My teenage insomnia returned when I hit menopause. Doc put me on 50 mg of elavil (an antidepressant but very low dose-works like a charm. No weight issues or orgasm stoppage. - no side effects basically on that low a dose.

i've been on Efexor/venlafaxine (depending on where you are) for 10 years now, mostly to treat my depression but also my anxiety, i found i started sleeping much better, like much much better when i first started taking it, then after a year or 2 i found myself having anxiety before bed frequently but once i was…

I've been on Effexor for the last few years, it was life changing for me. I honestly had no idea that my anxiety was as awful and life disrupting as it was until I was on meds.

I've been diagnosed with bipolar/depression and am on a really low dose of a medication, and the effect is magical - this black cloud I always used to feel hanging around finally dissipated a little (eg, compulsive/racing thoughts gone, temper less volatile, and my emotional lows are not as deep or frequent). It's a…

I have been an insomniac since I was a very, very young child. Granted, I also have a congenital heart defect that causes sinus node tachycardia, where my resting heart rate is 120 and it will spike to 180 for no reason at all. Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, none of those worked, and even a cardiac ablation…

Glad you found something that works. It's horrible when you have insomnia and insensitive doctors think you're a drug seeking addict. Been there. Once a dr asked me straight out if I was and addict and how I knew I wasn't. I was like 'because I don't take any tablets!'. Ah. Anyway, I have tried Endep when I was at uni…

I really hope it works out ! Please keep us updated. A lot of us non-sleeping types are interested.

I take generic Prozac for anxiety (which I think was also causing depression) and it made an almost immediate difference. It's amazing! Two years now and it still works. I even cut back the dosage.

Getting on a good cocktail of meds (that included ADD meds) WAS a revelation to me. I found out what "normal" was supposed to be. I wasn't on Endep, I was prescribed Concerta which is an extended release. Everything was fine for the first several months and then the efficacy did diminsh somewhat. They upped my dosage…

I occasionally have problems sleeping, or sleeping on the correct schedule, and the only thing that really works is temazepam, which is an anti-anxiety med. I don't use it for more than a few days at a time though, so I cant speak to how it works long term. I know your feels tho about Drs not listening, they always…

I think it's the benzodiazepines you have to really watch out for (Xanax, Valium etc.) Those I know for sure lose their efficacy after a few weeks. Tricyclics have been around for over half a century and are generally pretty safe and effective long-term, but can have some wonky interactions with other drugs you have…

I would like to have a similar experience. After my parents died I went on Xanax for sleep. Apparently being on Xanax every night for six years is frowned upon? Anyway, my doctor said that she was concerned about me "becoming dependent" on it. I'm like, yeah, I depend on it to sleep. I've had insomnia since I was…

This repeatedly-raised point is such a crappy false equivalency. "But then who will I get to look down on?!"

Oh man, the late 90s were wrong in every way.

He means that when a government mandates the installation of this:

Nancy, what the fuck are you talking about please.

what is this madness you speak? I've rocked a suit like that for years and look awesome. Given I have big hips, but still- I look awesome.

I come from hirsute hispanic stock, but the kind where we bleach out mustaches, not wax them (my mother has since changed her tune, but this was in 1996). I think my older sister was already waxing, maybe in secret? But I was not, I was in 6th grade and using mother-approved jolen creme bleach to turn my black…

Cool in theory, left me mullety in practice. My mom was HORRIFIED. I wore it up to school once before admitting defeat.

I once decided, at maybe fifteen or so, that my face was too hairy, and put hair remover all over it. The kind that's made for your legs and bikini area (in my defense, I did not know yet that there was any other kind).