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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by sillysaurusx on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:42PM (#23432213)
When I say the same thing about Prozac, people react with anger. It's strange.

A sleep study is definitely one of the best things I ever did. It helped uncover some undiagnosed narcolepsy, and I've been able to manage it since then. Even knowing that it existed was helpful. (For example, lots of stress was caused by getting jobs that expect you to have your butt in the seat from 9am to 5pm. Other jobs exist.)

So yes. Sleep study good! Go do one!

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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by wincy on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:50PM (#23433110)
I'm glad Prozac worked for you. It made me impotent in my 20s and I felt like I was being dropped down an elevator shaft for months after discontinuing it.
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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by Broken_Hippo on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:59AM (#23438041)
Luckily, there are a lot of different anti-depressants out there that work better for some folks than others. Unfortunately, we aren't yet knowledgeable enough to know who will get a bad reaction before it happens.

I'm horribly sorry you've had such an extreme reaction. Hopefully, though, you've found some things that work for you.

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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by layoutIfNeeded on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:28PM (#23435183)
> being dropped down an elevator shaft

What do you mean by this?

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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by Gatsky on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:44PM (#23435726)
It causes vestibular symptoms. This creates the sensation of motion without movement.

Incidentally, if you’ve never had true vertigo, it is very disconcerting how much a sensory organ malfunction can affect your perception of the world. It is a kind of spatial psychosis that you can observe objectively.

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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by nitrogen on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:41PM (#23435256)
Ddg for SSRI withdrawal symptoms.
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Re:Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hard... by layoutIfNeeded on Saturday June 06, 2020 @07:49AM (#23438512)
I knew about SSRI withdrawal symptoms, even experienced "brain zaps" first hand, but never heard about the vestibular thing.
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