Kittystar on ritalin, remember??

[kittystar]

Hi all; when I last posted, my PCP had put me on Ritalin in attempt to wind me up in the daytime so I would crash at night. That did not work out because there was a parodoxical effect and the Ritalin seemed to make me sleeeepy in the afternoon. I went back again and said please can I have my antidepressant back (since by much thinking it seems I began having trouble sleeping shortly after I decided I did not need an antidepressant!) Unfortunately nobody had considered depression as the reason for my early awakening. SO I got a new rx for citalopram and am now sleeping (still taking Ambien for a few more days) and pitched out the ritalin entirely.
So the upshot is, sometimes the most obvious answer is THE answer!! dont always look for zebras, I guess.
I did get my sleep study results and it showed moderate obstructive sleep apnea with desats into the 80s. Also very very little REM sleep, even when I was on cpap in the lab. Hmmm. Guess that's the depression talking...we'll see. I've only been back on the citalopram five days but am very encouraged.....YAY!

[roster]

My personal belief is that depression/anxiety/insomnia cannot be diagnosed or treated properly until proper breathing while asleep is established (usually by CPAP).

The breathing while asleep has to be taken care of first. Then the depression/anxiety/insomnia may look completely different as in "much better" or "completely gone".

Good luck.