Posted by SLS on May 15, 2011, at 6:25:33
In reply to Re: Sleep difficulty with MAOI, posted by Sailboat77 on May 14, 2011, at 19:03:58
> Thanks everyone for your input. I've had sleep difficulties for as long as I've been on MAOI's (about 1 year). It's just strange how the Lunesta and Ambien stopped working in the past and how Seroquel was the only thing that worked to a certain degree.
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> All I know though is that I become more depressed with less sleep much like many people. I'll mention some of these meds to my doc and see what he says. I have a feeling I'll need a sleep aid for as long as I continue MAOI's, so this has to be a long term plan I'm guessing.Yes. Take the position that you will need to treat the insomnia with the same aggressiveness that you are treating the depression with, even though it is a side effect of another drug. This might mean using drug combinations. As a psyhchological strategy, CBT sometimes helps.
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