Thanks again!! I was given Elavil in the past to help me sleep and it made me jittery and I could not sleep at all. The med this doc wants me to try is Doxepine (adapin), he only wants me taking 10mg at bedtime, and mainly wants me taking it for my neuropathy and inability to sleep, I have not slept more then 4-5 hours straight in probably 10 years....I started it two nights ago, Thursday I could not get out of bed, finally I had to just shoot out of bed and get up and by 11 a.m. I was falling asleep sitting on my couch, however, it was not a restful sleep, I had what I call mini movies - I felt I was half awake and half asleep - and was living things and thinking I was actually doing the stuff I was dreaming?, anyway took one last night and did not sleep more then an hour at a time, restless, jittery. I know with these meds you have to give them time, but I just wish there was something out there that would help me sleep, I have tried it all!!! I had been taking 1/2 a .05mg of ativan, which is practially nothing at bedtime and I slept well for several hours and I wake up with my heart pounding and am unable to get back to a restful sleep..... I had a horrible IBS atack yesterday mid-day which is really unlike me, I usually have them late or during the night. I can say that I was very reluctant to start this medication, only because I'm tired of having to rely on a "pill" to try to make myself and my life "normal". Thanks for the reply, I may try going back on the elavil and taking it longer to see if it does help.
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