anyone else suffer from chronic insomnia??

[pomtzu]

Could it be that you are over-medicated? Sounds like you're taking a lot of rather powerful meds, and sometimes with so many different ones, they just counteract each other. Just a thought..........

Wellbutrin - the drug from hell! That's one scary med. I think it should be banned!!! Nervous break down in a bottle......



ETA: I saw Liz's post after I sent this. Great minds think alike......

[jennielynn1970]

Wellbutrin - the drug from hell! That's one scary med. I think it should be banned!!! Nervous break down in a bottle......

as I said with candace's post, I called it Hellbutrin. It made me nervous, edgy, and bitchy like you wouldn't believe!!! Poor Dave, he really puts up with a lot from me!! I try to keep myself so even around him, but it's so easy to just say something and not think about what I just said, it just slips out sometimes, and then I feel like crap. Why is it that we are the nastiest to the people we are the closest to sometimes?? Is it because we feel like they'll take it and know what we are going through so won't hold it against us??

[cassiesmom]

I have a parallel problem - I'm taking Effexor-XR which is giving me very vivid dreams. I'm wide awake nightly around 3 AM for a good hour, hour and a half - then I fall asleep again and start dreaming, and when the alarm goes off I'm still tired. I slept most of the day today. I've got an appointment with shrink Sept. 1 to see about getting off of it.

I agree with the sleep specialist recommendation. I wonder if you're having rebound insomnia from one of the meds. I hope you sleep well tonight and wake up feeling rested, Jenn!

[Bonny]

Could it maybe be hormones? If there is an imbalance that could cause sleep problems. When I was going through change I was up doing dishes at 2:00 in the morning because I could not sleep.

[Catty1]

Jennie - as a medical professional once put it to me, "I am the expert, you are the boss."

You have a total right to get your sleep problem diagnosed properly with sleep professionals to get the correct treatment.

I have a feeling that your shrink will not believe in over-medication unless you very strongly say you want to get off all the meds and start over.

cassiesmom mentioned rebound insomnia. One type happens after a person comes off sleep meds, and is temporary while the body readjusts its schedule. The other is caused by sleeping meds - link and details below.

http://web4health.info/gr/answers/sl...d-insomnia.htm
Question(s):

Written by: Martin Winkler
First version: 22 Jul 2008. Latest revision: 27 Aug 2008.
Why do I experience a worsening of sleep after using a sleeping pill? What is rebound insomnia?
Answer:
Many sleeping pills have a negative influence on the sleep architecture, and cause non-restorative sleep.

Rebound insomnia is defied as a worsening of (at least) one of the following parameters compared to the time before starting drug treatment:

* sleep latency = time until you fall asleep
* nocturnal awakenings = waking up at night
* total sleep time

And you have to feel either

* sensation of non-restorative sleep
* diurnal fatigue
* worsening of anxiety / tension

Drugs with moderate or severe rebound insomnia effects are :

Benzodiazepines
* Triazolam (Halcion)
* Midazolam (Dormicum)
* Brotizolam (Dormex, Noctilan, Lendomin)
* Loprazepam (Dormonoct)
* Lormetazepam (Noctanid)
* Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol, Fluscand)

Non-benzodiazepines
* Zopiclone

Sometimes, withdrawal effects or hang-over cause additional complaints for the patients.

[pomtzu]

I don't know that I would trust a doc that prescribes another med on top of all the others, at the drop of a hat. You're taking so many powerful meds right now, that I don't know how you can even stay awake! I would think that they would knock you flat on your butt!

My brother had a similar problem, tho not sleep related. His doc had him on so many different meds for high b/p, cholesterol, non insulin dependent diabetes, arthritis, heart and circulation issues, back problems, and I don't know what else, but he was like a walking zombie and could barely function. He couldn't even sit down without falling asleep in a matter of a couple of minutes. He took himself off all but what was absolutely needed, and he improved dramatically.

I still believe that doctors get kickbacks for prescribing certain meds. It seems that some are more concerned with their own wallets, than that of the health and welfare of their patients.

[lizbud]

I just wanted to add one more thought. Doctors are human beings too
and subject to the same failings as all of us. I trust my Dr too, but I also
trust the way my body feels and it I wasn't getting the best results, I'd
certainly say something about it.

I can just imagine all the "confusion" in a human body taking so many
different things at the same time. I sure hope you get this cleared up
soon. I know it's no fun at all for you.