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Originally Posted by Iloveanimals25
@ Blueberrybook
It's that way for me as well. When I was in that mixed episode, I was taking, 40 mgs of zyprexa with my other meds. The zyprexa wasn't Dr approved but I was trying to get get some sleep. Have you ever considered foxepin or trazadone for sleep? I took myself off of 40 mgs of doxepin. But it helped when I needed it. |
I'm already on trazodone. Too much of it leaves me feeling hungover the next day. I used to tolerate 100 mg/night but now just take 50 mg. I've never heard of foxepin. The Seroquel I'm on makes me sleepy too. I take 300 mg at night for sleep and another 50 mg in the daytime for anxiety/panic attacks. I never did gain weight on Seroquel, but I've been fairly active throughout my life. I exercise most days. I did try Ambien once for sleep and ooh boy! NEVER again! It gave me such a huge severe panic attack, I was convinced I was dying and I had to wait hours and hours for it to wear off. But then there are some people on this board who take Ambien and do just fine with it.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD
Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine,
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