[EJB5565]

I was wondering if others experienced a hangover from the Saphris? Last night was my first night on the new drug at 5mg. I am supposed to step all the way up to 20mg. I woke up feeling really tired this a.m. after falling asleep without knowing it last night shortly after I took the drug. It really seemed to knock me out last night.

I would never be able to take 20 mg. Like you 5mg knocked me out quickly for the night. I found taking it about 8:30PM and heading to bed put me to sleep about 9:00PM and that gave me about 9 hours of very nice sleep a night with no hangover in the morning. Are you allowing yourself enough sleep time during the night after taking it?

[benzenering]

How many hours of sleep did you do after taking it? You need a full nights rest (8-9 hours) as mentioned by 1914sierra. I am on 20 mg, taken all before bed. I get a full 8 hours, I'm OK, but if I don't, I'm very drowsy.

I am on 5mg down from 10 because being drowsy, but I take other meds with drowsiness as side effects too. I find that I must get at least 9 hours of sleep or I will doze off on the couch if I sit too long. I will skip it if I have to get up before 7am because I am basically comatose otherwise. But I go to bed late, 11 or so, I dont work. My husband says I take it, think the word sleep and I'm out. I would consider asking not to take it but on the nights I skip, I barely sleep and no sleep med works on me. I cant take it early and try to stay up, it works in less than 15 min on me. If that long. I couldnt imagine 20mg but it could be weight dependent too as I am only a 5 ft woman 132 lbs

[choocha]

Hi. It is still early days for you with your saphris and upping your dose. It will knock you around for a couple of weeks while you're increasing the dose. Once you have stopped at the right amount the grogginess will decrease and eventually stop all together. When I first started taking saphris I was barely functional. I think it took 2-3 weeks to get used to it and the strength. I got to the point where i could take 2 at night and 1 in the morning and still function normally, with no grogginess or hangover. And that was all within a 3 week period. You will get used to it. Unless it just isn't the right med for you. You will know it isn't if the side effects continue after a period of about a month and are stopping you from functioning. Like I said already, you will probably get used to it and once you start seeing results you will love it. I did. Good luck, take care and keep us posted about your progress and any developments.

[EJB5565]

Thanks all for the information. I spoke with my sister; who is a sales rep for Saphris, and she says it should pass after a week once you get used to the med in your system. Has anyone noticed weight gain. She stated that a 52 week study the median was a 2lb gain. I have been trying to lose weight so I am a bit concerned about a yet another drug that causes weight gain.

[EJB5565]

Originally Posted by emomom

I am on 5mg down from 10 because being drowsy, but I take other meds with drowsiness as side effects too. I find that I must get at least 9 hours of sleep or I will doze off on the couch if I sit too long. I will skip it if I have to get up before 7am because I am basically comatose otherwise. But I go to bed late, 11 or so, I dont work. My husband says I take it, think the word sleep and I'm out. I would consider asking not to take it but on the nights I skip, I barely sleep and no sleep med works on me. I cant take it early and try to stay up, it works in less than 15 min on me. If that long. I couldnt imagine 20mg but it could be weight dependent too as I am only a 5 ft woman 132 lbs

Thanks for your kind insight. I was wondering how your reply showed your DX & RX for all to know? Is this something you input as part of your signature? Thanks

[choocha]

Yeah, like I said the stupefying effects where off quickly. I didn't put on any extra weight with saphris, but I was also unable to lose any of the weight I'd put on with other meds. My weight plateau'd. No matter how much I eat or exercise, the weight just stays now.

Originally Posted by EJB5565

Thanks all for the information. I spoke with my sister; who is a sales rep for Saphris, and she says it should pass after a week once you get used to the med in your system. Has anyone noticed weight gain. She stated that a 52 week study the median was a 2lb gain. I have been trying to lose weight so I am a bit concerned about a yet another drug that causes weight gain.

I actually lost weight because I found I just wasn't hungry. I had to remind myself to eat.

I put my dx and rx and stuff as part of my signature. If you go to your profile and then to edit signature you can put in what you wish.