Problems staying asleep.

So I'm not so irritable, but I'm not sleeping well...again. I'm taking so many sedating meds. Trazadone 250 mgs, depakote 500 mgs, triliptel 900 mgs, hydroxyzine 100 mgs, zyprexa 5 mgs, lorazepam 2 mgs.

That's all I can think of. I struggle with sleep so badly. I fall asleep fine. But then constantly wake up. I am having a sleep study done bc they think I have sleep apnea. That may be what it is. But I was sleeping really well there for awhile...Idk.

I'm gonna call my pdoc today...

Sorry to hear you're not sleeping well. If I don't take my Xanax, which I can't the night before and ECT, my sleep is horrible. I know how awful it is not to sleep and I feel for you.

I could give you some of my sleep lol I've been sleeping like 16 hours a day.

In all seriousness though I hope you get some good sleep soon, I know how much it can affect stability.

Haha, yeah I wish we could just give away sleep that we don't need. I'm still waiting for pdoc to call.

I did take 5 more mgs of zyprexa. Slept about 2 more hours. Feel a little better.

Anyway, thanks for your response.

I know what you are going thru. I literally freak out if I'm not sleeping well because I am so scared of the worst happening. I've been I think on everything you have been and unfortunately the only pill that works for me is 400mg of Seroquel, and sometimes that doesn't even work. I have trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep, my mind never shuts up. The past few nights on top of my seroquel, Xanax, and Propranolol I had to pop 3 benadryls. I had a sleep study and nothing is wrong. I hope you find relief soon.

If your not having trouble falling asleep, just add seroqel to your mix that will help you stay asleep. I had trouble falling and staying asleep. So I took ambien to fall asleep and seroquel to stay asleep. It helped a lot instead of walking up 4-5 times a nite, I only wake up about 2 times now.

Well I was on seroquel for about a yr and gained a lot of weight. I'm hoping when my new mood stabilizer is completely in my system, my waking up throughout the night will end. But thanks, I may have to resort to seroquel again though...

I'm wide awake, only slept about 2 hours. I took 10 mgs of zyprexa. Instead of 5. I just took more hydroxyzine, hoping I can get back to sleep.

I just get very scared when I can't sleep. I've went into a really bad psychosis before from not sleeping. And quite a few mixed episodes.

Still haven't heard back from pdoc...

I think you maybe do have sleep apnea, i went for the overnight test years ago and they found out i had almost no REM sleep. I sleep with a machine now, a usually do pretty great with it, sleep at least 8 hours a night now, except when every once in awhile i'll sleep in the day instead of night. I think thats because my sleep is so good i don't want to wake up!! REM helps us dream and heals our bodies. Good luck

Thank you. Yeah, I'm thinking that too. But for awhile I was sleeping really good, once I got the therapeutic dose of depakote in my system. Hmmm...

I'm weaning off depakote right now and switching to triliptel bc my hair was falling out really bad from the depakote...

And I am feeling kinda hypo. I'm over thinking this whole thing I think.

I have exactly the same sleep problem. A sleep study confirmed sleep apnea, but the CPAP machine didn't help me sleep. No medication that I've been on has helped. I'm starting to realize I will be sleep deprived the rest of my life.

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I have never slept well. recently I was on seraquel and slept the best ever, the ploblem was it made it where I couldn't put 2 + 2 together. So now I am off of that. didnt sleep last night and took a nap with the craziest dream ever this morn. I wish I had answers, all I keep doing is comming up with questions.

Well I slept 3 more hours. Still waiting for pdoc to call. I could of slept more but my cat kept waking me up, lol.

Tapering off of medications can instigate insomnia and sleep disturbances. If it is caused by withdrawal then a short-term sleep aid might help until your body adjusts, which could take four to eight weeks since discontinuation. I find time release melatonin with l-theanine helpful in going to and staying asleep. Aside from medication I found meditation helpful in going back to sleep; basic breathing exercises. I think the best thing you can do immediately though is to not worry about getting sleep throughout the night. Just stay in bed, meditate, let your mind wander anywhere that isn't worrisome as stressing out is counterproductive.

Thanks. I was starting to have sleep problems though before the taper, when I was on the full dose of depakote. But tapering could certainly be making it harder.

I did some guided meditations last night, it did help.

So just talked to pdoc. He said increase triliptel. He thinks I'm in a mania. He doesn't believe in mixed episodes, or thinks they're very infrequent. He says don't take more hydroxyzine when I wake up, but I can take more zyprexa. Which sucks bc I'm gaining back the weight I lost from risperdal. He had to go didn't give me much time. I just feel like crying.

And I don't get into see him until March.

I sleep heavy from my medications. The next morning I still feel drowsy and driving is very complicated.

Sleep is such an important part of my life and journey with mental illness. I'm on seroquel xr 300 mg and I'm starting to have muscle spasms in the morning when I use my phone. Going to new doc at the beginning of February so will see..keep me in your prayers

I'm also seeing a new doctor in February!