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Old Nov 21, 2015, 06:05 PM
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Have you been on trazodone? The last time I was IP I was there with a lot of people who were depressed and not sleeping and a bunch of them were thrilled with trazodone. I took it many years ago before I was diagnosed and it did help me sleep. I had trouble finding a dose that didn't sedate me too much but honestly I had a pdoc who wasn't balancing my meds very well at the time and I think that was the real issue.

Remeron is also good. It is less sedating the higher the dose and it has some weight gain but that is more at lower doses too. I found 60 mg was really good for me; I slept well (for me) and wasn't hungover and didn't gain weight.

Ambien, lunesta, sonata, etc have all never worked for me for more than a short period of time. I am very weird in how I process meds so that's not true for everyone but I don't like sleeping pills. At this point if I am not sleeping I get valium but that was after everything else doesn't work or can't be taken with my MAOI.
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