I know this is med related, cause every time I go off of the meds (even for a few days) waking up is not a problem. Yet I go back on the Neurontin and Klonopin... and waking up in the morning is impossible.

It's gotten so bad that I've missed very important meetings and appointments.

There have been many times that I've stayed up for several days. Was that mania? Could be. Yet it was more like avoiding going to sleep so I could avoid having to wake up.

I'll either miss the alarm completely, go right back to sleep, or lay in bed unable to move for about an hours. The first couple hours of my day I am in a complete haze.

I have somewhere to be tomorrow at 1 PM. I know if I go to sleep I won't be able to make it. So? I'm gonna have to stay up through the night.

There's gotta be another way. This isn't healthy. Yet what should I do? Find different meds? Take them at a different time? I usually take them in the morning. Change the dose?

I don't wanna have anymore panic attacks or mood swings, but not being able to wake up is causing a lot of difficulty in my every day funcitoning.

Hey... I just made a post about the same issue in the Zyprexa forum. I don't know anything that will help though...

All I can suggest is that you try some sleep hygiene stuff (like going to bed and trying to get up at the same time every day, and do exercise, and stuff). But if you're like me, the effect of that sort of thing is pretty minimal.

Hide your alarm clock somewhere difficult to get? I'm trying to do that. But I suppose you might just sleep through it anyway.

Helen

Unless the meds make you feel more awake and keep you from sleeping, it might be worth trying out
PM dosing for a while to see if it helps. I don't use either med, so I'm not sure if it would hurt you if you're
otherwise stable.

I take a little bit of Adderall sometimes to help me shake off the Seroquel in the morning, especially if I have to be at work. My p-doc didn't want to give it to me, but eventually he caved and gave me a tiny bit, just enough to wake up without making me speedy or edgy. It's a great drug, esp. when combined with a benzo.

To come at it from a completely different angle, I had the same problem this spring, got a comprehensive blood screen, and found out I was anemic. When I did iron supplementation that helped.

Now I feel the same way again, but doc and I have determined it is a mixed state.

Just some ideas....

The only thing that woke me up when I was on meds was my telephone. I could put the alarm clock across the room or set three different alarm clocks to go off ten minutes apart, but somehow I always managed to sleep through the alarm and turn them off in my sleep. I have a friend who also woke up when her telephone rang, even though alarm clocks had no effect upon her. I don't know why our telephones could wake us up when absolutely nothing else could, but it was nice that something did. The gigantic problem with this, though, is obvious -- first you have to find someone who is willing and able to call you at the time in the morning that you need to get up, and then they have to remember to actually do it.

I'm sure it's possible that different meds might help your situation, but I really don't know too much about that, as every doctor I've had but one completely ignored me whenever I complained to them that I was unable to wake up in the morning and couldn't function that way.

I want a Clocky. My mother can't phone every time I have an appointment, after all.

I want a clocky!

It's good to hear I'm not the only one who only wakes up with a phone call. For awhile I used iPing, but then it stopped recognizing my phone number. Now that I'm moving, I hope it works again.

i have this same issue i am on 150 mg of Effexor XR and have been for about 4 years...but this has just started recently i did some researching to try and see wat it could be and the only thing i could come up with was Delayed Sleep-Phase Syndrome. it seemed t odescribe alot of the symptoms i was having.. it may not be the same for you but worth a shot i suppose

LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome