Posted by Chairman_MAO on November 11, 2011, at 7:51:07
In reply to Re: Perhaps Marplan kicked in fully today? » Chairman_MAO, posted by SLS on November 10, 2011, at 8:06:25
> > 28 days after I started taking it, I went to bed, taking my usual 3mg Lunesta and 100mg Vistaril. Woke up three hours later. I wish I'd slept, but I'm feeling pretty good. Kinda sucks that I'm on 3mg/day of clonazepam now, because that might be blunting the effect of it. I notice substantially decreased anxiety, though (the clonazepam alone was not nearly as effective for my SP/anxiety after a few months, as is often the case).
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> > It could also be a fluke from perhaps sleeping too much during the day, but I hvae done that before and slept soundly at night.
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> > Interesting how these things work.
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> Circadian phase advance?
>Oh, no, I meant that the difficulty sleeping could also at least in part be due to my sleeping during the day, but that is food for thought.
This stuff is definitely working now. If I were taking it just for depression, I don't think I'd have to raise the dose because it's still not where Nardil was for the SP, although there is less anxiety now. I'll see what pdoc has to say.
I sure wish someone started me on this class of drugs in around 2003 when I first started thinking that the other drugs didn't do anything for me. After a failed trial of TCA in 03 I asked for an MAOI but doctor said absolutely not. Could have saved me a lot of time ...
Oh well, I am grateful to have what I have now--and for the community on this board which seems to have been around forever. ;-)
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