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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
@ Blue_Bird Sorry for your lack of sleep. It just compounds all my problems for me, especially if the nights keep adding up. Have you asked your psychiatrist about something for sleep? I know it's an old one and doesn't work for everyone, but once I fall asleep, trazodone keeps me asleep. The trick is in the dosage though, too much and I feel like I have a hangover until 3 or 4 PM the next day, too little and it doesn't work. I also take hydroxyzine at night along with 300 mg Seroquel, which is really the biggie for my sleep. I have honestly found nothing better than Seroquel for sleep. I once tried Ambien, but it gave me a bad panic attack and I had to wait hours for it to wear off , but others use it and find it helpful. And I assume you already use melatonin? If you haven't tried it another herb you might use is valerian. I had to use valerian with melatonin to sleep while I was pregnant. And if you ordered the lavendar essential oil, you can use a couple drops of that on your wrist or even pillow to help you sleep.
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These are solid suggestions. Just be careful for med interactions with valerian because it's what valium is based off of, and if you're on stuff you shouldn't take with benzos (or are on benzos themselves) that's one you have to be cautious with.
I had a lot of good luck adding Clonidine to my mix for sleep. I had panic attacks before bed and nightmares every night and now I don't deal with any of that and sleep really well.