Help How do I sleep while Im on meds?

[LunarEc]

Im on prozac 40mgs, It's annoying that I have to take it. I don't feel any difference, I lie a lot especially to my psychiatrist and my counselor. Do you want to kill yourself? I just answer no, and whenever she asks what Im feeling, I just say good. I don't feel good though, I've been feeling numb for a while, the meds make it even worse, It's bothering me that I cant sleep. How can I knock myself out, I dont want something that's gonna make me bleed or have some bruise on my head, not looking to die currently... I already made a couple line cuts with a razor on my hand, that didn't make me feel any better. It helps calm something in me but it's not enough eventually I'll do something more drastic than a simple cut, but now Im just looking to actually sleep. I haven't slept in 2 days.

 

[conflagration]

Stop taking that shit. SSRI does not help but can give nasty side effects like emotional numbing, loss of sexuality and sleep problems. They destroyed my life.

 

[yowai]

tell your doc you can't sleep and maybe you'll get some seroquel or something else. i know its bad advice but maybe get drunk just this time? basically force yourself to doze off. listen to asmr if it helps you

 

[LunarEc]

Stop taking that shit. SSRI does not help but can give nasty side effects like emotional numbing, loss of sexuality and sleep problems. They destroyed my life.

I'll have to take it, she said eventually theyll change it. They're just waiting another month to test it out. My problem isn't that Im feeling numb, that wasnt an effect of the medicine, I've felt like that before, and I'm not into any self-pleasure activities so I wouldnt care if it affects me sexually. I just hate that it's making me have a hard time to sleep. Melatonin wouldnt work either. Im always so energetic that I could run a marathon and not get tired out.

tell your doc you can't sleep and maybe you'll get some seroquel or something else. i know its bad advice but maybe get drunk just this time? basically force yourself to doze off. listen to asmr if it helps you

told her, but all they do is test things on me. They said theyll have to try leveling the dosage up each time until it no longer helps is when they change it. I also don't drink, I dont like losing complete control. I might just go take a hand full of melatonin and try to sleep it off with some music. Thanks though I just figured someone here struggles with the same thing, I dont know any other way to sleep better.

 

[yowai]

I'll have to take it, she said eventually theyll change it. They're just waiting another month to test it out. My problem isn't that Im feeling numb, that wasnt an effect of the medicine, I've felt like that before, and I'm not into any self-pleasure activities so I wouldnt care if it affects me sexually. I just hate that it's making me have a hard time to sleep. Melatonin wouldnt work either. Im always so energetic that I could run a marathon and not get tired out.

uhh if you're bipolar antidepressants can make you manic so tell that to the doctor too

 

[LunarEc]

uhh if you're bipolar antidepressants can make you manic so tell that to the doctor too

Im not but I'll look into it, thanks.

 

[DivineSpark]

For me it is opposite, my schizophrenia meds knock me out. I have no trouble of sleeping. Especially when I take them before going to sleep.

 

[LunarEc]

For me it is opposite, my schizophrenia meds knock me out. I have no trouble of sleeping. Especially when I take them before going to sleep.

Yeh but Im not schizophrenic and I dont got any meds that treat schizophrenia. Just Prozac and some other meds for my guts. Whatever they give you probably has some sedative effects, I wish they gave me something similar but youll have to beg them for prescription nowadays.

 

[J&L383]

Stop taking that shit. SSRI does not help but can give nasty side effects like emotional numbing, loss of sexuality and sleep problems. They destroyed my life.

I had problems with a couple of SSRI's. Definitely sleep, I remember not sleeping for a whole night and that was too much. And then lost my appetite. Nothing worse than an underweight insomniac Just those two things alone were depressing so what's the point? I was hoping it would help because I have two family members that it seems to work for but it's so hit and miss.

 

[Higurashi415]

I had problems with a couple of SSRI's. Definitely sleep, I remember not sleeping for a whole night and that was too much. And then lost my appetite. Nothing worse than an underweight insomniac Just those two things alone were depressing so what's the point? I was hoping it would help because I have two family members that it seems to work for but it's so hit and miss.

Haha I'd go from insomnia to hypersomnia, and I was in general more stupid and slow.
I don't want to discourage anyone from trying them though, like you said, they are hit and miss. Sometimes they hit though, it has to be said. About 33% of the time
(which is both disappointing and encouraging... imagine there was a pill that could fix your depression and it has a probability of 1/3 of working... I would definitely take it. And I did. Didn't work for me, but it doesn't mean it doesn't work)

 

[fly]

Im on prozac 40mgs, It's annoying that I have to take it. I don't feel any difference, I lie a lot especially to my psychiatrist and my counselor. Do you want to kill yourself? I just answer no, and whenever she asks what Im feeling, I just say good. I don't feel good though, I've been feeling numb for a while, the meds make it even worse, It's bothering me that I cant sleep. How can I knock myself out, I dont want something that's gonna make me bleed or have some bruise on my head, not looking to die currently... I already made a couple line cuts with a razor on my hand, that didn't make me feel any better. It helps calm something in me but it's not enough eventually I'll do something more drastic than a simple cut, but now Im just looking to actually sleep. I haven't slept in 2 days.

Hi,
higher doses of melatonin helped me in phases with harsh sleep problems. I cant tell if thats an option for you but atleast the sideeffects are way less there.

Love you all <3

 

[divinemistress36]

Prozac is a stimulating antidepressant. You could ask your doctor about Trazadone antidepressant that helps people sleep.