It's Saturday. I have Depression and General Anxiety Disorder. I take Wellbutrin 200mg and Concerta 18mg in the morning. I haven't slept in five or six days straight i dont even know... it's all starting to run together now. i'm exhausted and i can feel my depression setting in and worsening because of it... i feel like I should be dying at least by then i'd get some sleep.. i've tried over five sleep medications. My doctor recently put me on xanax 1mg it doesn't do jack squat but slightly relax me, I have a high tolerance to things like that i've been on hydrocodone for five years for my back condition. I was supposed to take seroquil with it but insurance threw a fit about it so I have to wait for the weekday to come and will get it sometime next week. I want sleep so badly I just cry now... should I go to the ER or a after hours clinic? Please help me...
Sleep Deprivation, should I go the ER?
Question posted by lk.baby on 26 Sep 2010
Last updated on 29 December 2018
3 Answers
Yes, I feel for you, the anguish and mental turmoil are real. Wellbutrin seems to help some and make life worse for others. I have been on 150 mg then upped it to 300 and then the dry mouth and insomnia kicked in. So I can't tell if it's the depression at fault or the increased meds. If you are feeling desperate (as I have) then go to the emergency and see what they say... hopefully they can help and don't say, " sorry this is not an emergency". I have been trying different meds including trazodone 50 mg. Plus Melatonin plus some over the counter stuff. Sometimes it works, other nights not really at all. I seem to resist going to sleep even though I am desperate to do so. I don't know if I should go for counseling... and then there are varieties of approaches... we just want something that will help.
I made that mistake. They told me looseing sleep, not eating and being depressed is not an emergency. I was not suicidal just had not slept in weeks and was not able to keep any food down for about a week. I left feeling worse than when I walked in for my 16 yr old son was with me and begging them to help his mom. Wait and see a Dr. you trust first thing. I take Trazodone for sleep and it is wonderful 150mg.
Hi lk baby, You poor baby! Wellbutrin is the WORST anti-d for peope with anxiety issues!! Try Pamelor or Prozac, something that has a calming effect.
It is amazing how many doctors slap people on Wellbutrin, it causes anxiety!
Call your doc, or fire your doc, and get on something else, with the Xanax.
Don't do anything rash, sleep will come, especially when you quit that crappy anti-depressant!
Hope you get some zzzzzzzz's!
Thanks babe.
Actually the Wellbutrin has done wonders for me. I've had insomnia since before I got depression and GAD. Prozac, Effexor, zoloft, and another one can't remember made me psycho. Wellbutrin does wonders for me.
The problem is I used to be able to get two hours of sleep every couple nights, that was fine kept me going been doing it for years. Now, I get no sleep. I feel like i'm dying... and I have to do this another few nights before I can call my doctor. My only option is an ER bc my insurance wont allow clinics. But it's not really an emergency... so I don't know if they could even help me...
Hi again, Sleep deprivation is pretty serious, in my opinion, so go to ER!
Perhaps they'll give you Ambien or Lunesta... Ambien sure has caused some problems here on drugs.com, someone drove and shopped in the middle of the night, and another girl woke up in the morning with marshmallows stuck to her hair and body! Just a little (very little) levity here, trying to get you to laugh.
Please go to ER, so you do not have to go another sleepless night!
Also, buy some Melatonin tablets (at any pharmacy) they are natural, and may help you sleep.
Best fishes,
haha. Ya i've heard the stories. I've actually taken both of those pills, those are two out of the five that i've already taken and tried, no luck. My brain just hates the thought of sleeping apparently.
Ya my doctor recommended getting some of that as well, just haven't gotten to the store yet for it.
Thanks so much for your help, means a bunch. I'm gonna call the ER here and see if they'll accept someone for sleep deprivation. The ER's here in OK are pretty picky, but what ER isn't. XD
thanks bunches!!
Just go, don't call! Let us know how it goes at ER.
PLEASE GO TO THE ER! its not normal to go that long without sleep. your body has to rest and reenergize itself. hell, maybe the hospital can put u to sleep for a while or do a sleep study on u and find out whats going on in ur brain thats causing the lack of sleep. you are also at risk for old hag syndrome (sleep paralysis)... this is very terrifying. its when u hallucinate and see some really scary sh*t! its happened to me so many times that i cant count. i use to be an insomniac. thank God that phase is over. now, whith my fibro and depression, i cant get out of bed. im tired all the time. i have 5 alarm clocks in my room and NONE of them wake me up. i went from one extreme to the other. there has to be something they can do for you. please keep us updated. this is really bad for your health. best wishes xoxo
Yeah, go to the ER. And pray, call out to God. That's what He's there for. I will be praying for you also!
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