For me the SSRI's like Prozac have always caused interrupted sleep. I dream like crazy and wake up every two to three hours. Have to get up for 5 or 10 minutes and then can go right back to sleep and dream like crazy again. I figured out I wasn't getting any stage 4 deep sleep which is what we really need. Its hard to know because depression messes up sleep too. I really hate to take a med to solve a side effect but I take Remeron for sleep and it has worked great. I have tried trazadone, nyquil, ambien, and nothing has worked as good as remeron. I get very good sleep with it and don't feel hungover or anything. safer than benzo's or ambien.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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