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How Can Insomnia After Discontinuing Anti-depressants Be Treated?
Hi. I took some antidepressant medications a couple years ago. I stopped taking them a couple of years ago. That is also when I developed some sleeping problems. I ve had sleep problems since then. I feel like somehow my biological clock got upset somehow. Is there a medication I can take to kind of put my brain back into the proper sleep pattern? My sleep was acceptable before that happened. YYYY@YYYY I will try to look at my email sometime soon to receive answers, thank you.
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
Hi,
Problems with sleep can be due to other problems like depression and anxiety or other physical conditions but in some patients problems with sleep are isolated (not accompanied to other conditions). If your sleep problems are related to anxiety and depression, treatment of these conditions is necessary to treat the sleep problems and you will need to talk with your doctor to start you on drugs that help with anxiety and depression (SSRI, citalopram for example).
If the sleep problems are isolated and not related to other conditions than starting with sleep hygiene is important: go to bed in the same time and get up in the same time each day. Don't sleep during the day. Don't do activities like exercise or computer work before sleep. Stay in a quiet room with not much strong light before bed time. Avoid screens a couple of hours before bed time. Stay in bed only if you want to sleep. Don't stay in bed longer than 20 minutes awake... Etc.
If sleep hygiene is not helping enough then medications like Melatonin can be tried and Trazodone is another option. Please talk to your doctor on the needed medications and their prescription.
Problems with sleep can be due to other problems like depression and anxiety or other physical conditions but in some patients problems with sleep are isolated (not accompanied to other conditions).
If your sleep problems are related to anxiety and depression, treatment of these conditions is necessary to treat the sleep problems and you will need to talk with your doctor to start you on drugs that help with anxiety and depression (SSRI, citalopram for example).
If the sleep problems are isolated and not related to other conditions than starting with sleep hygiene is important: go to bed in the same time and get up in the same time each day. Don't sleep during the day. Don't do activities like exercise or computer work before sleep. Stay in a quiet room with not much strong light before bed time. Avoid screens a couple of hours before bed time. Stay in bed only if you want to sleep. Don't stay in bed longer than 20 minutes awake.
If sleep hygiene is not helping enough then medications like melatonin can be tried and trazodone is another option. Please talk to your doctor on the needed medications and their prescription.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Problems with sleep can be due to other problems like depression and anxiety or other physical conditions but in some patients problems with sleep are isolated (not accompanied to other conditions). If your sleep problems are related to anxiety and depression, treatment of these conditions is necessary to treat the sleep problems and you will need to talk with your doctor to start you on drugs that help with anxiety and depression (SSRI, citalopram for example).
If the sleep problems are isolated and not related to other conditions than starting with sleep hygiene is important: go to bed in the same time and get up in the same time each day. Don't sleep during the day. Don't do activities like exercise or computer work before sleep. Stay in a quiet room with not much strong light before bed time. Avoid screens a couple of hours before bed time. Stay in bed only if you want to sleep. Don't stay in bed longer than 20 minutes awake... Etc.
If sleep hygiene is not helping enough then medications like Melatonin can be tried and Trazodone is another option. Please talk to your doctor on the needed medications and their prescription.
Problems with sleep can be due to other problems like depression and anxiety or other physical conditions but in some patients problems with sleep are isolated (not accompanied to other conditions).
If your sleep problems are related to anxiety and depression, treatment of these conditions is necessary to treat the sleep problems and you will need to talk with your doctor to start you on drugs that help with anxiety and depression (SSRI, citalopram for example).
If the sleep problems are isolated and not related to other conditions than starting with sleep hygiene is important: go to bed in the same time and get up in the same time each day. Don't sleep during the day. Don't do activities like exercise or computer work before sleep. Stay in a quiet room with not much strong light before bed time. Avoid screens a couple of hours before bed time. Stay in bed only if you want to sleep. Don't stay in bed longer than 20 minutes awake.
If sleep hygiene is not helping enough then medications like melatonin can be tried and trazodone is another option. Please talk to your doctor on the needed medications and their prescription.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
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