Posted by Babak on April 23, 2013, at 15:00:04
In reply to Re: Awakening too soon aroused, posted by rjlockhart37 on April 19, 2013, at 13:35:47
Thanks and sorry for the late response.
The problem with my doctors are that my ADHD has remained undiagnosed. I have recently managed to get a referral to a specialist but meanwhile I also tried Modafinil which wasn't too bad but it didn't help that much either.
The other problem is that it my symptoms are not constant probably because of my hypersensitivity they keep changing in severity.
I have difficulty concentrating and I get very tired very quickly when I try. Sometimes if I am irritable I don't feel sleepy at all but then my night time insomnia gets even worse. I am tired of fighting with it as well. So recently I just stopped trying to concentrate for more than an hour after which I just lie down. Sometimes I fall asleep for a little while but then I feel even more sleepy when I wake up.
But as nights I always wake up after one or at most one and half hour and can't go back to sleep again unless I get up and move around.
Mirtazapine is the one which is most effective but the next day I feel foggy and then working is even more difficult plus weight gain for which I have no room to spare since I am borderline obese anyway.
I really don't have much tolerance for stress and I think this is why I am all over the place and don't seem to be able to stabilise. My thyroid test are normal.
I was on Venlafaxine for years but after the age of 50 and then my heart operation I came off it and I am now on Paroxetine without which I become unbearably irritable.
I think I must have cortisone imbalance but doctors run a mile at the mention of it. I have had tests which were inconclusive but then I think it is not as if I have Addison's so that is why some days I am slightly too low and some days I am normal or even slightly too high.
I have tried just about all the antidepressants there are and the only two which I can tolerate on regular basis were Paroxetine and Venlafaxine all the rests either didn't do much or the side effects were too much. Even Venlafaxine was difficult to put up with without additinals pain killers for tension headaches but it did help with feeling too lethargic more than Paroxetine.
Meanwhile I need to get things done because I don't have any support.
I try to avoid Benzos because I know my tolerance builds up very quickly on Benzos and I hate to get used to them which will only confirm the doctors constant abuse potential objections but foolishly they leave little choice.
So I just keep going round the same circle and complaining about the same issues and everyone including myself are bored with it but then who will do all this things need doing which left undone will quickly pile up and cause even more stress?
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