anxiousjomo
14-09-18, 09:55
Hi,
Wondering if one of you experts on here can help.
I have been on 15mg of Mirt for 3 months - had anxiety, depression and insomnia, and SSRI's had not worked for me.
It worked well - no real side effects (except for about 1hr of restless legs about 1hr after taking it) - was sleeping well.
Then, about 7 days ago, I suddenly just was wide awake all night. Could not sleep at all. I did not feel that anxious, nor was I worrying about anything, and I do the usual tricks of no caffeine after lunch, sleep at regular times etc, but it just felt like every time I started to drift toward sleep, something yanked me back up.
The next night I was so exhausted I passed out and slept for about 7hr straight. Then again the next night I was awake all night - maybe 1hr sleep. Then again I slept ok, and then last night was awake all night again.
Does this sound like a tolerance for the antihistamine effect having built up? And that, now that my brain is not getting the "help" it is used to from the mirt, it is almost like the insomnia I would get from withdrawing?
My anxiety and depression are ok - it still seems to be dialling them down a bit, which is all I needed, but this sleep thing is just brutal, and it just seems so strange to come out of the blue like this...
Any help would be gratefully received. I don't think the answer is going up to 30, but might it be going down to 7.5? Or I just have to ride it out and try and deal with the insomnia another way...
Wondering if one of you experts on here can help.
I have been on 15mg of Mirt for 3 months - had anxiety, depression and insomnia, and SSRI's had not worked for me.
It worked well - no real side effects (except for about 1hr of restless legs about 1hr after taking it) - was sleeping well.
Then, about 7 days ago, I suddenly just was wide awake all night. Could not sleep at all. I did not feel that anxious, nor was I worrying about anything, and I do the usual tricks of no caffeine after lunch, sleep at regular times etc, but it just felt like every time I started to drift toward sleep, something yanked me back up.
The next night I was so exhausted I passed out and slept for about 7hr straight. Then again the next night I was awake all night - maybe 1hr sleep. Then again I slept ok, and then last night was awake all night again.
Does this sound like a tolerance for the antihistamine effect having built up? And that, now that my brain is not getting the "help" it is used to from the mirt, it is almost like the insomnia I would get from withdrawing?
My anxiety and depression are ok - it still seems to be dialling them down a bit, which is all I needed, but this sleep thing is just brutal, and it just seems so strange to come out of the blue like this...
Any help would be gratefully received. I don't think the answer is going up to 30, but might it be going down to 7.5? Or I just have to ride it out and try and deal with the insomnia another way...