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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Sleepless Nights due to Stress (Sonata)
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Aug 13, 2001 12:00AM
, Aug 13, 2001 12:00AM
Member Comments (1)
by kayo, Sep 01, 2001 12:00AM
I don't have ADDD, but have found that Trazadone and Sonata, even taken separately, keep me totally awake. Perhaps you need a more sedating sleep aid. I am on chloral hydrate, a really old med, but it has no side effects for me and very few at all. We've had to "play" with the dosage but it is also safe to continue more than a couple of weeks. It is not an antidpressant but a hypnotic sleep aid. It comes in a yukky syrup but I'll take this any night over these other meds which gave me no sleep at all and plenty of side effects. Also took Ambien which gave me nausea and other problems and didn't work either. Hope this helps.
