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Paxil ... Worse insomnia what to do?

mallen21345
mallen21345
I started taking paxil roughly 3 weeks ago and am up to 20 mg but now I can't sleep. I have no problem falling asleep. By 830pm my eyes are closing. But by 2-3am am wide awake.

I have tried taking klonopin at bedtime, doesn't help. Xanax when I wake up to relax me to try to get me back to sleep, doesn't help. And now in am wondering if I should quit the paxil altogether?

Before i started taking paxil I was sleeping ok but I still had rolling anxiety throughout the day as klonopin was not enough. I feel really good during daytime now. But the nighttime is causing my anxiety to build again. My psychiatrist suggested trazodone but I don't want another med. will the paxil insomnia eventually fade? I heard is common and may decline as my body adjusts. Thoughts??
deleted_user
deleted_user
I had the same problem for a couple of weeks. My doctor put me on Trazodone and that helped with the waking up in the middle of the night. It was a god send. You should ask your doctor about it. You'll sleep better at night without having to take the benzo's before you go to bed.
mallen21345
mallen21345
My psychiatrist mentioned Trazodone. But I declined it due to not wanting to take another medication. I feel like I live my life out of a prescription bottle. Can I ask how long you took the Trazodone? Was it temporary until you found right dosage of paxil??
mallen21345
mallen21345
Oh and can I ask the dosage he recommended?
wildflowers44
wildflowers44
The same exact thing happened to me on Prozac. I would wake up at 3:30 AM feeling incredibly anxious and be unable to get back to sleep. I also had the weirdest dreams.

I ended up just quitting the Prozac. Like you, I didn't want to take another med to fix the side effects from the Prozac. I think I might try a different SSRI though. My sister and mom are on Celexa, and have had no sleep issues.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help...just wanted to let you know I could relate. Maybe Paxil isn't the right medication. How has it been for you otherwise?
dazedanconfusedd
dazedanconfusedd
Melatonin a vitamin from walmart or any store works very well for me to keep me asleep! My doc put me on trazadone before I found out about the meatonin, so now I take both!

I feel as if I live off RX drugs, but if I didn't take the trazadone I would have never slept! My not sleeping was not due to an anti depressant though, so I do notknow what to tell you? I took Paxil for like 7 years, but every time we try to put me back on it, it makes me sick now! I cannot take any anti depressant, just meds for my anxiety!