Trazadone, Remeron Not Working Well.

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Yeah, I forgot that I also got the plugged nose from Traz. That was unnerving. So glad remeron gave you solid sleep, which sounds like a treat. Has it held up for you another night ? I'm in the process of switching up meds, need an antidepressant/anti-anxiety that works, maybe look into remeron...

 

[asdfghjkl]

Yes had another good sleep 8.5 hours.:) It usually works pretty good for falling asleep. It lowers cortisol. The odd night I'll be awake, but it's usually because I'm wrapped up in thinking about the past events,anticipation of the future, and not staying present. I think I was blaming it on the med rather than not trying to use other techniques to relax and drift off. One nightmare last night, but it does put me to sleep and helps with some of the anxiety. It helped me with apatite as well. I guess it's never perfect, but this works better for me than the Ambien hypnotic class sleep aids. :)

 

[Ghostybear73]

FffdPrazosin is more for the bad dreams than to help u fall asleep. It only worked for me at a higher dose which caused sleep walking. My husband woke up one night and came into the kitchen. I guess I was cooking a full dinner while sleepwalking. When my husband snapped me out of it, I passed out.

I'm on another med for bad dreams, its called clonodine (I think). Buth clonodine and prazosin are blood pressure meds so you have to be careful when getting up at night until you adjust. This med is working much better, with break through dreams, but not every night.

I hear seroquel works great for a lot of people to help with sleep, it really had no effect on me. Trazadone and remeron had no effect on me as well, but now I'm on sinequin and it seems to be working.

The point to this story is that everyone reacts different to meds so it may take a while to find a med that works for you. In time, you will find something that works for you.

See what your doctor thinks of sinequin.

 

[asdfghjkl]

Wow, a full dinner. I'm sorry to hear about the passing out. Yes I definitely will ask about sinequin. I just have a feeling there might be something better. I had the night before a nightmare, then woke up mid cry. I don't yell in my sleep thank goodness because I live in an apartment. Also, last night was the reminder of why I want to try a different med because about 3am wakeup some bad flashback then I start thinking/uncomfortable. Last night was a repressed memory from 5 years ago, felt like I was right back there, not home and was so upset with myself, even though that incident was totally not my fault. I was on Seroquel a while ago, but it made me too high strung and uncontrollable laughing at nothing was common. I was also spaced out all day. I feel more grounded on remeron, but the 2-3am wakeups/flashbacks are undesirable.

Going to keep trying to find something that works :) thanks .

 

[darrenS]

I have tried both prazosin and clonidin, prazosin is a blood pressure med that was found to reduce ptsd nitemares for some , clonidin is another blood pressure med. I took clonidin for a while and thy did work, it takes about a week , but i did notice it helped me get tired , but not like a sleeping pill etc .
I have tried Trazadone, Serequil for sleep and couldnt handle it would have weird nitemares and dreams and felt groggy and disconnected or alternatively hostile. I found the best thing for me with sleep , is i take fish oil (2 caps) magnesium (2x 500) and have a good smoke. I think the hardest thing about ptsd is how it tends to leave you sitting and thinking, flashbacks, etc, i have found that a long walk early evening (yes i get hypervigilant) , a good smoke and a good wind down plan has worked really well and stong efforts at positive thought of a night. Touch wood - i have only lost one nights sleep in 4 weeks or thereabouts, prior to that i had periods where i could not sleep for 3 days and worst still did not feel tired at all

 

[darrenS]

i have cptsd and cannot take many meds , anti-depressants make me completely suicidal - and the higher it gets the worse i get , anxiety meds tend to remove certain defenses i have built so i find myself making irrational decisions, i also need to feel my emotions however good or bad in order to be able to create. I am on painkillers and have found that if pain is not treated correctly it itself becomes a major trigger and if dosage levels drop to low they also create a reaction. I do as i said above ..for depression i do the fish oil and magnesium , it works well , its very suttle but it works , i try to take my painkillers for 15-16 days and then i go cold for 15-16 days , i usually suffer mild withdrawals but know what to expect (flashbacks anxiety etc) and i try to eat regularly and take a protein drink everyday - and most importantly i try not to stay in my cage so to speak , i push myself to talk to people , and just walk around ..anything to just get out and not be locked in my own hell and its not easy - i had a major trauma a couple of weeks ago. but overall i want to not just live , but enjoy life , and not fall into the trap of letting cptsd itself dictate the terms of what i do and i certainly dont want it as my constant companion - besides the meds and everything else - i find the thing that disrupt sleep the most is thoughts and i now have created a daily exercise whereas i save the thoughts i have for it till bed and then start crreating in my mind what im going to do. But sadly lie any demon, there will be times when it will rear its ugly head regardless , i have found patience and acceptance blunts the edges a bit and sometimes having a good laugh about the absolute crazy things you do makes it easier to - ie: I promised to make my wife a big batch of tika chicken marsala - she put the chicken in the fridge ready and in the meantime i had an anxiety attack and went into a flashback, 2 days later i email her ...damn flashbacks they make even the chicken go off - i then start a wacky conversation on how we can plan a menu around a flashback - some may not agree , but i find it far better to laugh than to cry and i have found approaching it this way removes the fear from those around me who know and actually allows them in - sorry about the long post - but bascially i think good sleep comes from a combination of good habits , yes its very hard and never perfect and moreso with all types of ptsd , looking after your overall health is critically important