So very tired all the time...

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-10-2003
So very tired all the time...
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Thu, 03-10-2005 - 12:40pm

How do you deal with the side effects of your medication?

Mine makes me so very sleepy all the time... I can just sleep and sleep and sleep (17 hours this past Sunday) and it makes it so hard to stay awake and concentrate at work during the week... not to mention getting anything done at home...

Are there medications that can counter-act the side effects of other medications? Or are there other things I could do to counter act the fatigue?

Just curious. This is somewhat new for me. Just started on Abilify a few months ago and thought maybe this tiredness would go away after a while, but it hasn't.

Cat

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Thu, 03-10-2005 - 2:13pm

I feel your pain...I just started Lithium about 2.5 weeks ago, and I'm SO sleepy all the time...I can barely stay awake at work, then by the time i get home, i am laying down...and usually asleep by 8...my pdoc says it should go away.

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Registered: 01-05-2004
Thu, 03-10-2005 - 2:28pm

I take Abilify and Seroquel, but I take most of it at night. While I still go to bed early, NLT 2100, I can function in the morning. My doc also added a little Concerta in the morning, and it helps. I also have a coffee every morning.

Good luck, and talk to your pdoc....

Rowan

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Registered: 06-10-2003
Thu, 03-10-2005 - 2:52pm

Glad to know I'm not alone in this. Thanks for the suggesstions and I will talk to my Pdoc at my next appointment and see what he thinks...

Meanwhile, I guess I should be happy for the sleep as I didn't used to get much at all...

I've just been a tiny bit frustrated as it seems I have just traded some yucky symptoms for others... Granted, sleepy is better than hypomania and anxiety, but I just want to feel "normal" sometimes...

Cat