Posted by SLS on February 21, 2012, at 7:00:56
In reply to Re: Depakote and sleep » SLS, posted by g_g_g_unit on February 21, 2012, at 6:01:34
> > Are you currently employed? If not, then you might have the luxury of time in performing the experimentation necessary to titrate Parnate and find a treatment for the insomnia.
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> I work for my dad two days a week. I have to wake up at 8am, which I find to be a tremendous struggle, but other than that, I'm free to experiment. My problem is that I'm tremendously impatient and get freaked out when I'm left feeling out-of-control due to a side-effect like insomnia.Well, even if you decide to discontinue the Parnate, you will have my support.
I think too much attention is being payed to "sleep architecture". Regardless of EEG findings, if you sleep okay, that's all that matters. I was on BZDs for three years while taking Parnate and Nardil. I slept fine and felt no ill-effects during the day. Quite a few people take Klonopin every night for years without ill effect.
Personally, I like the idea of taking zaleplon (Sonata) for sleep initiation. It is rather gentle and has a short half-life. It is out of you well before your wake up. I don't know if it would produce the behavioral disinhibition that has been a problem for you with the other BZD receptor agonist drugs you have taken. Some people do well with tiagabine (Gabitril) for anxiety and sleep. However, some people become agitated. I am not a big fan of this drug, though. The only way to know how you will react to tiagabine is to try it. If you don't react well to it, just stop. Perhaps that is the attitude you should take with these drug trials. They are nothing more than experiments using educated guesses. You can always stop taking immediately any drug that fails to help you.
I can only present you with information and an occasional opinion. I can't really predict or guarantee how you will react to any drug that I mention.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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