trouble sleeping with meds

[dlep1234]

I just started taking 20 mgs of paraxotene 4 nights ago. Since then, every morning i've been waking up about 5 or 6 hours after going to sleep feeling restless. then I lay there for another 2 hours or so and am unable to fall back asleep. It sucks because when I feel less awake and less rested, my anxiety gets worse. 2 nights ago I tried a sleeping pill. You're supposed to take 2 but I took one at night and it made me feel spacey and weird and my thoughts were kinda racing. fell asleep after about an hr. Once again I woke up early and felt restless so I took the other one in the morning and I still was unable to fall back asleep. When it came time to get up for work I felt tired, weak, and just sick. I went to work for an hour then went home sick. I was unable to fall asleep when I took a nap at home. I layed around all day and night on the couch because I still felt weak and dizzy and I decided I wasn't gonna try to get to bed early because I would just wake up early so I went to sleep at like 1 am then I woke up at like 445 and could not fall back asleep!!! I stayed home from school today because I didn't wanna go there feeling all out of it and weird like I felt yesterday. My mom happened to have some melatonin and she wanted me to take some this morning at 9 am so I could fall asleep for a couple hours. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take it but shes like just take it. it's just a vitamin. So I took it and still didn't fall back asleep! I finally got up at 11. I think I need to exercise and that's the reason I'm unable to fall asleep. I have been just layin around a lot and I've been going to bed early and just sitting on my laptop for a couple hours before going to sleep.
Has anyone experienced these sleeping troubles while starting meds?

[meluv3]

Hi! I'm so sorry you are struggling right now! Insomnia can make the battle all the more difficult! I've heard it is common that you can actually feel worse for a couple weeks while you are adjusting to the meds - including having difficulty sleeping. Just take one day at a time and eventually the meds should kick in and do their thing!