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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
Has anything you’ve tried helped you with sleep yet? I don’t know if Lamictal will help you with sleep, not to be a downer, but don’t pin your hopes on it. I take 200 mg Lamictal in the morning, 200 mg at night. Unless I am very depressed, I don’t tend to sleep in the daytime without Klonopin and Tizandine (muscle relaxer for fibromyalgia). Really, I think the Tizandine helps me sleep, but it can be iffy whereas on my night meds it is not iffy. I will always fall asleep, just a matter of how long I sleep.
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Hi, Thanks for your note.
I don't expect Lamictal, alone, to help with sleep. It may assist my night-time combination a bit, I don't know.
I also have fibromyalgia and several conditions with severe chronic pain. I am on morphine, 24/7. I also have tizanidine prescribed, but I switch to Soma when I am on a psych drug with the potential for QT interval prolongation.
For your own info., tizanidine is a med which has the QT prolongation potential; we should not have two of these meds on board at once. We should also have EKGs when just one is used, in order to see how much the med is affecting the heart's QTc interval. We should definitely not add another med in this QT prolongation category without the appropriate EKG(s). Neither my pharmacist, nor my pdoc will allow 2 of these meds on board; the risk can be sudden death.
Ambien helped my sleep, but pushed me over the edge with agitation. It was a nightmare.
So far, out of the meds I can use, mmj has helped me the most with sleep. Really, mmj and 1200 mg gabapentin , temazepam and morphine together. Yet, it's still not enough. I am up and vaping mmj 3 x per night. I take a bunch of meds at bedtime. nobody can believe I do not sleep for the night!
My pdoc feels my sleep issues are beyond her training in sleep, so has referred me to a sleep specialist.
WC