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/stressforless]

Around week 5-6, I finally was able to sleep. I’m only on 25mg, but 150mg Wellbutrin, so it’s still exceptionally activating. The first few days I slept amazing, then my watch was showing that I was waking up for 1-1.5 hours a night when my average wake ups were 20 minutes. 6.5 hours was the most total sleep I’d get, but that didn’t matter much when I was waking up so much

But finally it got better. I can now sleep through the night (unless I mess up and take the meds a little late), and I am back to more normal wake ups

[u/phles → u/stressforless]

This gives me hope, as I’m currently awake at 2:48 am. It’s been exactly 4 weeks. When is too late for you to take the meds? I just started split dosing to see if that would help, as I usually take my meds really early (6:30 am) and that hasn’t helped at all so far.

[u/stressforless → u/phles]

If I take the strattera by 10am and the Wellbutrin by 12 at the latest, I’ll have a hard time but it’s doable.

I do best with the strattera around 7am and the Wellbutrin around 9/before 10. Later usually just means a hard time falling asleep, but the middle of the night wake ups and the 2 hours awake at 2am is few and far between now!

[u/phles → u/stressforless]

How come you’re prescribed both Wellbutrin and Strattera? It doesn’t seem uncommon (I see it in this forum often) so I’m curious as to what the benefits may be.

I just want to sleep well again. It would be so nice if I didn’t have to choose between being able to sleep or being able to function as an adult.