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How to cure insomnia?
human
Can you give me some guidance on the best medication for my symptoms please? I am looking for something to help me deal with anxiety and insomnia; however my situation is complicated by chronic ibs, so that my gut is particularly sensitive to any drugs. This is also the main source of my anxiety as it is very stressful to plan to go out anywhere. I have recently been prescribed 10 mg amytriptyline to help my ibs, but found during 2 weeks of taking it that the side effects were worse than my condition. In fact it made my insomnia much worse. There are so many anti-depressants and my own GP doesn't seem to know where to start. I need something which can be taken at a low dose, is mildly sedating to help sleep at night, and does not cause diahrea (which I still can't spell!). I am a 58 year old woman: research also suggests that post-menopausal women need different medication to those who have estrogen present. Thank you
gpt
HiI understand your concern.You have require treatment in many aspect to correct your emotion and anxiety.For your gut the medicines best to treat your symptoms is mirtazapine.Mirtazapine has excellent review in IBS plus sleep problem.It has dual role in both in anxiety and sleep problem.You have to follow sleep schedule for better sleep.certain routines and lifestyle modification will help you likefix sleep schedule and stick on itno day time sleepexercise that makes you fatigueavoid heavy meal in dinneravoid tea coffee soft drink at nightstress free activities and meditations, Do pleasurable activities.avoid alcohol and smokinguse bed when you feel sleepyread up to when you will sleepycalm and cool bed roomAll of this will help you to restore good sleepBesides this there are some medicines like benzodiazapine and zolpidame which are useful in treat sleep problemsGet well soonThank you