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My only concern would be to watch out for anything else you may take that increases serotonin levels. It is serotonin levels which are usually most suspect when a person has depression, SSRI's block the reuptake of serotonin, thereby providing higher levels of serotonin at the brain receptor site. If you took something else that increased serotonin, it could be dangerous, and cause what is called Serotonin Syndrome, which can be fatal.
Hello and welcome to the forum. Thank you for your question. Questions regarding medication are best discussed with your doctor as they prescribe the medication and know your particular situation. What is your specific issue with insomnia? Rozerem seems to be best used for those who don't fall asleep easily. Is that your situation? It works on melatonin and is not supposed to be habit forming which is a great benefit. https://www.medicinenet.com/rozerem/article.
I recently read several research articles where taking the supplement L-tryptophan daily was linked to increased serotonin levels, which helped prevent binging. I have been bulimic for more than 13 years and within the last year and half have been actively seeking treatment for the first time. I have struggled to find a combination of prescription medications that works for me.
"Once your natural serotonin levels are low enough to cause syptoms it is very difficult to significantly raise serotonin levels enough by food alone. SSRI's or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and SNRIs, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors do not actually increase the amount of serotonin molecules in the brain. SSRI’s are thought to block the reabsorption (reuptake) of serotonin by certain nerve cells in the brain.
thank you for your post
do you know anyone taking this med
how is it suspose to make me feel. i had to go off the seroquel and abilify. i could'nt sleep for 3 nights so now i'm on lunstra 3mg and trazadone 100mg. i feel lousy. and because i had meds dropped and new ones added i don't know what's making me feel down, the going off or going on.
Isn't Rozerem very closely related to melatonin? I've tried melatonin and valerian for insomnia. Neither with much success. Surely there are other alternatives besides trazadone and rozerem. I would like to know what they are.
Depression has been linked to decrease in the levels of norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain. Most of the antidepressants work by increasing the levels of nor epinephrine in the brain.
It is not very clear if depression leads to migraine or migraine cause depression. However there is an unexplained link between the two.
When there are large amounts of the amino acid, tryptophan, it crosses at higher concentrations and more serotonin is subsequently made. When the blood levels are tested - I don't know exactly what that means. One would think it would be reflective of the concentration in the brain. I've been on SSRIs for a long time, theoretically preventing unused serotonin from being reabsorbed back into the nerve fiber from which it was released.
She also has a sleep disorder that we finally saw a pediatric sleep specialist for-- now she uses a blue spectrum light every morning. Occasionally, we use Rozerem 8mg (prescribed by the peds sleep specialist) --but only occasionally when we are unable to do her light therapy. Is there any connection between sleep disorders & early adrenarche? And is this adrenarche when it is only her axillary area involved?
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