Posted by Bob on January 8, 2001, at 12:13:38
In reply to Re: SSRIs and especially Effexor, posted by Pandora on January 7, 2001, at 23:05:17
> > > > Has anyone experienced an inablility to get themselves out of bed at a reasonable hour after 4 to 5 months of therapy on an SSRI? I noticed this on medicines like Paxil and Zoloft, but with Effexor it became serious enough as to hinder my ability to function at my job. I literally often wasn't able to wake up until 12 or 1 in the afternoon. Has anyone else ever had this happen???
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> > > Did this have to do with not being able to sleep at a reasonable hour....i.e: insomnia? When during the day are you taking the effexor?
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> > I'm not actually taking Effexor anymore, but when I did I was on it for about a year and a half. It had absolutely nothing to do with when I went to bed or how much sleep I got. Basically when I fell asleep, it was like a runaway train, and once REM sleep started, my body simply didn't want to wake up any more. I could go to bed at 9 at night, get to sleep by 9:30, and then not be able to wake up until 12 the next day.
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> I'm not sure if my sleep problems (hypersomnia) are primarily due to depression in general, my inert laziness (I've never been a "morning person") coupled with lack of motivation, or from the effexor, but I've been on it for about 2 yrs and have recently had a VERY difficult time getting out of bed in the morning... it's almost as if I'm drugged. Tried changing my bedtime, eating habits in the evening, the time I take my meds, etc, but nothing seems to help. Again, I seem to be suffering a bit of a setback where my depression is concerned and this may be the cause. I'd be interested to hear about anyone else's hypersomnia problems.Pandora:
Judging from my experiences with SSRIs, your hypersomnia would almost undoubtedly be caused by the medecine. There is a tendency to think it is will power because the effects are gradual, but if you were to come off of Effexor, which is a hell unto itself, the sleep problems would go away. Of course, much more serious problems would then come back, I'm sure. My beef about all of this, is that so few people seem to exhibit this hypersomnia, or if they do, they don't really talk about it.
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