Posted by Kat26 on December 29, 2001, at 14:15:45
Hello all
A good friend of mine has suffered for many years from anorexia and depression. The doctors put her on SSRIs but she has trouble sleeping as it is and even low doses make her insomnia worse. At the moment she is taking Surmontil, which she says helps her sleep, but doesn't do much for her depression, and it also makes her drowsy during the daytime. She asked me if she should stay with it, and I thought I'd ask some opinions?
She is also very compulsive, I mean she follows a rigid schedule especially for meals, but I think also for other things. And worries all the time about a lot of different things. I thought since it does sound a bit like OCD an SSRI would be good (since I got so much help from prozac for OCD, and I have had an eating disorder too), but then the side effects seem to be just too much... or maybe if she just toughed them out, they would diminish, but she is so anxious...Kat26
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