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Elavil??? for sleep or not?



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01/09/2008 18:46
morgantaylor
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I'm so confused. I stopped taking my Cymbalta & Ultram b/c I was thinking they were causing me chaos w/ libido and orgasms. I am also taking Elavil at night-which I thought was to help me sleep, I just read up on Elavil, it is not a sleep aid, it is an antidepressant also. And one of it's side effects is no more orgasms

I know some of you have already read my post about problems w/ sex. That's not my concern w/ this post. I am so frustrated with the non-sleep. No wonder I would take the Elavil at 8 thinking I should be sleepy around 9-10 and still be wide awake at midnight.

You know what? A couple of years ago, my gp would give me xanax for my nerves, and it would make me sleep. I mentioned xanax to my internist when I was there for my last fibro appt, and she said "hell no, that's addictive". Well, I'm thinking so what if it's addictive? We're going to be in this boat for the rest of our lives...who cares if we get addicted to xanax? At least it will give us restful sleep at night instead of suffering all day AND all night.

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01/09/2008 19:33
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Morgan; Im no Doctor but I have taken enough medication to fill a pharmacy. Anyway during the time I have taken everything you have mentioned. My Doctors would tell me that some drugs are used interchangeably between some illness's I had found that the Elavil made me a total zombie in the mornings. So I started taking it earlier in the evening at 6:00 pm. I would finally be sleepy by 11:00 And found that the morning hanover would then last only a few hours. Everyone is different. I also gave up the Cymbalta gave me worst headaches. Anyway after I started getting some sleep, I started cutting the pills and only taking half a pill. I now only take it every couple of days. Whatever works huh! I hope it will work for you I have gone like 3 days when I finally collapsed, before I got Meds.

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01/09/2008 19:58
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morgan have you ever been evaluated for sleep disturbances? they are very common in fibro patients. since you are having so much trouble with your sleep cycle you may want to discuss it with your dr. if you haven't had it already. Unfortunately most of the medications we need antidepressants, muscle relaxers, pain meds will effect libido. the best we can hope for is to find the best combination for our symptoms with the least amount of side effects

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01/09/2008 20:20
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Elavil made me so fat....so fast

I have tried every sleep med under the sun

Honestly one OTC gel cap works the best for me now

good luck

Theresa


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