Re: sleep and antidepressants
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@webtv.com)
Thu Nov 4 08:06:52 1999
At Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Merri Ellen wrote:
>
>Hello to all!
>
>I have taken the elavil for three days now and finally hit the correct
>time frame to allow 7-8 hours fo uninteruppted sleep. I have to be up
>and functional to drive my husband to work at 4:30 am. The three days
>of GOOD sleep have made a tremendous change in my perspective. I did
>not realize the toll of being sleep deprived! I did follow through with
>the first round of GI series testing and I had a friend come along to
>play cards with me while I endured the waiting end of the procedure. I
>also started taking the Celexa and I am not sure what is supposed to
>happen. I really feel that the lack of sleep, the pain, the
>uncertainty, and memories of past adhesion lysis surgeries were
>combining to put me over the edge emotionally. I felt like NOTHING was
>within my control and that I was strapped in for the ride.
>
>Thank you to each of you who responded to my questions about the
>fibromyalgia and the combination of antidepressants. The pain does not
>seem to have changed but my husband says I am finally sleeping through
>the night without thrashing.
>
>I plan on asking the doctor about this but I thought I would pose the
>question here also. What does the combination of the two
>antidepressants do to the pain threshhold? Does the fact of my being so
>desperately sleep deprived affect my tolerance to pain? It would seem
>that this is true...at least in my case.
>
>Also...I have noticed that many of you describe your current BM status
>as laxative induced. Since I am on the beginning curve of this
>experience, would you post some hind-sight advice? What would you have
>done differently? So far I have remained laxative free and have used
>immodium products to control IBS outbursts. I am frightened by the
>stories that are shared here on the forum. The last place on earth I
>want to end up is in an emergency ward with a bowel obstruction!!! Thank
>you for sharing and you are all in my prayers.
>
>--
>Merri Ellen
>
Merri Ellen,
I am so glad the elavil is working for you, sleep does put us in a much
beter frame f mind. I had the first restless sleep i have had in about
6 onths, funny things for me are still on a roller coaster ride, at
least i have spoke up yesterday, my husband said I am too quiet and do
not want to be demanding, and now I suffer the consequences.
I do take laxatives daily merri ellen, and I now think some of this pain
now is from them. I think not only the adhesions all over the
intestines, but on top of the laxatives for over a yera and a half, I am
ruinning them bad. This is why I am considering this surgery before the
intergel, I cannot wait, the emotion ride is getting rough, even though
counselor at pain center helps, I have those awful thoughts again, and
they do scare me, especially the deal with my husband. WHERE the words
I do not love you came from last week I do not know. Well try hard to
move bowels naturally, I even eat grapes , prune juice, and they say
ALOT ALOT ALOT of water, and I hate water! try to stay away from the
laxatives if you can.
Love, toni