Posted by silvercoin on July 17, 2006, at 10:19:31
In reply to Early morning wakening on EMSAM...UGH!!!!!!, posted by Crazy Horse on July 16, 2006, at 6:42:31
> I've been on EMSAM for about 5 weeks(only 6 mgs.). I really like this med except for one side effect (That is getting progressively worse)..early morning wakening!!! Damn, it's always something with these $*@#! meds! Last night i fell asleep at 12:30 and woke at 3:30, 3 hrs of sleep is not enough for me.
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> Ambien and Lunesta do NOTHING FOR ME, so what my Pdoc has me on is 200 mgs of Trazodone at bedtime. I'm thinking of asking for Seroquel, Halcion, or Chloral Hydrate.
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> Your opinions and advice would be very much appreciated. Also i take 3 mgs. of Klonopin daily, but i've developed benzo tolerance having been on either Ativan, Xanax and now Klonopin during the past 25 yrs.
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> Monte :(
I take 50 mg/day Marplan and find that 50 mg Seroquel works reasonably well. Halcion is much more powerful than Ambien or Lunesta, but as Scott indicates, its short half life can cause early morning awakening. The short half life along perhaps also with its high potency may be part of the reason this is one of the more problematic benzos as far as dependency and severe adverse psychological effects. Prosom is very similar chemically but has a longer half life and seems to be less problematic. I think it is also relatively powerful.Todd
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