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Posted by Scheherizade on February 20, 2002, at 13:50:45
Been on Prozac for a week and 1/2 now at 20mg, at bed time. It's been upsetting my stomach so I told my GP that I was going to take it at dinner time. She said fine and dandy. A coworker used to take it and said she had trouble sleeping with it when she took it at night, so her Doc told her to take it in the am, no later than 1:00pm. I already have problems sleeping (REALLY bizarre dreams and very light sleeping starting around 2 in the am), which I tend to lay at the feet of my Disepramine (150mg nightly). Tried to wean myself off of it, but alas it was then that I was finally identified as in the 'depressed' category. So my GP wants me to take 15mg of Remeron and cut the Disep to 75mg with, I'm assuming, eventual move to just Remeron. I have enough problems with weight as it is and am horrified at the thought of gaining any more weight. I've been on Topomax/50mg for 5 weeks (in hopes it will help the chronic headache, stress, depression) and have lost some weight with that (thank you Lord). So right now I'm being a bit defient and not getting the Remeron filled. I don't need my depression deepened by feeling like Miss Piggy. Can Prozac affect sleep? Is it better to take it at one time of the day than another? Any/all opinions are welcome.
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Posted by Geezer on February 20, 2002, at 16:32:31
In reply to Question about Prozac, posted by Scheherizade on February 20, 2002, at 13:50:45
> Been on Prozac for a week and 1/2 now at 20mg, at bed time. It's been upsetting my stomach so I told my GP that I was going to take it at dinner time. She said fine and dandy. A coworker used to take it and said she had trouble sleeping with it when she took it at night, so her Doc told her to take it in the am, no later than 1:00pm. I already have problems sleeping (REALLY bizarre dreams and very light sleeping starting around 2 in the am), which I tend to lay at the feet of my Disepramine (150mg nightly). Tried to wean myself off of it, but alas it was then that I was finally identified as in the 'depressed' category. So my GP wants me to take 15mg of Remeron and cut the Disep to 75mg with, I'm assuming, eventual move to just Remeron. I have enough problems with weight as it is and am horrified at the thought of gaining any more weight. I've been on Topomax/50mg for 5 weeks (in hopes it will help the chronic headache, stress, depression) and have lost some weight with that (thank you Lord). So right now I'm being a bit defient and not getting the Remeron filled. I don't need my depression deepened by feeling like Miss Piggy. Can Prozac affect sleep? Is it better to take it at one time of the day than another? Any/all opinions are welcome.
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> **When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"*Hi
I took Prozac for four years (it actually pooped out after one)-always took it in the morning when I got up. Kind of stimulating at first with the longest half-life of all the SSRIs. I just started Remeron 2 weeks ago-no weight gain yet. If I could suggest.......don't change too many things at once-gets confusing as hell.
>(I always suspected Tonto was the brains in the outfit)Geezer
Posted by Kat26 on February 20, 2002, at 18:12:56
In reply to Re: Question about Prozac, posted by Geezer on February 20, 2002, at 16:32:31
I think that is so individual. How a med affects sleep. Yes, I guess some are more likely to agitate you, and others more likely to sedate you, and from what I read Prozac is in the more likely to be agitating category.
I have been on Prozac for over a year now, and I take it in the am (40 mgs). However, I ahve a friend wo takes it at night (60 mgs), and she says it just about puts her out!Kat26
Posted by BLPBart on February 21, 2002, at 16:27:08
In reply to Re: Question about Prozac, posted by Kat26 on February 20, 2002, at 18:12:56
Despite being the most stimulating of the SSRIs I had a kind of weird response to them. I tried celexa and if I took it at night it kept me up but if I took it in the morning I was sleepy all day and constantly yawning. I switched to prozac which seemed to help very well at the beginning. I took 20 mg in the morning. Eventually it started making me lethargic so I started taking it at night. Then what happened was I became so lethargic that I could hardly get out of bed in the morning and wanted to sleep 12 hours a day. Amazingly this was happening while I was also on 300 mg of wellbutrin. I had to quit the prozac but the wellbutrin alone is working well.
Posted by Kat26 on February 21, 2002, at 18:05:58
In reply to Re: Question about Prozac, posted by BLPBart on February 21, 2002, at 16:27:08
Sometimes it is hard to know what changes are due to a medication and what changes are caused by other things, or just "normal" ups and downs. I had the feeling for a while that after being on the Prozac for 10 months or so (last fall), it started making me very tired. I would sleep much more (longer) than used to. But now I am still on hte Prozac and that phase is over, I don't seem to be needing that much sleep anymore. Could be nutrition, living circumstances, too?
Kat26
Posted by BLPBart on February 22, 2002, at 11:29:01
In reply to Re: Question about Prozac, posted by Kat26 on February 21, 2002, at 18:05:58
It is always tough to know exactly what is going on. In my case I just suddenly pooped out. I had been running for an hour 5 days a week and then suddenly just couldn't do it anymore. Additionally, I was having other problems like muscle and joint pain, menstrual irregularities and some depression returning and I didn't even put together that it could be my medication. I went to an internal med specialist thinking it was thyroid or something and he ran every test under the sun on me including a brain MRI to rule out MS. All the tests came back normal and he just basically shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't have a clue what was wrong with me. Out of sheer frustration I went back to my pdoc the next morning and he suggested that I drop the prozac and see what happened. We discussed adding a pstim at some point if my energy levels didn't come back up. It was while doing research on the pstims that I found out I was ADD. Bottom line of all this jibberish is that once I quit the prozac the muscle and joint pain went away and most of the lethargy and fatigue. I'm still kind of slow going in the morning and somewhat unmotivated but that may be part of the ADD.
Posted by Scheherizade on February 25, 2002, at 11:15:55
In reply to Re: Question about Prozac, posted by Kat26 on February 21, 2002, at 18:05:58
Thanks for all the comments. Turns out to be a moot point for me. I can't take the stuff. Two days after I posted my question I had to stop the stuff. The more I took the sicker I got. Instead of helping, it made my head worse and made me so sick to my stomach. It took 3 days before I felt like I wasn't going to throw up all the time. Back to the drawing board. NOTHING is helping this friggin' headache. IT WON'T STOP!! and it's driving me INSANE!
Thanks again for the input. I do appreciate it.
God bless.
*I can levitate birds. No one cares.* ;)
Posted by Kat26 on February 25, 2002, at 12:18:28
In reply to Re: Question about Prozac, posted by Scheherizade on February 25, 2002, at 11:15:55
Hey, ((((hugs)))),
don't give up, let us know, ok?Kat26
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