... I really need to get on something to help me lay down and rest my eyes. I can't keep doing this "up all night and sleep half the day away" situation. Night time comes and I just turn into a live wire of emotion, memory, and every negative thought you can think of. Or, I need to find someone who has the same problem so we can, at very least, not be up and wide awake/alone together.
-Beaujie
I was the same for months. As soon as I was in bed and it was quiet my head just started going over everything and worrying about everything. My Doctor changed me from sertraline to Mirtazapine last week to help me sleep and since then I've been sleeping like a baby.
Hey Tea,
Thanks so much for your response. I'm trying to think, knowing full well I could just Google it, what type of med Mirtazapine is? Okay, gonna Google it brb. Okay so it's a tetracyclic antidepressant. I have no clue what that actually means, but I remember that I was on this med at one time. I don't know if it was to try and get me to sleep, or for the actual antidepressant properties. I don't remember the dosage either. May I ask, what dosage are you using to gain consistent sleep/rest? Sertraline I was just on as well, but was taken off of in favor of Nortriptyline, which I'm now being switched off of in favor of an MAOI, which none of this helps, going on and off and never finding any measurable relief. You know how it goes, I'm sure. But I have to be off of any antidepressant for 14 days before I can begin an MAOI, so hoping nothing too negative results from not taking anything.
Hope you have a nice rest tonight, and talk soon 
-Beaujie
Hi Beaujie, I only started on Mirtazapine just over a week ago so I'm on a low dose, which is 15mg. My doctor has said I can go up to 30mg once I have gotten used to the meds, though. I'm not sure if once I get used to the meds my sleep won't be as good as it is now, but I have been told that Mirtazapine helps with sleep so hopefully I won't go back to how bad my sleep was before.Unfortunately it's a case of trial and error with antidepressants, hopefully we both find the ones that work best for us.
I wish that wasn't the case though as side effects from coming off them and starting new ones aren't nice, as im sure you know.
Hey Tea
I know we're both going to find the right pills for our needs. I know we will - you're completely right about it being trial and error, but I think if we are patient and follow "the rules," then we'll be alright at the end of the day - side effects be damned. I'm hoping the emotional day and just overall exhaustion are about to let me fall asleep. But maybe we can chat tomorrow ...
Sweet dreams,
-B
I hope you manage to get some rest. Not being able to sleep, especially when each day is hard enough anyway, is the worst.
Thanks so so much. I know, right? For me, and maybe others, being able to sleep is like the one respite from the gloom and doom of the daytime, at least in my current state/situation. If I can't get the sleep, either, I'm gonna be a mess.
I completely agree!
Beaujie, i hope you are asleep right now. Honey tea seems to help. Melatonin has its own side effect.Lunesta is a temp fix. How to run the world and rest the body completely is age old issue...For me it adds to MS and Cardio as well as depression.For me the night has less responsibility, safety, comfort. the other side of the coin is ...no life...socially. It is so peaceful to be here with you all at this time and also with not the crazy world in the day. it starts to show in the day...the body just doesnt take to being nocturnal , Miss my kids ALOT. best wishes on that sleep.
Hi Jackies,
Wow - thank you so much for your advice. I was at least on my way to sleep when you wrote this; I wish I had stayed vertical just for long enough to see this. You seem very wise with your insights, and I hope I can be a friend. MS and cardio? Please forgive my ignorance.
I couldn't agree more; night time is like a reprieve from so many stresses, and my body obviously does lend itself to my being a night owl - I think that's how I got through college, actually. BUT - I've kind of gotten to this place where I know that once the sun rises there are going to be certain demands and expectations of me, and whether or not I want them, they will be there. So, I need some way to revitalize in the darkness of night. The world won't just let me sit around and hide from it during the wild Wild West of the working day. But, I wish there was a way ...
Wishing you the best,
-Beaujie
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