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Prozac can mess up REM cycle

Posted by nldorset on December 01, 2000 at 15:49:28:

In Reply to: Went to MD, he doesn't believe in N! posted by ExhaustedMom on November 30, 2000 at 16:43:34:

I had to have a second sleep study done because I was on Prozac and it screws up the REM cycle. So they had me stop taking it and did a second study. Never did go back on the stuff, either. It took three sleep studies to catch the Narcolepsy, but my second doctor was sure that I had Narcolepsy, so we just kept looking.

In most cases, narcolepsy patients are depressed because the narccolepsy is not diagnosed and therfore is not being treated. After my doctor and I discovered the right drug combination (parnate/provigil/ambien/mellaril) I haven't had any touble with depression.

Of course being sleepy is another matter.....

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