Posted by Tony P on September 8, 2001, at 5:15:47
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin insomniac, posted by Tony P on September 7, 2001, at 21:48:39
Did my last post sound smug? Well, may Hypnos and Morpheus forgive me.
Different experiment this time: Wellbutrin dose #2 at supper time, i.e. ~11 hr. after 1st dose. Spent a calm evening and fell asleep OK (11PM+? not sure) with prescribed dose of 1 mg clonazepam, 7.5 mg zopiclone.
Awoke after skimming the surface of sleep for a while at 1 AM. Tomorrow's Saturday, I don't have to get up, so another .5 mg clonazepam, 7.5 mg zopiclone with some kava-kava in cocoa. Back to bed & try meditative techniques. Dozed for a maybe 10 minutes in a 40 min period, then fully wakeful. Took (somewhat regretfully) 200 mg Serzone - I was hoping for a longer period of trial just on WB without mixing the two. I feel the familiar gentle sleepiness from the Serzone as I type this, so here's hoping!
Tony P
> I'm on day 14 of Wellbutrin SR (1st time), day 7 at 150 x 2 per day. I also have noticed that it can make me sleepy, rather than wakeful.
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> My first few days at b.i.d. I was taking the 2nd dose exactly 8 hrs. after the first. By the evening, I was almost manic, I just couldn't stop going, like that bunny! So I decided to experiment, took my second dose an hour or so before bedtime - that seems to work for me right now. This first 2 weeks have been quite a roller-coaster ride, though, so I'm prepared for it to change.
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> My Dr. has given me clonazepam (think that's same as Klonopin), 2 x .5 mg at night, plus Zopiclone/Imovane. The Zopiclone works fast but only really lasts about 4 hours, the clonazepam is slow and long acting, so it seems to be a good combination. I think the doc wants to wean me from the clonazepam fairly quickly, which I am a bit nervous about, but on the other hand don't want to stay on it so long that I have a hard time coming off it ... life's a balancing act sometimes!
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> I was having insomnia and taking the zopiclone already for a month or two before I started on the Wellbutrin, waking and getting up 2-3 times a night when it was worst. I was making it worse by rebound from the OTC drugs I was taking (especially Robaxin). I was also on Serzone (long-term) which seemed to have lost some of its sleep-stabilizing effect - so it's a bit complicated comparing then and now. But I've had 2 nights now where I more or less slept right through, and if I did waken, got back to sleep without taking anything extra. So I'm cautiously optimistic at this point!
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> Tony P
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