Posted by Molybdenum on March 15, 2008, at 19:37:23
In reply to Re: Desperate for help w/ sleep and depression, posted by torachan on March 15, 2008, at 16:12:31
> I would say try Remeron which will most certainly help with your sleep, and should also help with depression, though I haven't noticed it improving my supposed depression nor my main symptom-anxiety-which may indicate I don't actually have depression. You see, Remeron is touted as one of the best anti-depressants. Be careful taking it the first night as it will knock you out like no other drug you've tried, I'm willing to bet. Despite many people claiming on this site that Seroquel knocks them out and eliminates their anxiety, I experienced neither. I took about 300 mg's of Seroquel when I was prescribed to take only 50 mg's and it didn't put me down.
> Remeron, however, will put you down the first few nights at least. And the AD effect is supposed to kick in faster than other AD's at around 30-45 mg's.I have no idea about the Seroquel but otherwise 100% agree with the above from my experience.
Remeron really helps me to get to sleep, but I have required larger & larger doses over the years to keep this effect going.
I've also been taking 10mg Stilnox /Ambien /Myslee (zolpidem) every night for YEARS without building up a tolerance. From my experience, it has the least hangover effect the next day. Maybe 9 mths ago (?) they brought out 12.5mg CR that work even better for me. There's a graph at http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/fda/fdaDrugXsl.cfm?id=5420&type=display
that shows the difference. Highly recommended.I know this sounds like hollow crap but these bad feelings you're having now will probably not last. You've made it though all these years already right? The older you get the more experienced your brain becomes.
Good luck ;)
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