[lbo-talk] hmm, and I thought it was talk therapy that was ineffec tive!

[John Thornton]

I tried a few and then gave up so I don't remember which ones I took and 
in what order as there were several.
None of them were taken for more than 2 weeks and they all had immediate 
bad side effects. The first brought about was suicidal thoughts, the 
second intense anxiety, another furious rage and the last severe apathy.
They were AD's however. I've more than passing knowledge of prescription 
drugs having been in the medical field many years ago.
Remembering the specifics was a low priority in that I stopped taking 
them all almost immediately.
Now you can say you do in fact know of someone who has been prescribed 
AD's for use as a sleep aid.
Incidentally they were not SSRI's but TCA's so your confusion may stem 
from the fact that you are only thinking of SSRI's as AD's.
I have never been prescribed an SSRI. The TCA's I took were, in no 
particular order, amoxapine, amitriptyline, clomapramine, and another I 
can't recall (maybe doxepin) and as I said which was responsible for 
each specific negative side effect I simply cannot recall. They all 
sucked and I won't take another TCA.

John Thornton

joseph noonan wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, John Thornton wrote:
>
>   
>> Many years ago I was prescribed an anti-depressant as a sleep aid.
>> I was not depressed, I just couldn't fucking sleep.
>>     
>
> I am very curious as to what drug this was.
>
> The reason I ask is I find overwhelming confusion amongst people I know 
> other than physicians and nurses, as to what anti-depressants are and what 
> tranquilizers are.  Many, if not most people seem to think the clinical 
> effects of AD's are like those of valium or xanax.  This includes people I 
> know that actually take Prozac or Zoloft.
>
> I am perfectly aware that SSRI's can be prescribed for certain kinds of 
> anxiety, but the effect on that anxiety is not the same as the effect of 
> taking a *zepam like drug which are 'downers'.  I have never, ever heard 
> of an AD being prescribed as a sleep aid although things like diazepam or 
> lorazepam are commonly prescribed for that reason.