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Originally Posted by Liberada
That's how I sleep most nights since ending geodon. Went to bed last night after two, woke up twice and got up at 6:11.
My pdoc knows this and said take 2 benedryl. I had already tried that but just told him ok and started taking 3. Still didn't work so he, get this.... prescribed me a pill!! Hydroxyzine!! (Its prescription benedryl) [emoji849] He thought "if I had a pill" I'd sleep. Waited my 3 months and told him it didn't work so he prescribed kolonopin, 1mg with the hydroxyzine. Still doesn't work. I don't know what to do anymore. I just know I'm up all hours and tired af. I miss the geodon but it started messing with my heart and had to stop.
I've tried bedtime routines and rituals..herbal teas. Nothing.
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Hydroxyzine is actually kinda different from benadryl... I can't take benadryl (makes me manic). Hydroxyzine eventually metabolizes into cetirizine (Zyrtec), which doesn't act on serotonin. It is still used as a precursor to anesthesia in some instances. Sorry if I'm being nitpicky... I can't take anything that acts on serotonin, so I had to carefully research a lot of different drugs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyzine