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Originally Posted by escapeartist
Yesterday morning I had a pdoc appointment and he said he was going to send over a prescription for trazodone to hopefully help with sleep. Ive been getting an average of four or five hours a night. I was hoping to pick it up yesterday and take it last night, but nope. This morning I called the pharmacy as soon as they opened to see if my doctor sent over the prescription, and nope. Then I immediately called my doctors office to tell them to remind my doctor to send over the prescription. I still have not heard back from them; they said they would call after sorting their **** out.
It's Friday, so if he doesn't send over the prescription today he wont get another chance to until Monday. If I still cant sleep, Ill probably be manic by then. I dont particularly want to be manic right now because I just got off clozapine, and I'm terrified if I wind up in an episode my doc is gonna put me back on clozapine, and Ill say "no way, José," and wind up IP. But you know, what the **** do I care at this point?
Just frustrated and want to sleep for more than two hours straight. Sorry.
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no one has had more difficulty finding the right sleep med than me and it's been only this past yr. that it has really taken over my life (i'm 71 yr. old female and only have hypomania with no depression so i can't take any antidepressant or else it'll trigger mania)..it's become trial and error for me, listening and documenting every morning how well or crappy i slept the night before; a psychiatrist suggested adding melatonin to the low doses of seroquel which i was taking and the melatonin does seem to add something; i'm retired so if i wake up with a med hangover, i don't have any kids to deal with or job to go to so for me i don't mind the med hangover as long as i get good sleep; ambien does little or nothing but when i was trying some over-the counter stuff; the liquid zzzquill i think did help (along with the melatonin) and i think i have finally found the magic potion for me: melatonin, seroquel (25mg or even cut that in half) and 15mg. temazepam. good luck in finding some relief.