Posted by medamorphosis on October 9, 2010, at 9:13:56
In reply to Re: Diphenhydramine contra-indications? » ed_uk2010, posted by medamorphosis on October 8, 2010, at 14:58:19
OK. Last night was kinda odd. Went to bed by 10pm After taking 50mg diphenhydramine. Woke around 2am after having a vivid and slightly unpleasant dream which involved the usual paralysis 'inside' the dream.
So I sat up and watched a film seeing as I was too alert for sleep. Then after about an hour I took another 50mg. Woke up once or twice to use the toilet but went strait back to sleep. I awakened properly just after 8am, feeling pretty alert and in a normal mood. No particularly vivid dreams after the second dose.Perhapse the added antihistamine effect did make me sleep slightly deeper after the second dose, or maybe diphenhydramine's mild SRI effect helped the quality of my sleep, at least to a managable degree(?) Apart from the usual boredom my mood has been ok-ish today.
Tonight I plan to take a full 100mg at bedtime, hoping not to have such vivid dreams and that it will last a good 6+hrs. I could cope with that, at least till i see my pdoc on Monday.
BTW question for ed: You say UK is out of stock. Does that mean it is simply 'currently' out of stock, or is it actually no longer available in the UK?
med
U.K.resedent
Ills: AvPD, major depression, addictive personality
Regime: 90mg isocarboxazid, 4mg clonazepam, 100mg trimipramine, 105mg lofepramine, 2-3g DLPA, hi-dose b vits
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