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10-10-2006, 05:48 PM | #11 | |||
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I do not think you have sent that link to me before, I beleive you sent me one on Dothep. It seems that it could also be my Betblocker causing insomnia too.
I don't know where you find all these links,but I'm glad you do!! Thank you, Aussie |
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10-11-2006, 11:30 AM | #12 | |||
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I may have not sent side effects per se to you, but I recall you having
escape issues...as your beta blocker wore off. I think you have raised the doses since I saw that last post. ? Anyway there are also papers suggesting that beta blockers do interfere with normal melatonin actions in the body: Quote:
And this: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupple...latonincs.html Quote:
to realign your system. So don't expect a dramatic effect in the beginning. I'd discuss this with your doctor, before moving on to strong RX meds which do have habit forming characteristics. Take care!
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10-11-2006, 04:46 PM | #13 | |||
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My GP did raise the doses. He said that the Tryciclic was keeping a lid on everything, meaning my anxiety. When I stopped it, everything went out of control, anxiety/panic, BP, and so on. So he raised my BetaBlocker to 100 mg x twice daily
Too be honest, I know I still have PN, but very very mildly. Now I suffer from all this new stuff like insomnia,anxiety,BP. This is much worse. Maybe I'll need to start my own "New Board". I can call it, "Sleepless People gone Mad from PN." LOL!! Just joking about the board!! Thank you for your help, Aussie |
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10-12-2006, 12:03 AM | #14 | |||
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I don't know but I tend to disagree with your chemist. If the tricyclic was helping for sleep, and your sleep is problematic, it's not a withdrawal syndrome you are having, but a return of your original symptom. Why stop something that is working? It's hard enough to find something that helps, why put yourself through searching for an alternative?
I take amitryptiline in super low dose for sleep, 20 mg. I got the idea last night that since I was awakening with restless leg/periodic leg movement/myoclonus symptoms, maybe jsut upping the amitryptiling would deepen my sleep enough to get me through. My doc had phoned in a prescription for mirapex, but I didn't have it yet. So, I did this on my own, took 50 mg of the tricyclic, still a very small dose. And I only awakened once. So now I'm gonig to tell my neuro, and ask him if he minds my just taking the higher dose, rather than trying something new. There's something reassuring about an old safe medicatioin that is helping. I googled myoclonus and oxycontin. It is very very common. I had thought it was only common in withdrawal, but turns out it's common, period. So what have you decided to do about the sleep issue? OMIGOD, it's 1am. I need to go to SLEEP!
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10-12-2006, 04:18 PM | #15 | |||
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To help with sleep and it has Melatonin. It's not the greatest, but it helps a bit. I went to GP yesterday and he gave me a script for Stilnox. It is a proper sleeping tablet like Ambien. I need to fill it today,and I will try it over the weekend and see how I go.
I didn't realise the importance of sleep until I started getting ill from the lack of it. |
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