Greetings all
Been taking St Johns wort for years and works well for me. 10yrs ago i tried Paxil and quit after only 2days. did not like side FX.
i been depressed most of my life and i been self medicating with booze most of my life.
this year i tried Cipralex (main reason for trying is some days the Stjohn doesnt seem to be working) didnt really like cipralex either.
Dr gave me 14 - 50mg tabs of Trazodone early this year. but was afraid to take it
heh. i always check the internet for info on a new med and when i read about the side fx it scares me off ..took me almost a year to give cipralex a try.
main reason for the Trazodone is i am just not sleeping very well. Ever since i quit drinking 2yrs ago (December) i went thru some pretty bad panic/anxiety attacks. Thankfully the panic attacks are gone(knock on wood) i get some anxiety but learned to control/relax now.... pretty much the last 8months now i just not sleeping very well.
most days i can fall asleep ok. but i keep waking up several times thru the nite. yep i sleep like a baby.. i am up every 2hrs
so this past weekend i decided to go off St Johns wort and give Cipralex another go. I have the 10mg tabs that i cut in half and took one half tab sun mon tue morning. went back on Stjohns wort on Thursday.
Tues nite tho, i gave Trazodone a shot. took the 50mg tab. cut that in half. then in half again. so i took a quarter tab. went pretty well i thot. didnt have any of the severe side fx. and i must say i had the best sleep i had in a long time.
in light of that..i would like to keep taking it for sleep. i know u can take it with a prescribed SSRI (like Cipralex) but what about St Johns wort? that is basically a herbal SSRI ... and since Traz is a SSRI maybe i can just take that and for go the St johns?
thots?