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Feb 12, 2007 at 12:10 AM
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I've been on Prozac (20mg/day) for 11 months now. Before I started it, I had great difficulty sleeping due to a combination of depression and restless leg syndrome. Since I've started taking the Prozac I sleep, but I sleep a lot!! I will sleep 11-12 hours a night and still have to force myself to get up. Then I'm ready for a nap a few hours later. Has anyone else had this reaction? I'm going to my doc later this week to discuss other options so hopefully something else will work better.
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Feb 13, 2007 at 03:48 PM
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Yep. I have the exact same problem, except I have sleeping probs at night, too - how stupid. But I'm pretty darn dosey, fatigued & sleepy during the day. Takes me two cups of tea just to wake up.......it SUCKS.
I've only been on prozac 20 mg for just over two weeks, but if this keeps up, I cannot function on it. Good luck. |
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Feb 15, 2007 at 09:32 PM
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went to see my doc today...now i'm adding wellbutrin to the prozac. hopefully it will help!
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Feb 16, 2007 at 03:48 PM
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Hi boopsie,
My sister had the reaction to prozac that you describe. She had a job as a house parent where her time off during the week was 4 hours during the day and she had to use the time to take a nap usually. Like you, prior to taking it, she had a lof of difficulty sleeping. Unlike my sister and you (it sounds like), when I am depressed I sleep way too much. When I took prozac, I started to have trouble sleeping!!! My pdoc subsequently added trazodone so I could sleep at night.(now trazadone and prozac are a forbidden combination for anyone as it was determined to cause heart problems.) Take care, Meta __________________ Bipolar disorder with very long depressions and short hypomanic episodes. I initially love the hypomanic episodes until I realize they inevitably led to terrrible depressions. I take paroxetine, lamotrogine and klonopin. |
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Feb 16, 2007 at 10:33 PM
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Trazadone and prozac are fine to take together as long as the doses are reasonable. For the OP, I would just start taking the prozac at night.
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Feb 18, 2007 at 02:02 AM
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Dr. S.,
Is it common for pts to take prozac @ night? I have a good friend who did & it made her completely wired..... I'm taking it in the a.m. & I feel so damn loopy all day until about 8 or 9 p.m., when it just starts to wear off....then I cannot sleep. Exercise or no exercise. Taking it in the a.m., therefore, does me no good & makes no sense. Please advise. Thanks. |
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