Posted by Anna Laura on April 11, 2001, at 3:40:33
In reply to SOMETHING WORKS, BUT ITS THE WRONG THING, posted by sweetmarie on April 10, 2001, at 16:24:27
> As I don`t sleep very well (v.common. I expect), I take a sleeping tablet (prescribed) called Zopiclone.
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> This lifts my depression by maybe about 70 - 80%.
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> However, as it`s addictive, doctors and phsychiatrists (here, anyway (UK)) are very reluctant to prescribe it to anyone.
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> I look forward to the evenings when I can take it and feel loads better. I don`t know why this should be the case, but it certainly does the trick.
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> Does anyone else have similar experiences with sleeping tablets?
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> Could there be a similar medication that I could try?
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> Anna.
I've had a similar experience with minor tranquillizers. I guess it's because anxiety and depression are somehow intertwined. The tranquillizers and sleeping pills tend to suppress the negative thinking that causes anxiety; anxiety, when it piles up, often causes depression; so it kind of interrupts this vicious cycle i guess.
But it's not worth it. I know some research did show that tranquillizers and other cns depressants tend to worsen depression in the long run.Take care
Anna Laura
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