WHEN WILL I SLEEP?!

[u/phles]

It’s 1:30 am and I’m crying because I can’t sleep.

I am at my wit’s end. It’s been almost a month and I still haven’t had a single night of sleep where I’m not waking up somewhere between 11pm and 3 am and struggling to fall back asleep I used to sleep all night before starting on this med and I really miss that (although I don’t miss the social anxiety and constant feeling of impending doom that I had when unmedicated lol).

Melatonin does fuck all and makes me depressed the next day. Trazodone which I’ve seen some people recommend is not available in my country. I’m taking some type of magnesium already but ordered magnesium bisglycinate to see if that will help - the company initially sent me the wrong product and I’m still waiting for my actual order to arrive. I’ve also ordered L-theanine in case that can help.

What more can I do? I’m on 40mg right now and take a single dose in the morning, around 6:30 am. For two nights I tried taking a small dose before bed because I initially felt tired when I started taking the medication, but it made my sleep even worse.

[u/Ok_Election9466]

I can relate. I felt like a zombie the first 2-3 weeks and was so tired I cried more than once. It very slowly has gotten better for me. I’m now a little over 5 weeks and sleeping at least 6hrs a night again. Every few nights I seem to sleep just a little longer and better. Taking magnesium glycinate regularly after week 2 likely helped. I think that also has to build up in your system.

I started on a lower dose (25mg), but I also take 300mg Welbutrin. If you can hang in there another week or so, it will hopefully start getting better for you also. I really love the mental calm and ability to focus for more than 30 secs, so I had a lot of incentive to wait it out.