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Topic: Sleep disturbances on flagyl?

Geneal
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 10375

posted

Good morning all.

Quick question.

Started my flagyl/doxy protocol of 3 days of flagyl (up to 750mg a day)

With four days of doxy (300 mg a day).

On my flagyl days (I am only up to 500mg a day-I know I am a wimp)

I can't seem to get to sleep. Deep sleep.

I am so tired I can't stand myself, then when I lay down,

It is like I am dozing the whole time. Every little sound wakes me up.

Anybody else experience this?

Does it go away? (please say yes)

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Hugs,

Geneal

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Looking
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 13600

posted

Hi Geneal:

Sorry you are having this problem. The FDA info on Flagyl lists insomnia:

Central Nervous System: Convulsive seizures, peripheral neuropathy, dizziness, vertigo, incoordination, ataxia, confusion, irritability, depression, weakness, and insomnia.

This is a site where anyone can rate their experiences with drugs and there are many entries for Flagyl including those with insomnia:

http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=12623&name=FLAGYL

It may take a few moments for the comments to come up because there are a lot of them.

Hope you get some sleep soon.

Looking

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savebabe
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 9847

posted

Flagyl was a really tough drug to take, I could only stand if for 3 weeks until I switched.

My main complaint on flagy was anxiety and psych symptoms. I think the mix between a herx and the drug itself can caused this. Eventually I switched to an herbal cyst buster, and away from flagyl.

Feel better.

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Geneal
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 10375

posted

Thanks you guys!

ARrrggghhhhh! If it is not one thing it is another.

What's another night without sleep?

At least I am not having any psychotic episodes

(Unless you count me running down the street naked screaming [Big Grin]

).

I suppose I should add......yet.

Hugs,

Geneal

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Visual Afterimage Man
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 10435

posted

Geneal,

I just finished a 14 days cycle of Flagly. 1500 mg per day.

I noticed that Flagyl made me extremely sleepy. I knocked the energy right out of me and made me feel like I could sleep at any point.

I didn't experience the insomnia that you are talking about, but did notice that I would wake up every now and then because I stopped breathing.

Flagyl made my throat swell and my uvula got extremely enlarged. It would make me snore and block my passageway.

Now that I'm off... I'm sleeping like a baby again.

The physch stuff hit me hard. I was close to driving myself to the ER. So keep an eye on your emotions please. If it gets too much to handle, back off it!

--------------------
26 months of treatment. And counting.......

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