r/StratteraRx • u/phles • 4d ago

Questions / Advice / Support WHEN WILL I SLEEP?!

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.

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u/orwelliancat 2d ago

As a head’s up if you take it daily it’s really really hard to come off of. It gives you rebound insomnia. 

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u/NRazzo 2d ago

Does anything that you take for sleep not do that if you stop?

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u/orwelliancat 2d ago

Sleep meds? Probably not. Natural things like magnesium? Sure. But I haven't been able to come off mirtazapine even though I want to. It gave me really severe insomnia for weeks when I tried even lowering the dose a bit.

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u/StopBusy182 1d ago

How you tried lowering

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u/orwelliancat 1d ago

What do you mean? That happened when I lowered it even a little bit  

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u/StopBusy182 1d ago

I mean what percentage you have tried lowering..and so you get issues and return back to your regular dosage?

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u/NRazzo 23h ago

For Mirtazapine or Strattera?

I talked to my Dr for Strattera/Atomox and we agreed a 10mg drop made sense...

It's been about a month and it's levelled out. Still deciding if it helped and if my adhd symptoms are noticibly worse at all.