Iv been on mitrazapine 45mg trazadone 300 mg and zopiclone 7.5mg for 13 weeks.i don't feel tired or groggy in the morning I'm actually at my best.by about 4oclock I feel absolutely shattered.i really just have to sit down and do nothing.my problem is I'm terrified of reducing the dose of any of them because I didn't sleep for 6 weeks prior to starting them.i really don't know whether to go to my gp or just to leave it.any thoughts would be welcome
You are lucky to still be getting the Zopiclone, so i would leave things as they are. I have been cut off. The gp will stop them eventually. I havnt slept properly since i last took one. The Mitrazipan dont seem to put me to sleep either, I am awake until around 4am every morning now. Dont rock the boat. so to speak.
Thank you for your reply.i think you are right I won't rock the boat.i do sleep ok some nights and others are bad.
Are you on the medication for depression is that why you weren't sleeping? I was on 45 of mirt but have now been put down to 30 mg. Also on venlafaxine and olanzapine. I don't really know what helps me sleep. Whether its the mirt or olanzapine. I'm surprised you've been on sleeping tablets for that long but if they're helping and your gp feels its ok to still take them then I'd carry on. There's nothing worse than not being able to sleep.
Yes I'm on it for depression and the depression led to the not sleeping.i was on olanzapine a good few years ago and I did sleep when I was on it.as you say there's nothing worse than not sleeping its a very lonely world in the middle of the night.
Has mirt helped with the depression? I've also been given some diazipam for when I feel really bad.
Yes it has my mood picked up quite quickly when I started it.i would say at the moment my mood is up and down.
I think mirt makes you feel very up and down that's what I found but being on 3 medications you don't know whats helping and what's not!
Well that's it in away you are afraid to admit to side effects but which one is causing them if you go to the dr and he wants to change one it's a daunting thought because you don't know if the one he is going to change is the problem and things could get worse.so I guess unless it's really bad it's best to keep going.
It's very frustrating isn't it. We just want to get better and we listen to what the doctor says. Are you seeing a psychatrist or just your gp?
I see apsycyatrist and I see a cpn once a week.do you see a psycyatist ?
Yes I see a psychatrist. After being told at the beginning that it might take up to 6 weeks to see a nhs psychatrist I went to see a private one. I saw him twice but I wasn't very happy with the medication he put me on so now under a nhs one. Nothing seems to be working yet. I have suffered with depression for years. Mostly I'm well but this bout is the longest I've ever had. Just want to be 'me' again.
Iv suffered from bouts of depression for the last 23 years.after just letting it be part of my life I am now on the waiting list for councilling.this is something iv done myself not through the nhs.maybe it will help and I can get out of this nightmare whatever happens I don't think it will make things worse it will be painful at times but I hope it will be worth it.
I too have suffered for over 20 years. I never know when I'm going to go into depression or when I'm going to come out of it. I have no reason to be depressed. Nice home, wonderful family. They say in can be hereditry and a few family members have had depression in the past. My psychatrist has referred me to a psychologist. I really don't know what they will be able to do.
I saw a psychologist in the 90s I actually found it quite helpful.i don't remember why I stopped seeing him I may have become I'll again I can't remember.its worth giving it ago he may be able to help.anythings worth a try especially when you have had depression for so long.
I will try it. It can't do any harm. I can't see them getting anything out of me because I haven't got any skeletons in my closet. I'm also going to learn mindfulness at my local Mind.
That's a good idea it helps a lot of people
How long do your bouts last for? This is by far my longest bout! Is yours event related?
I went through a bad bout in April and May.i really don't know why and apart from small bouts that passed in days I haven't been like that for a few years.i didn't really think I was going to feel as bad as that in my life again.i suppose that's part of it you can't really know when it is going to happen.in saying that last December my skin was irritating me and I said to my cpn my skin only bothers me when I'm ill.i said I hope it's not a sign of things to come.so maybe things had bee brewing since then my behaviour did change and I said that but no one wanted to listen.
That's odd about the skin. I don't get any indications. Have you always been on medication?