate, while we may all do this occasionally are more toxic to the liver than just increasing the Valium dose a bit. A six pack a night is a bad sign that something else really is needed.Besides that's like 600 calories you could use on something far more nutritious or interesting. The money you save may seem low in the short run but in the long run, do you really want cirrhosis?
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