Can't Find the Right Medication For My Symptoms. On Medicaid Posted: 10-08-07 20:51pm
i was diagnosed with schizophrenia many
years ago due to hearing voices. i have
been on haldol which was crippling, got
off it, then onto risperdal, geodon, and
seroquel. the most tolerable is risperdal
however i tend to need something to help
me get to sleep very badly. i dont fall
asleep easily. thats when my psychiatric
nurse moved me on to geodon then seroquel
along with risperal. both of these i find
not very tolerable at all. with seroquel
i will sleep very sound though i might
suffer some bad hallucinations getting
there. and i will oversleep with it.
with geodon i will sleep ok, get to sleep
easy enough, though when i wake up i dont
want to get out of bed. if i do i simply
retreat to my bed and just lay there sort
of hoping i could sleep or rest but just
lay down for many hours and when i do
finally get out of bed when i move around
i will put on these horrible faces due to
me not being able to tolerate it.
risperdal would be ok if i could sleep.
the voices are pretty much not an issue.
i was hoping if someone could suggest a
medicaid medication that might work given
what i have said that i can suggest to my
psychiatric nurse.
i would appreciate it very much since i
feel my psychiatric nurse has run out of
options. i dont know what she will put me
on next.
thank you very much
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Philo
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Posted: 10-09-07 08:37am
I found that on zyprexa I was sleeping a
lot, also during the day. Risperdal is the
best for me, I sleep just enough. What's
your dose of risperdal? Maybe you need a
bit more of it? I did know a person that
slept all day becasue of it though.
Why can't you fall asleep? is it the
rushing thoughts or stuff? Do you think
you might have a sleeping disorder instead
of schizophrenia being the culprit?
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sleepyhead303
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I Dont Hear Voices Very Often Or Have Rushing Thoughts. Posted: 10-09-07 18:27pm
i take 4mg of risperdal during the day and
4mg at night. still can't get to sleep.
also after i do fall asleep i tend to
sleep for 12 hours or so. thats a long
time to have to be in bed. zyprexa i have
been on but i dont remember how it
effected me. i'm thinking better than
seroquel and geodon. geodon is the worst
out of a lower dose of seroquel and geodon
since it nearly caused me to have a car
wreck and i was startled that i could not
catch my own bad judgement. it also makes
me make weird faces because of how bad i
feel. i still feel very poorly from
seroquel after i wake up. also after
about 12 hours of sleep. both of them
undesireable for me. risperdal i manage
the best only occasionally hear voices.
not being able to get to sleep i dont like
at all though.
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Philo
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Posted: 10-10-07 10:31am
If you sleep 12 hrs it's no wonder you
can't get to sleep. Whenever I sleep that
long the next night I can't sleep till 4
am. You should try to wake up earlier, set
an alarm clock or have someone wake you.
It might be hard at first.
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PsychNurse007
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Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 14
Posted: 10-15-07 00:36am
Have you talked to your psych nurse about
putting you on a supplimental medicine
just to help with the insomnia? Some good
sleep meds to try: trazodone, vistaril
(similiar to benadryl) or possibly try a
benzodiazepine like ativan or xanax
although these are not good for use every
night as they are habit forming.
Risperdal seems to be a good medicine but
maybe have your nurse try giving you a
larger dose in the AM and a smaller dose
at night, or moving your nighttime dose up
to say 4pm.
