Muddles Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 While I have a clear head I would like to ask about particular vitamins people use to help with sleep, anxiety etc. I know magnesium is supposed to help, I have tried it but not sure if it helped or not. Didn't help with sleep. I have got some pure EPA fish oil. I'm a bit wary of taking anything but should try something. I tend to take my mirtazapine about one o'clock in the morning, as I only get about 4 hours sleep. I do sometimes nod off before but jolt awake within seconds. Is there anything that could help induse natural sleep for a while? Also I have seen a few people having tests to check for deficiencies. Does your GP carry this out. 2008 - Doctors appointment with stress induced anxiety led to Citalopram prescription. Severe adverse reaction Mirtazapine prescribed - adverse reaction but told to stay on. Poop out - December 2013 15mg Currently on 13.5mg, April 12mg May 10th - 11mg June 10th - 10mg July 8th - 9mg September - 0mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktp Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 my GP says take fish oil and B-multi and B6 are good for your brain esp your overactive brain. i think the fish oil is basically good for cholesterol numbers, which allegedly go bad behind ADs. better than lipitor etc! when i first got my Pristiq Rx the shrink actually Rx'd B-multi 50mg/day and B6 50 mg - way over RDA and deliberately so. GABA is supposed to be good, haven't tried it though. Calcium Magnesium preps like "AtoB Calm" and other brands, can quite rapidly calm you down, impressive. sleepytime tea (be sure to read the calming blurb on the box while you peacefully prepare your tea in fluffy bunny slippers) when nothing works and i'm jumping through my skin with high anxiety, xanax works a treat but sooo addictive avoid like plague. having somebody there to keep an eye on you might help. i remember being afraid to go to sleep, fearing i'd die etc, and having someone available or who will check on you can be a great comfort allowing you to relax and close your eyes. most other stuff that's been suggested to me has been less than impressive. i think lots if not most preps are pure bogo$ity disclaimer i am not a doctor nor do i play one on tv but i did stay in a holiday inn once. 20090810 Dx GeneralAnxietyDisorder & PanicDisorder. Rx Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) 50mg. stable, side effects minor but blurry vision, impotence, others. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/5418-ktp-weaning-from-4yrs-50mg-pristiq/ for more details. 20140210 switch Pristiq50mg (can't cut them!) to Effexor (venlafaxine, V) same drug but easier dose reduction (and mfr TEVA's beads are handily ~= 1mg ea). 20140218 125mgV 0309 112mg 0401:100mg, 410:75, 0506:70, 0512:65, 0525:56, 0614:37.5, 0620:30, 0624:27, 0630:26, 0706:24, 0724:22, 0801:20, 0804:19, 0808:18, 0813:17, 0818:16, 0819:15, 0821:13, 0903:12, 0911:11, 0918:10, 0921:9, 0927:8, 1001:6, 1021:5, missed a day?, darn, it was going so well, or so I thought. SEVERE ANXIETY, INSOMNIA. WAY TOO QUICK REDUCTIONS! hindsight: 0813:5%/5days, 0818:6%/5days, 0819:6%/1day, 0821:13%/2days, 0903: 7%/14days, 0911:8%/8days, 0918:9%/7days; 0921:10%/3days, 0927:11%/6days, 1001:25%/3days (still okay!) 1021:16%20days. guideline is 10%/30days = i am a self-diagnosed idiot. 20141103 back to 6mgV, xanax next several days. 1111 insomnia bad, 10mgAmbien slept well. 1112 8mgV no Ambien; miserable. 1113 Ambien+xanax, tough night. 1114 Very Tired. 0.125Xanax, 25mgV at 10, better 10min later. 20141115 37.5mg V +Ambien. miserable month, still insomnia & anxiety. 1214 upped to 75mg V, ate .125Xanax. 1215 37.5mg mornings; force sleep for one week and come back". 20150115 lots of appts lots of chat but we never get to MY agenda = meds discussion. Upping to 47.5mg mornings (no more xanax-, lunesta-forced sleep) but still anxious. PAYING BIGTIME FOR TOO-FAST WEANING in OCTOBER 2014! 20150220 50mg V. 20150330 still anxy each am let's try reducing: 45mg V 1/day mornings. 