Posts Tagged ‘sleep’

Q: I am currently taking Cymbalta and Concerta (1 month) for my depression but I still have problems with insomnia, followed by daytime sleepiness. I am taking Xanax for insomnia. However, my quality of sleep is unrefreshing, and it is difficult getting up in the morning. What should I do?
Thank you very much.

A: In such [...]

Q: My question is actually about my boyfriend. I’m afraid that he’s suffering from depression, and whenever someone tries to talk to him about it he gets mad and won’t listen. I say that I think he’s suffering from depression because I’ve noticed that he doesn’t have any motivation anymore. He’s missed work for the [...]

Q: Hi! Ever since I was little, I’ve always had trouble sleeping. I tend to think a lot at night, but not always about bad things. Sometimes I think about something wonderful that just happened in my life, or sometimes I think about all the things I have to do the next day, but lots [...]

Q: A dear friend of mine is divorced and has a ten-year-old daughter. It was a nasty divorce and the parents are still very hostile to each other. The daughter alternates weeks with each parent, and she has her own room in each home. During the past year she has begun having panic attacks, and [...]

I have gone to my doctor over and over again complaining of the same symptoms, which are… All my blood work comes back normal, so the diagnosis is depression. My problem is that I am nervous about taking antidepressants…