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Chronic Insomnia
I've had an insomnia episode that's now been going on over a month. Initially ambien helped but I built up tolerance. I went to doctor twice first prescribed zoloft which did nothing for a week then took amitriptyline after 4 nights that didn't help either. Last couple of days I've noticed random periods of numbness on my face and head. My heart beats fast at times. Is my life in danger? I don't do drugs I don't drink caffeine.
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Numbness and increased heart beats can be symptoms of anxiety. Its important to know the root cause behind your insomnia. Treating just insomnia will not help rather root cause causing insomnia need to be treated. Psychiatric medicine usually take some time to act. Ambien is a sedating drug so it helped in sleep whereas Zoloft doesn't produce sleep but treat underlying depression or anxiety. You might need combination of drug in the initial state.
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Consult your psychiatrist. You can consult me for any further help required.
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Its cause of anxiety but it needs to be further investigated
are you undergoing stress of any kind personal or work related?
I believe you should talk it out because even when medicine is on you can have these symptoms time to time and you should know through psychotherapy techniques how to manage them.
consult with me or any psychologist for counseling & therapy.
connect with me through practo app.
all the best
more power to you
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Dr. Vaddirohit
Psychiatrist
4 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
The current features are more suggestive of anxiety disorder.need further info regarding the symptoms
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kindly consultant a psychiatrist
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Dr. Nikita Rajpal
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14 yrs exp
Delhi
Your symptoms as described by you suggest , you are having sleep problems along with anxiety issues. Depression needs to be ruled out.
Zoloft( sertraline) takes one to two weeks to show improvement. After a week if no improvement, dose has to be increased. For few days till your sleep normalises, adding a benzodiazepine with sertraline would help.
Changing the doctor and medications will not help. Have patience and stick to a doctor.
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