Topic Title: SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problems?)
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, Tue 31 May 23:14
I just bought some Walgreens brand SJW....haven't taken any yet, but would like to start tomorrow....my life is out of control and I can't keep calm. Was on Paxil for 8 years and got off it finally (4 attempts) just over a month ago...but I take sleeping pills to sleep....right now OTC brands...I believe it's Sominex...is there any problems with SJW interacting with such a pill? Or is it safe since it's an herb?
Any help Kelly or others would be totally appreciated....I want to feel somewhat normal again....
Thanks...
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| | "Re(1):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Wed 1 Jun 06:05
Hi Chris, I read your posts and our situations couldn't sound more similar. Years of paxil, finally getting off of that, feeling good, a move, some financial strains, creeping axiety and depression...
I am ready to start sjw also. We can compare and encourage each other for support.
I don't know about sominex, if Im having a really hard time getting any sleep I will take a benadryl. I know that one is safe and effective for me.
Best Wishes.
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| | | "Re(2):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Wed 1 Jun 13:17
A friend of mine mentioned benadryl too...weird...I guess I missed out on the whole antihistimine put you to sleepamine...I am going to start this SJW asap...I have the bottles, but I'm afraid to take the first one...why? Stupidity...I guess I need to suck it up and just give it a shot and see if it doesn't like me or not..trying to think positive...but not doing a very good job..glad I have a buddy in this though...I wish you well as well....hope someone else says that it's ok to take sleep aides and SJW with no extra feeling of grogginess or anything....here goes nothin...
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| | | "Re(3):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Wed 1 Jun 17:03
I would think the anxiety over taking something is part and parcel of what anxiety is, huh? I know I do the same thing.
I went and bought a bottle of regular sj and took one today before my usual laid back period when the toddler takes his nap.
Besides my silly nervousness in taking it, I seem to have lived through it just fine. (I have ordered the Amoryn but it wont be here for a few days)
I will have to remind myself it took several weeks for the precription meds to really work too. It is hard to not run to the Doc and beg for something. (not that you need to beg, they are more than ok with writing out those meds)
Let me know how you are doing.
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| | | "Re(4):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Wed 1 Jun 17:14
Well my new friend...I'm 3 hours in to my first pill...and I didn't die..so that's good...I don't know if I have a headache cause of it or of the crying I did earlier...had an emotional conversation with my mom...but I'm a little calmer than I thought I'd be...almost time to take the next pill...maybe in an hour or so...yeah got to ride out the first month to see if it's my bag or not...just wish I could get home and get started working on my life....but it looks like I have 6 more days stuck in Cali before going back to Oregon...so you have a baby eh? I'm jealous...although I don't have to worry about a child as I can barely handle myself....hehe..I hope this works for us...that would be nice...yeah I hate what they call anticipatory anxiety which is primarily what I have...the fear of the unknown or worrying too much before doing something...hang in there...
C
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| | | "Re(5):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Wed 1 Jun 18:16
Hey I just want to comment something about the whole sleep-aides thing. I have to say that only 3 and a half years of taking zoloft and i developed some sleeping problems (not really until I got into college, though). I hear that ssri's (paxil, zoloft, prozac) can all sort of lead people to having a hard time sleep. I don't mean that you become an insomniac, it's just that in general it reduces the amount of REM sleep that you can get, so it will take longer for you to REALLY fall asleep, and give you a hard time trying to get up. I think that once the old medication gets out of your system, you might discover that sleeping becomes much easier, longer, and more fulfilling. I've been off zoloft for a while and I have a MUCH easier time going to sleep.
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| | | "Re(6):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Wed 1 Jun 18:20
Well I'm staying at someone else's house right now and it's hard to fall asleep with the noise and the hours they keep so I'm using pills and a sound machine to snooze...yes it is a lot harder to get REM sleep when you're taking this other crap...Paxil sucks ass...I wish I'd never gotten on it in the first place....oh well...
I'm going to see how it goes tonight with the sominex and the SJW...I have nowhere to go tomorrow..so if it knocks me the f out...I'll be ok...but then at least I know....
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| | | "Re(7):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Thu 2 Jun 07:14
Hope you were able to sleep Chris!
The sjw didnt seem to bother me in any way. On to day 2.
