[cr...] Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I am desperate to get some good sleep. I have taken Seroquel in the past on a very PRN basis to help me sleep. For a few weeks in October I think I took it regularly. It helps me sleep, but I sleep too long and I still don't feel rested. I don't want to become dependent on it either to sleep. Since my second day at the hospital and since I have been back home (9 days total) I have not been able to sleep except if I take the Seroquel. If I am sleeping it is so light I don't even know I am doing it. It seems like I am lying in bed all night tossing and turning. Going on this many days with no relief in site I am wondering when this will go away and if my newly perscribed SSRI is aggravating it. Historically since trying to get back on an SSRI, insomnia is usually always a side effect for me. When I first tried to step down all the way off Klonopin I had trouble sleeping, but I did get sleep, with horrible nightmares/ very vivid dreams. Ashton says that although uncomfortable this is a sign that the brain is healing. Since I went to the hospital and got switched over to Valium and was prescribed Fluvoxamine (now already up to 150mg a day) I haven't been able to sleep. I believe that SSRI's also cause a disturbance in REM sleep. Yes? Could taking this actually be hindering my recovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[el...] Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=8349.0 Here is the link to this answer. I will lock this thread since you asked the same question in "insomnia". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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