World of Insomnia

I have been suffering for the last three years and have spent the winters off sick either taking fluoxetine or citalopram. Every time these have made me incredibly sleepy and I have spent the majority of my days trying to stay awake while getting at least eight hours every night. The thing is this year I have been effected worse than usual, I commenced with insomnia almost a month ago and was started immediately on citalopram (by my incredibly understanding GP), however this increased my anxiety and I was changed to Fluoxetine. Yet despite a weeks course of zopiclone/meditation/relazation techniques/self-help books etc and almost two weeks of antidepressants I still cannot sleep!!!! I have been forced to return home form university, lost my job and feel like my life is on hold.

As a new member has anyone else out there experienced anything like this? Offer any advice/help? I am rapidly becoming desperate as I am no longer sure if I am getting more than 2 hours sleep per night.

Intend to purchase a light box as have always tried to manage without.

Kind regards

Charley

Thank you, I will have to find out more about Imovan x

Try darkness therapy, which you can read about at http://insearchofmornings.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/darkness-therapy/. It's completely turned around my sleep. I use darkness therapy as well as light therapy, but as messing around with all of this can get expensive, I'd recommend trying darkness therapy first in your case.