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Can't sleep at night, only during day time
by scila, Nov 27, 2008 10:34PM
Hi,
In the beginning of the year I started taking fluoxetin 40mg for mild depression, since then, I feel like I'm a hypochondriac with sleep disorders. I keep searching on the internet for what I "have" but I can't find anything.
What happens to me is that I usually can't sleep at night, I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back sleeping, but then I fall sleepy during the morning. I'm always sleepy. Or, sometimes, I go to bed at 6pm and sleep until 8am. It is really something I can't explain, It feels like I making this up, but I'm not.
Since depression or even before, I always slept a lot, I used to need 9h/10h hours sleep at night, but I never had had this kind of insomnia/hypersomnia symptoms. It is driving me crazy. And now, just to help, I moved to UK (I'm from a tropical country) and since two days ago I can't get out of bed or I fall sleep during the day. I'm not feeling depressed or sad... please help.
In the beginning of the year I started taking fluoxetin 40mg for mild depression, since then, I feel like I'm a hypochondriac with sleep disorders. I keep searching on the internet for what I "have" but I can't find anything.
What happens to me is that I usually can't sleep at night, I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back sleeping, but then I fall sleepy during the morning. I'm always sleepy. Or, sometimes, I go to bed at 6pm and sleep until 8am. It is really something I can't explain, It feels like I making this up, but I'm not.
Since depression or even before, I always slept a lot, I used to need 9h/10h hours sleep at night, but I never had had this kind of insomnia/hypersomnia symptoms. It is driving me crazy. And now, just to help, I moved to UK (I'm from a tropical country) and since two days ago I can't get out of bed or I fall sleep during the day. I'm not feeling depressed or sad... please help.
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I started with 0.25 mg. and I am taking 1 mg. Itried to reduce it but it does not work.I started this drug 1991.Before that also i used to take other drugs.It is a chronic affair.
During all there years i have searched for some alternative therapy, yoga, acupresure massage, meditation,and almost everything. still i need to take drug every night.
I wish I get 8 hrs sleep without any drug. my search is continuing.
I have hypothyrodism, tight feet(sole) feelings, Age related macular deterioration ( making reading most difficult-i use magnifying glass to read) and deafness(use hearing Aid)
It seems I am from another planet not responding to any drugs or therapy. available on this earth. the search is going on. If you happen to get some thing pleas let me know.
Try yoga or some alternative treatment. atleast you will feel that you are doing something on your on.
I have heard about Oaone therapy. You may search in the web. It available at your place try it. Keep me posted. I will post to you if I find something. Recently I have started Urine therapy.It did help me for my acicity and constipation. I hope it cures other thing as well. enough material is available on the web or urotherapy(urine therapy)