Anti-depressants Prescribed For Sleep

[AshedPotatoes]

So, I sleep a maximum of 2-3 hours a night, if I'm lucky, due to all the nightmares, flashbacks, and anxiety, etc. My doctor is considering putting me on a low dose anti-depressants for sleep because she doesn't want to give me sleeping medications due to my younger age.

Have any of you had anti-depressants for sleep? If so, how did it work for you?

I know my dad takes Trazadone, and he says it works better than anything else. After a recent hospitalization, he was given Ambien, and it was unsuccessful. So, it works for him. But he doesn't have PTSD, and I'm wondering if it's helped any of you.

 

[AshedPotatoes]

And, Mods, I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section. It is about sleep, so I put it here. versus in Medications forum. Sorry if I made the wrong decision.

 

[AngelaMarie]

I did take trazadone and it did help. Now they have put me on an anti-psychotic for sleep.

 

[cat]

Hi Ashley, my gp prescribed Amitryptyline to help with my sleep, its an antidepressant but at a lower dose it helps me sleep through the night. I don't take it every night, usually take for a week at a time to help reset my body clock when my sleep is very disturbed

 

[janej32]

I take 50mg of Trazadone to sleep. Sometimes it works great, other nights it doesn't seem to work at all.

 

[claudineriddle]

SSRIs or selective serotonoin reuptake inhibitors that are used in treating depression can also help in suppressing REM sleep and reducing the symptoms of cataplexy.

 

[Red Feather]

I am taking Amitryptilin too... 50g. I think it is okay and the amount can be varied, which is useful. I think I would like to stop taking it for a while, but haven't had the courage to do that yet. Some of these meds make nightmares strongers like Doxepin. I was taking that but the doctors took me off of it because they said it might be causing me my nightmares. But with Amitryptilin I barely remember my dreams.