Posted by Reggie BoStar on August 29, 2009, at 1:38:47
In reply to Re: From Pristiq to Effexor, increased exhaustion? » Reggie BoStar, posted by Phillipa on August 28, 2009, at 23:45:32
Hi Phillipa,
Nice to hear from you again. Actually, per my first post I'm finding Effexor more sedating than Pristiq. Floatingbridge is the one who's found Pristiq too sedating and is trying to cut the dose.Of all the prescription meds I've tried, by far the most sedating was Zyprexa. The samples I had were 5 mg tabs. I couldn't even hack 1/4 of one of those tabs; it knocked me right out for over 12 hours and left me feeling hung over the next day.
Melatonin tops the sedation list for OTC meds, though it's very easy to control because I can get it in 300 microgram tabs which I can cut into even smaller doses. I use it to regulate my sleeping schedule and it works great.
If I take more than 300 micrograms of the stuff I'll go to sleep in about the same time but I'll have vivid, unsettling dreams - not nightmares, just disturbing.
But I digress.
Reggie BoStar
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