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Posted by Judy on January 01, 1999 at 02:16:40:In Reply to: Re: Success story posted by roger on December 29, 1998 at 08:43:23:
Well, where do I begin? I can't even begin to imagine the frustration many of you (especially Jessie, at 20 years and counting) experience on a day to day basis. My insomnia began early last Sept so I am very new to this whole experience. I had a very stressful event happen in May which over a 3 month period manifested itself in increasing anxiety. I went to a therapist to get counseling and also my regular MD who prescribed Paxil and Xanax. Within 2 days, I was unable to sleep more than a few hours and I completely lost my appetite. I am not sure to this day if I ever would have developed insomnia had I not taken any medication. I only took the Paxil for 5 days. My MD then wrote a prescription for Zoloft. I didn't take it for about 10 days. I fell into a pattern of sleeping every other day. On the days after sleeping, I felt pretty good. The other days I felt like I was very tired yet I was very anxious, as though I had drank 5 pots of coffee. I went back to MD who was VERY frustrated with me. She said "Take the Zoloft and if that doesn't work I'll recommend you to a psychiatrist". She was SO rude, I never went back. I found a psychiatrist through a program at work. I took the Zoloft for about 10 days with no improvement. He added trazodone at 50 mg right before I stopped the Zoloft and Xanax. Over the next few months I increased it to 100 mg. My appetitite improved but I never gained back any of the 25 pounds I lost (didn't need to lose). I still was feeling pretty anxious and thought maybe I was not meant to be on SSRI meds at all. I tried to decrease it about 3 weeks ago but the anxiety increased and sleep decreased. I am currently on 150 mgs of Trazodone and usually sleep around 7 hours (in usually 2 shifts). I am quite sure that I had fallen into a cycle of the anxiety causing lack of sleep and the lack of sleep causing anxiety. I am SO much better off now than I was 3 months ago. I had taken it very hard because I had considered myself one of the most "normal" people I knew. The whole anxiety, medication, psychiatrist thing just freaked me out. I never considered suicide, but there were times that I knew if I didn't get better, I didn't have a desire to live anymore. My husband was very unsupportive. He wanted his old, strong wife back so I hid the anxiety and the insomnia from him as best I could. The counselor and psychiatrist were of no value for the initial problem. It's something I just have to work through and hopefully time will take care of it. Sorry this is so long. I truly hope everyone out there finds some answers, I admire your strengths!!!! Judy
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