Med washout to focus on sleep

Posted by linkadge on August 12, 2017, at 18:50:22

I stopped my meds 2 days ago (very low doses of Effexor, lithium and amitriptyline) to try and get my sleep under control.
I just keep staying up later and later. The amitriptyline puts me to sleep for about an hour, and then I'm wide awake for another 2 or so. I don't fall asleep fully till about 2-3 in the morning.
When my sleep gets f'd up, I find the meds are essentially useless.
To focus exclusively on sleep, I'm taking
1) melatonin time release 5mg
2) cyrpoheptadine 1-5mg
3) lorazepam
That's it. I slept very well last night with this. I did wake up somewhat depressed.
If I sleep normally for a week, I can reassess my state and think about what to do next.
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