I am pretty much hating mornings right now, but the toddler doesn't give me time to dwell, so that is a good thing.
Hey we are neighbors~ I live in Idaho. Have family in Oregon.
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| | | "Re(8):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Thu 2 Jun 13:02
Hey Cat....
Well my sleep wasn't the best last night...but I took only one Sominex as opposed to two and I woke up a lot during the night...so I don't know if it was the one pill, or just the stresses I have going...and I'm a bit dizzy too....so I'm going to take my SJW anyway and just figure it's not that that's giving me the woozy head...I mean my mornings (actually I've been waking up at 12:30 or so, going to bed late as everyone here is a nightowl, and to be honest, working at nightclubs for the past 4 years, I am too....but yes my wake up feelings aren't the best anyway....On to day 2! I will take my pill in a second here...How are you feeling today about life? good I hope...where in Oregon is your fam?
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| | | "Re(9):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction problem" , Thu 2 Jun 13:16
Hi Chris. I have family in Portland and in Dallas and some down in the Roseburg area. Love going over to the Coast, its been awhile too.
Hubby insisted I make a Doc appt. So am going tomorrow to discuss things. Will let him know I want to try this for awhile, possibly he can give me some anxiety meds for the really bad mornings. If this doesn't kick in I will be fine with going back to an ssri, thinking about lexapro just for the least side effects. Will not go back to paxil!
I am really hoping I can make it through to some relief with this first. Been there done that. However if this isn't strong enough I have no problem accepting that it just may not be the thing for my chemistry. Knowing I can always go back to it, makes giving this a solid try easier.
Those late nights will mess you up! I suppose you know that, eh?
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| | | "Re(10):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction proble" , Thu 2 Jun 13:53
Yeah I'm on the southern end of the state...but the coast is beautiful..yeah I don't ever want to go to Paxil again...but I wish I could be on something like it for now...I unfortunately don't have a job right now as we just moved and I'm actually still in Cali right now trying to get a car...too long a story...and won't be going back up for at least 5 more days...so no job, no health insurance, which would have been nice to have before I moved...I don't know if the SJW will be enough, but I do want to give it a real shot...I'm just hoping this dizziness I feel today isn't from that, but from something else (although that is not a cool thought either..) I'm mean I can live with this feeling for a couple days if that's what it is...but if it's continuous, then I'll have to give up on SJW cause this is not what I want to feel either....
good luck with your doc appointment...is the toddler your first baby?
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| | | "Re(2):Re(10):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction " , Thu 2 Jun 16:14
First baby? Ha, no but my last! We have an almost 17 year old son too. This was our turn 40 "Oh crap" baby. Oh sure hubby thought it was wickedly great. I cried my eyes out. But of course he is adorable and fun. Well, when I feel good he is~
Sorry things are so messed up for you right now, we have been through it in the past trying to get our Sh*t together. Of course the better you do, the more financial burdens come right along with it! I swear it was supposed to keep getting easier.
Its all lies. Ok so I am being melodramatic. It will get better and I am sure you will feel better too. I hope you have some support in friends or family?
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| | | "Re(3):Re(10):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction" , Sat 4 Jun 14:05
How's things on your end? I'm still a bit anxious, but probably will be until I get back to Oregon...I think it's only natural to be a little edgy with what I'm going through....but the SJW does seem to keep me somewhat normal...
You?
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| | | "Re(3):Re(10):SJW and sleep-aids (interaction" , Thu 2 Jun 16:52
Yeah I do...my mom has been great, but I'm draining her finances too much and haven't even had a chance to get started in Oregon so at least I know that eventually I'll get some positive cash flow...found out a bankruptcy will cost me $1000 more I don't have...I could work for AFLAC as an insurance agent, pretty much told i could have a job, all I need is a license ($450 I don't have)...my truck is broken here in Cali and I have no money to fix it so I'm probably going to let the finance company come get it...I am just so financially buried with no way out until i get working, and even then, it's going to be an uberlong haul...and every day I sit here waiting, I just stew over it more...and I'm a worrywort, overthinker type, so this is just as bad a situation as I can handle...agrrggghrhh! Man...I need god to throw me a bone...my brother was an oops baby too..he's 20 now....but man was I a happy 13 year old...
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