Thread: Stopping meds
View Single Post
 
Old Apr 19, 2013, 01:22 PM
hamster-bamster hamster-bamster is offline
Account Suspended
 
Member Since: Sep 2011
Location: Northern California
Posts: 14,805
Quote:
Originally Posted by THE16THDOCTOR View Post
I left my job two weeks ago and I have a new one but doesn't start till the first week in may. I want to try and stop my meds during this break. I am too tired on them and just sleep 16 hours a day and I'm only awake during 11pm to 7am. They allow me to sleep way to much.
I had the following problem last June: I was sleeping inordinate hours - yes, 16 hours. It was partly hypersomnia as some "left-over" depression. I started working after being unemployed for 6 months and I was so much afraid that I would not make it to work in the morning. Also, I was falling asleep in meetings. It was seriously embarrassing.

Things got better over time, with some help from coffee, and stopping Depakote (which I stopped for other reasons) helped, too. The situation basically got straightened out without stopping all the medications - I did ultimately stop all the medications, but much later and not in connection with this problem.

So, this is just to mention that hypersomnia 1) may not be a result of drugs - it may be a symptom of depression or its aftermath, or, 2) if it is a result of drugs, there might be one drug causing it, so you may be OK dropping the culprit only.

I hope you succeed, any which way!