Hi, first post,
Been on a proper 3 month cycle of difficulty sleeping after I had a nervous breakdown in November. I've always had anxiety and been on 20mg paroxetine since I was 18. I'm 40 now. Im on 40mg now due to this apart from a couple of weeks mid Jan when I thought is was getting better and going down to 35mg stupidly.
I hate zopiclone and only ever took as little as possible and only at rediculous times like 3am if I hadn't fallen asleep. Evil things and they never gave me restful sleep anyway.
Anyway, two weeks ago my Doc prescribed me 2mg Circadin (melatonin slow release) off label. Amazingly gave me a very tired but relaxing drift into some good sleep. i noticed I was a little down though a few mornings. I don't normally get depressed, it's normally just anxiety. A week after I started taking it I had panics at work (been off work and in sporadically) now I'm really depressed at the start of the day getting incrementally better around 7pm. It feels like you do before paroxetine kicks in, but then I'm far calmer at night. Last 2 nights I've taken half a tablet which arguably has improved my mood a little.
I've seen mixed reports of melatonin causing short term depression. Docs say there's no reaction but this is a big coincidence. There is notes of possible reactions with antidpressents but none specifically for paroxetine.Has anyone else had similar problems with melatonin or Circadin?