20150511:42mg, 0611:40, 0626:39, 0710:38, 0717:37, 0731:33, 0813:32, 0915:29, 0927:28, 1004:27, 1015:26, 1101:25, 1116:22mg/day. Still anxiety every morning, this sucks. 20151124 found a shrink who seems to get weaning: 20151125 add 10mg/day Prozac aka fluoxetine F, continue taper V to zero, then taper the F, "easier". 20151203:10mg Prozac=P 19mg V, 1213:10mgP17mgV, daily anx quieter but lurking. 1227:10mgP15mgV, 20160108:10mgP14mgV, 0124:10P13V, 0131:P10,V12. 0215 P10,V11. 0223:P10V10. 0314:P10V9. enjoying relatively quiet brain. 0407 P10V8, 0427P10V7, 0517P10V6, 0611P10V5, 0706P10V4, 0818P10V3, 0921P10V2, 1021P10V1, 20161128Prozac10mgVenlafaxine ZERO, 20170115 still anxious upped Prozac to 20mg/day, better anxiety control... 20190301 finally stable enough to consider weaning again, started skipping one day / week. 20190501 started skipping every 3rd day so 13.3mg/day average. several days long 1/2life must be why the docs think of prozac as 'self-tapering' i think it just means longer time between upsetting the cart and seeing apples all over the road. skipping is bad practice, even with longlife prozac: let's do liquid: 20190902 first day of 13mg via 5ml liquid made from 13 20mg caps in 100ml water. 20190921 12mg same way(7.7%/20days). 20191010 11mg (8.3%/20days) 20191031 10mg (9.1%/20days) 20191124 9mg (10.0%/24 days) 20191213 8.5mg (5.6%/20 days) 20191231 8mg (5.9%/20days) 20200120 hit a wall? going another 20 days at 8mg, just started Lisinopril for hypertension (caused by prozac withdrawal creating less-than-panic-grade anxiety??) and doubled atorvastatin to 40mg. Minimizing changes in general and had a semi-panic 4am 1/20... BP still wild. 20200208 back to 9mg daily anxiety starting about 1/18. 20200212 increase to 10mg prozac cap daily. anxiety still there but clears within hour of drugs. 20200222 still anxy 2 hrs after 10mg, added another 1mg and mucho better. 20200223 11mg early. anxious enough to be glad i can actually sit. will wait another 5 days before adding another milligram. 20200229 12mg prozac still anxious. 20200317 13mgProzac still anxious. 20200610 15mgProzac. bp under control with Losartan50mg (lisinopril cough dictates change) 20201028 10am met w Dr S. to switch back to Venlafaxine XR, "take 10mg prozac + 37mg VenlafaxineXR for a monththen quit prozac." i think i'll taper thanx... 20201116 9am start 10mgProzac,37Venlafaxine,40Statin,25Losartan,81Aspirin. 20201230 5mgProzac,37Venlafaxine,40Statin,25Losartan,81Aspirin. 20210124 4mgP,37V,40S,25L,81A. 20210213 3.5mgP,37V,40S,25L,81A; 20210306 3mgP,37V,40S,25L,81A 20210328 2.5mgP,37V,40S,25L,81A; 20210501 2.0mgP,37V,40S,25L,81A;20210519 1.5mgP,37V,40S,25L,81A; 20210607 1.5mgP,37V,40S,50L,81A. 20210614 1.0mgP,37V,40S, 50L,81A. 20210702 0.5mgP,37V,40S,50L,81A; 20210728; 0.0mgProzac,37.5Venlafaxine,40Atorvastatin50Losartan,81Aspirin; 20210917 0915am anxiety started about a week after dropping the last 0.5mg of prozac. just took 0.10mg xanax. 20210929 1:28 PM I'm anxious after so carefully weaning off prozac - the last 0.5mg may need to come back?? instead, trying an extra cap of 37.5mg venlafaxine, let's see if there's sudden relief? it seems possible. fingers x'd. not sure but 5 minutes later i think i feel better gawd i hope. 20210930 7am anxious out of bed, took drugs early and oops chewed them. no more drugs 2day. 11:41 AM 10/1/2021 very jagged today, avoiding the shower. took <1/6 of a .5mg xanax and still anxy at noon. 6:59 PM 10/4/2021 2nd or 3rd day of 75mg Venlafaxine met w/ shrink 2day he says i'm doing it right so 20210728 75.0mgVenlafaxine,40Atorvastatin,50Losartan,81Aspirin;10mgCarbidopa-Levodopa; 12/18/2021 112.5mgVenlafaxine, 40Atorvastatin, 50Losartan, 81Aspirin; 0.4mgFlowmax; 3x 25/100mgSinemet aka Carbidopa/Levodopa. 20220308 new neurologist, raising CL: 112.5mgVenlafaxine, 40Atorvastatin, 50Losartan, 81Aspirin; 0.4mgFlowmax; 4x 25/100mgSinemet aka Carbidopa/Levodopa. possibly need to reduce losartan to avoid fainting. 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