TOT Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I went from sleeping 17 hours a day to not being able to sleep. Benadryl stopped working. OTC sleeping pills stopped working. Seroquel wasn't working. Remeron didn't help. Zyprexa helped for one or two nights, then stopped working. The *only* thing that lets me sleep now is Melatonin. I've been taking it for a couple of months now. I sleep about 9 hours every night. Figured i'd share, maybe it can help someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen78 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 You have to be careful not to take melatonin with AD meds tho. It does work great for sleep tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertolobat Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Good to know, I was always somewhat skeptic of OTC supplements or herbal remedies. Gonna give it a try, maybe it will help me in reducing my night klonopin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Me and melatonin dont really mix. It helped at first, but never ended up being a drug added to current meds. What dose are you on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanoid Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It used to not help me at all, but I started taking it again the past two weeks at the advice of my pdoc and it does help me go to sleep really easily, but I have been waking up so many times during the night and I'm having really weird dreams (normally I don't dream at all.) I'm wondering if melatonin is doing this to me or if it's one of my other meds, since I just started back on them. Still taking the melatonin, though, I like the nice quiet sleepiness it gives me, it feels really nice. I used to use klonopin for my insomnia like stuff, but it doesn't work for that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOT Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 Jen - why not take it with AD meds? My doc didn't say there was a problem.Oh, and i just take one pill, i think it's 3mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOT Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 Ah, found this - http://www.sleeping-with-a-sleeping-disorder.com/melatonin-and-drug-interactions.html 2 of my meds are on the interaction list, but i've had none of the interactions they mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen78 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Jen - why not take it with AD meds? My doc didn't say there was a problem. Oh, and i just take one pill, i think it's 3mg Just going off of what my pdoc told me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 When I tried it I took about 0.5 mg ... any more than that I would have had a worse reaction to it than I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubibear22 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I love melatonin. It's the only thing that works for me. The only problem is that my body starts to get used to it so every 3 weeks I have to increase the amount that I take. Right now I am taking 6 every night. It's a good thing they are natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOT Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Natural does not equal harmless. Do some research on what taking too much can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Natural does not equal harmless. Do some research on what taking too much can do. ^ This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjimjam Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I just started it again tonight. I took it years ago. My pdoc rxd it and I think I was on Effexor at the time. So it might be alright with ADs. It didn't work but Seroquel has stopped knocking me out so I'm desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I just started it again tonight. I took it years ago. My pdoc rxd it and I think I was on Effexor at the time. So it might be alright with ADs. It didn't work but Seroquel has stopped knocking me out so I'm desperate. I'm on Effexor and I've started taking melatonin again. I've taken it on and off for awhile. When I quit taking Seroquel in July, I had to take 10mg of melatonin (the highest dose out there), 50mg of Benadryl, 2mg of klonipin and at the time I was taking 500mg of Depakote. I still slept restlessly. As my pdoc increased my Depakote (since I was no longer on the Seroquel), I stopped taking so much melatonin and stopped the Benadryl and actually started taking the same melatonin my kids take--it's a liquid version--and I think I was taking 3mg. (They take, like, 1mg.) Then I got depressed and didn't need anything to help me sleep. Then I got REALLY depressed and my pdoc put m on Effexor and then I stopped being able to sleep so now I'm back to taking melatonin. It helps me fall asleep but not as fast as it used to and I sleep really restlessly but I think that may be because of the Effexor, not the melatonin. From the beginning, the Effexor made me sleepy during the day but restless at night. Plus I was depressed, so I laid around in bed a lot while my kids were in school and I thought that was adding to it so I stopped hiding in bed. But I still have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep at night. I've thought about taking my Depakote/klonipin later (I take it around 8 pm) but I'm afraid I won't be able to get up at 5:45 when my alarm goes off. So the depakote/klonipin make me tired but I can't sleep so I always end up getting up and taking some melatonin but I still have SO many dreams (just like you said, humanoid) and it sometimes feels like it's the same dream and I'm just having it all night long. Plus I toss and turn and wake up a lot and sometimes when I wake up, I find it takes me 30 minutes or longer to fall back asleep. It's really frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I have always had sleep issues, eversince being a child. So a few years ago I bought a bottle of Melatonin thinking it would help. I took one pill (don't know how many mg it was) and within a half an hour I felt so incredibly weird that I had a panic attack and was anxious the rest of the night. So I stay away from Melatonin due to that reaction. If I really can't sleep, I take ativan. Otherwise, I lay in bed for 3 hours before I finally fall asleep. ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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