Posted by johnnyj on October 29, 2006, at 16:15:30
In reply to Re: Lunesta » johnnyj, posted by yxibow on October 27, 2006, at 3:50:16
It took me a few weeks to get used to lunesta (3 mg) It does cause a lot of dreams and I remember them more too. I am on nothing else right now. It seemed to make me sleep (knocks me out at some point)but initially it seemed to make me feel kind of depressed. This seems to come and go and I feel it is kind of drug induced (hard to explain that though). I do have some anxiety issues but I am starting to wonder if some things are lunesta side effects. I was on tranzene for over 10 years and felt so much better when I went off. I can't believe I was on it for so long. Small doses were the worst withdrawal as I am med sensitive.
Oh yeah, one big thing I have is a startle if I wake early and try to go back to sleep. My body jerks me awake as sleep is too light. This is so annoying.
I am also off lithium now because my pdoc does not know why I was ever put on it. I am unipolar with anixety/ocd (pure O) as my main symptoms. Anxiety seems to cause me to become depressed more than the other way around. I had lithium withdrawal for about 3 weeks and then things improved. Head tension is the worst side effect for me right now and that is what gets me down.
I also finally found out that I have a lot of allergies and take claritin now with moderate relief.
So, I am thinking of stopping Lunesta and see if I can sleep. With a back up plan if things go bad. My pdoc wants me on luvox and klonopin, but I am wary of benzo's since tranzene was terrible for me. If I sleep things are good and I know when I wake up how the day is going to go. If my head is heavy it is a rough day.
Any suggetions or comments anyone?
johnnyj
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