Yep,
it certainly does interfere with sleep. I think I sort of collapse from exhaustion for about 4 hours if I'm really lucky - even with sleeping pills.
At best I get one night of six hours a month but it is not quality sleep.

Oh Boy does this effect how you deal with the RSD. The other problem is that just about every med we have to take (I know we have no choice) relax the soft palate and you snore / suffer apneoa so the quality of the sleep is poor.

On the subject of TCA's (tricyclic antidepressants) absolutely - constant use.
Some docs prescribe them to stop the tremors but their effect is pretty poor -but it works for some fortunate folk. They only use low doses too for this.

I don't need to back up the great info provided so far about the dangers of p.r.n. (as required) use of these meds.

Cheers
Auberon

I'm with you on that, Auberon! I haven't slept more than four hours at a time in well over a year. The Dr.s have tried several sleep aids, none of which did any good. The most recent one was Ambien... I took my pill at 10:00, went to bed at 11:00, and was back up and posting at 1:00, grrrr.

Scares the heck out of both me and Michael. I smoke, so now I have to be super careful not to "nod off" and drop one. I already have once, I have a pretty icky burn on my couch, hidden in a fold thank goodness.

It also affects my brain quite a bit, lol. Sometimes I feel as dumb as a box of rocks.