I have bipolar disorder, high anxiety, ptsd, and fibromyalgia. at night I am finding it most difficult to sleep and am taking lorazapam for this, but am still waking through the night, and then being anxious and on edge the next day, can you help?
2007-08-10 00:35:09 · 6 answers · asked by Rachie Rees 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I found that lorazapam was not the best medication for my anxiety. It is fast acting but it wears off quickly and that may be why you wake up anxious. I take klonopin because it's longer lasting. Talk to your doctor about possibly trying klonopin. That's all I can think of since that's what works for me.
2007-08-10 02:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, I too have BP, anxiety, ptsd and borderline personality disorder. Have been on lorazapam for about 8 months now for anxiety 1mg. 3 x daily which really works for me. Although I've heard it works well for some for sleep it is not nearly strong enough. After several different sleep meds, I've finally found Prosom to be very effective in keeping me asleep for about six hours and no side effects the next morning. Just thought I would share.
2007-08-11 09:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by laura d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had anxiety during exams in school and started taking the same medication, after exams when i stopped taking the medication, i was really shaken, shivering, so i started to exercise, kept going places and diverted myself until I got used to not taking medicines anymore. My brother had bipolar so the doctors prescribed the same medicine and he was very anxious and unconfident all the time, so i started rationing him the tablets and slowly decreased the dosage and simultaneously brought him a car so that he can go out ger distracted with friends and not worry about his bipolar anymore-ud be surprised to see how quickly he recovered after stopping the medication. Most of the time doctors over rate bipolar and use strong medications which will cause rebound sleep (ull wake up tierd). Bipolar is soo common that most american presidents and winston churchill had it-smart people get bipolar because of persistant thoughts-I wouldnt worry about it. Start reducing ur medication gradually-its ****
2007-08-10 01:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by kkkkkkkkkkkkk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh geez, the medications for that disorder are really hard to get right. It seems that different people react so differently to them. Has your doctor tried one of the mood stabilizers like Lithium, Lamictal, Tegretol? Talk to your doc and tell them your medication is not doing the trick.
2007-08-10 00:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow rachie, sounds like you have a lot on your plate. I would recommend exercise to try to work down your stress hormone levels and improve your sleep, that should have enough of a knock-on effect to improve your overall mood.
2007-08-10 00:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by kerrywoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up this website:
www.mindmotivations.com
i am currently listening to the Fear and Panic Free cd. It's worth a go.
2007-08-10 00:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