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Anybody here take three different antidepressant meds? If you do, do you take them all at night right before bedtime?


Currently I take two (Rexuti and Bupropion) in the morning and Venlafaxine at night and man, I've been oversleeping even worst than before I ran out of pills for my refills, Regular nighttime sleep and THREE naps multiple days since I've gotten my refills. I basically can't do anything with my days cause I'm sleep all the time! :damn: If I force myself to go outside I can't muster up the energy to go out until around 2 or 3PM. Crazy that most people days is winding down by 2 or 3PM who go to sleep at night the same time as me yet I can't function unless I have a nap or two ON TOP of my regular sleeping :mjcry:


Tomorrow night I'm gonna take all three right before bedtime (never done this before) in hopes it fixes my sleeping woes, will see.
 
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Pigeon said:
Anybody here take three different antidepressant meds? If you do, do you take them all at night right before bedtime?


Currently I take two (Rexuti and Bupropion) in the morning and Venlafaxine at night and man, I've been oversleeping even worst than before I ran out of pills for my refills, Regular nighttime sleep and THREE naps multiple days since I've gotten my refills. I basically can't do anything with my days cause I'm sleep all the time! :damn: If I force myself to go outside I can't muster up the energy to go out until around 2 or 3PM. Crazy that most people days is winding down by 2 or 3PM who go to sleep at night the same time as me yet I can't function unless I have a nap or two ON TOP of my regular sleeping :mjcry:


Tomorrow night I'm gonna take all three right before bedtime (never done this before) in hopes it fixes my sleeping woes, will see.
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Oh wow
Why do you have to take three?
Does the medication work?
 
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Marc Spector said:
Maybe its because its the raining season in seattle but im doing pretty bad yall

been working out so thats good but just been down on myself and life in general. Feeling a huge sense of self loathing and really no hope for the future.

That quote from the Sopranos about "the best days being over and coming in at the end" is really sticking with me. I feel like im working hard and trying to be a good person for what? for a world that doesnt even really seem to care or value these things? especially at times in our community. i feel surrounded by decay. And no hope for it getting better.


And even then im not even sure if im on the right path; as im just going through the motions at my job. By all metrics, im doing well. Im just not excelling or craving to be better.

I dunno. maybe its just the holidays and being in a region with very little support, absolutely 0 social life or confidants. Ill be home next month i guess.
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Why are you feeling down on yourself
 
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semicko82 said:
Oh wow
Why do you have to take three?
Does the medication work?
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I have pretty bad depression, plus anxiety and schizophrenia. The anxiety is under control, schizophrenia is still a problem and as for the depression the medication is helpful, that and trying to avoid "triggers".
 
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Been to the therapist twice in my life. at 14 and 21 both said I was fine, I'm 28 now and going to try again. I'm def, not fine. I have anxiety to the point I have bad cranial hyperhidrosis and take glycorrpoylate or I sweat like Shaq in the 4th quarter in 50-degree weather, and I'm 5'11 190. Depressed like a mf and I'm a pretty morbid human being, I been in church recently and that's been helping some but I def have something in mine. brain where I randomly get angry and hate life and society. The doctor also gave me Adderall which helps studying for certs but I don't want to be dependant on it.
 
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Pigeon said:
Also one of the worst side effects of these meds is the dreaming/nightmares. I mean am I gonna have wild dreams every night for the rest of my life while I'm on these meds? :damn:
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Man... I'm on a few different meds and have been changing them due to side effects, so I'm not sure which one is doing this, but the dreams... I can't anymore. They aren't traditional "nightmares", but every single night it's the same shyt. I'm lost in a city/place I should know, I can't get home, keep missing flights/can't find the car, can't remember how to get around the town. It's horrible and I spend the entire dream anxious. This shyt is EVERY night for months :mjcry:

What kind of dreams are you having? Any recurring themes?

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Anyone on SSRI in here? Zoloft, Lexpro.etc
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I take Zoloft among a few other things. I've been battling this shyt for over 20 years and have been on damn near everything at one point or another.

The best thing for me was a stimulant (Adderall). I don't even consume caffeine and I was terrified I'd be some weird, wired tweaker, but it got rid of my constant state of tiredness and slowed my mind down A LOT. I can pop 2 of them and take a nap. Life changing shyt.
 
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Sister Mary Clarence said:
Man... I'm on a few different meds and have been changing them due to side effects, so I'm not sure which one is doing this, but the dreams... I can't anymore. They aren't traditional "nightmares", but every single night it's the same shyt. I'm lost in a city/place I should know, I can't get home, keep missing flights/can't find the car, can't remember how to get around the town. It's horrible and I spend the entire dream anxious. This shyt is EVERY night for months :mjcry:

What kind of dreams are you having? Any recurring themes?



I take Zoloft among a few other things. I've been battling this shyt for over 20 years and have been on damn near everything at one point or another.

The best thing for me was a stimulant (Adderall). I don't even consume caffeine and I was terrified I'd be some weird, wired tweaker, but it got rid of my constant state of tiredness and slowed my mind down A LOT. I can pop 2 of them and take a nap. Life changing shyt.
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Its hard to describe the dreams cause their weird, when I'm *On* the meds SOME of the dreams are pleasant where I be slightly bummed when I wake up and realize it isn't real.


Trying to think of recurring themes... one of them is my grandmother on my mother's side is still alive at family gatherings even though she died in October of 2020. It doesn't feel like she's dead cause I didn't see her in the casket (Zoom funeral) . I have a fear of heights IRL some of the nightmares are about that. There's probably others I just can't think of them right now.
 
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