Any changes in psychiatric medications can cause sleep disorder. This is especially true of anti-depressants like Prozac (and many others) that alter the serotonin levels in the brain. The brain is very sensitive to reductions of an anti-depressant. Serotonin regulates sleep cycles, appetite, and feelings of wellbeing. You can also experience strange, sexy, or frightening dreams when changing psychiatric meds. I would let your doctor know that you aren't sleeping well. In my case, lack of sleep actually brought on a manic psychosis.

My dad we melatnn which is a natural sleep aid. It really helps most of f the time. Lately I've been a bit stressed and having trouble falling asleep. .

Ugh. That should say "I use melatonin "

Why are you reducing most of your medication?....xo

Because after 8 years I have had plenty of time to question what has happened in my life, and whether or not I was really bipolar. I diagnosed myself from an online survey and my gp just jumped on board...
at the time I was going through much change and menopause and all added up to a bit of a breakdown...too much going on and I felt totally lost. It became a self fulfilling situation. If I come off meds and go whacko at least Ill know...but if I don't then I will save my body and my spirit from unnecessary intervention. PS my sleep is better last night got about 6-7 hours yay!

Hope not wrecked!! I am also coming off statins, as I don't believe cholesterol levels necessarily relate to early mortality.
I must say in fairness that I had a period of intractable depression over several months and prozac did help me throw it off, though can I be sure it wasn't the placebo effect as I was desperate to be well? if I go lala then Ill let you know-but meanwhile I am excited to have my brain back-and i am regaining interests I lost 8 years ago....

DaAM - are you bipolar, if so welcome to the board.

I don't think our medications are poisons any more than other things in our food, environment etc.

Do you have evidence for what you say?

My feeling is that any extreme view is dangerous - yours sound very close to that espoused by the Scientologists.

? poisons??.... All medications have side effects..... All of them from cardiac medication to Tylenol for an ache.... Many of us have benefited a great deal from our medication including me

I didn't say poisons did I.... I dont want to upset anyone-I am just saying for me that if I am not bipolar after all, then I dont want to be on any meds for it. My friend told me last Sat that she has 30% kidney function after years on lithium and her pdoc has put her on lamotrigine.
I am not a Scientologist - I have read about the medicalising of natural human emotions and I have made up my mind to try a different paradigm. Anyway people can do what they want with their own treatments and I want to try this. If I turn out to be wrong sobeit, I am not suggesting anyone else follow this track.

No Dinah..... a comment has been removed.......xo