I am taking venlafaxine 225 mg morning and quetiapine 100 mg at night for my recurrence depressive disorder from nine months I have continue taking these drugs from nine months before that my illness covered slowly and now m facing problem during these drugs at drowsiness and more dreams at night sleep and much more feeling of sleepy at morning time I am wake up around 9 am morning and no freshness feeling of awakening and yesterday I hv discuss all these things with my Dr. Assistant bcz my Dr. Not available in hospital at my following visit so I hv discuss with junior he is change my medicine and stop my night medicine quetiapine and he started new medicine stilnoct 6.25 mg at night time so please tell me stilnoct 6.25 mg is better medicine comparer to quetiapine please tell me according my condition which one medicine better quetiapine or stilnoct 6.25 mg bcz many Dr. Says stilnoct is addiction medicine he is in clonazepam form.
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Stilnoct is not that good a medicine, better strategy is to reduce quetiapine gradually, if needed also venlafaxine. The day time sedation is mostly due to venlafaxine. So better consult the consultant psychiatrist, rather than assistant. All the best.
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Dear lybrate-user, please accept and follow the doctor's advice. Any medicine that gives you good sleep and does not cause drowsiness is good for you. You have tried quetiapine already. Why don't you try stilnoct now? You can not compare quetiapine with stilnoct since they are different group of medicines. Stilnoct is zolpidem and not clonazepam. Before you get dependent on it, you may be able to stop it - once your sleep is satisfactory.
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I totally understand that you are having difficulty with your sleep with your current medications. Sleep can have an immense effect on your mood and it is imperative that you change your medications with consultation from your prescribing doctor. I also believe that the quality of your sleep has a lot to do with your daytime routine and it does help if you could explain your sleep in detail with your psychiatrist. With regards to your medications, quetiapine and stilnoct are two entirely different categories of medicine and so is clonazepam. Although you do not mention if you are currently using all three or one or two medications, it would be helpful to say that you certainly need the help of a psychiatrist to get your medications straightened out and have a good night's sleep. Look forward to hearing from you. If you need help with booking an appointment online with me on this website either text, audio, or video appointment for a confidential and private consultation you may do so by contacting the help desk of Lybrate.
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