Feeling manic after taking a nap

Antti · 05-24-2010, 11:34 AM

Felt pretty good but tired today after coming home from work. Took an afternoon nap (about an hour) and after getting up I'm all over the place. Can't sit still for a minute. Anyone else noticed something like this? It has definitely something to do with WD. Nothing to worry about though. I'm pretty sure that tomorrow morning I'll feel much better.

LCrawford67 · 05-24-2010, 02:23 PM

It's not necessarily anything to do with w/d. Many people feel "off" after taking a nap. I can't take them any more at all. I feel 100 times worse after I do and I've been off Paxil for over two years.

Antti · 05-24-2010, 02:50 PM

You might be right. I know I monitor my state too much.

luc · 05-24-2010, 03:05 PM

I know what you mean, Antti. After even trying to have a nap, I experience nasty akathisia and this 'off' feeling. Though I must say, in terms of its intensity, it's far less severe than in early WD.

ray34iyf · 05-24-2010, 03:38 PM

Absolutely! I've been wondering about this for some time now, just never asked.

scared36wife · 05-24-2010, 04:05 PM

My husband too, I tell him take a nap and these are the reasons he says he doesn't. I feel bad because he is tired, the brain needs sleep to heal, yet look what happens. Yikes dam if you do, dam if you don't!

Zoloft25 · 05-24-2010, 05:11 PM

I haven't napped mch, but when i first went through withdrawal, I wokeup in a TERROR with severe akathisia and was very manic!!! I wander as well, as i have it some days and some days i don't.

Hank Jr. · 05-25-2010, 04:44 AM

I have the same experience with naps. Some days I have no troubles and others I have - But it do get better down the road.

TryingtoGetWell · 05-25-2010, 06:16 AM

Both my mental and physical symptoms would get so much worse when I'd doze off during the day or early evening, I would make special efforts to stay awake, much as I needed the sleep!

Lucy · 05-25-2010, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TryingtoGetWell

Both my mental and physical symptoms would get so much worse when I'd doze off during the day or early evening, I would make special efforts to stay awake, much as I needed the sleep!

Same with me!

TryingtoGetWell · 05-25-2010, 06:25 AM

Wow, all this time I thought it was just me and that I was weird LOL!

Bilo76 · 04-16-2012, 03:49 AM

I have this also. I think its because when you take a nap;.you relax. And then the stress gets relieved. So what you are experiencing is stress and fear comming out. Often its a good thing (someone once told me)

julieannboo · 04-16-2012, 04:03 AM

funny you should mention this.

i had a busy day on saturday and did alot of walking - something i am not used to - i sit at a desk for 8 hours a day.

anyway i was exhausted and saturday night i went to bed at 10:30am and slept for almost 12 hours.

on Sunday i felt a bit off and 'weird' for a while during the day. i put it down to too much sleep.

aberdeen · 04-16-2012, 08:18 AM

LOL... I was going to post something about this one day too! That i always feel shakey and anxious and depressed after a nap. I've never been one to nap before meds, but even if I did I felt kind of off afterwards, but while in w/d it's yucky.

audrealjade · 04-16-2012, 09:55 AM

I thought I was the only one! I've never liked naps and now that I need them it is hard for me to even fall asleep even though I am exhausted. The dp/dr always seems to be even worse after sleeping in or taking a nap! I want my body to get the rest it needs to heal but it is hard to deal with feeling that way!

lmac · 04-16-2012, 11:17 AM

Funny, I JUST woke up from a nap, one that I NEVER take because I get these yucky feelings. I always feel really out of it and not well mentally when I wake up from a nap. Perhaps its a bit of both!

05-24-2010, 11:34 AM	#1
Antti Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Finland Posts: 119	Feeling manic after taking a nap Felt pretty good but tired today after coming home from work. Took an afternoon nap (about an hour) and after getting up I'm all over the place. Can't sit still for a minute. Anyone else noticed something like this? It has definitely something to do with WD. Nothing to worry about though. I'm pretty sure that tomorrow morning I'll feel much better. __________________ Took 10mg Cipralex for a month in december 2009. Quit cold turkey and been off all medication after that. Remaining withdrawal symptoms: - sexual dysfunction

05-24-2010, 02:23 PM	#2
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 34,484	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap It's not necessarily anything to do with w/d. Many people feel "off" after taking a nap. I can't take them any more at all. I feel 100 times worse after I do and I've been off Paxil for over two years. __________________ aka LC aka Laurie C. Paxil, 20 mg since 1997, for IBS Two unsuccessful attempts to quit. Started tapering 11/27/06 PAXIL FREE 12/29/07 Today is the best day, EVER!

05-24-2010, 02:50 PM	#3
Antti Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Finland Posts: 119	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap You might be right. I know I monitor my state too much. __________________ Took 10mg Cipralex for a month in december 2009. Quit cold turkey and been off all medication after that. Remaining withdrawal symptoms: - sexual dysfunction

05-24-2010, 03:05 PM	#4
luc Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,628	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap I know what you mean, Antti. After even trying to have a nap, I experience nasty akathisia and this 'off' feeling. Though I must say, in terms of its intensity, it's far less severe than in early WD.

05-24-2010, 03:38 PM	#5
ray34iyf Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: WI Posts: 1,315	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap Absolutely! I've been wondering about this for some time now, just never asked. __________________ July '07 - Nov 2010 = HELL Tapered off 20mg Celexa in a month November 14th -- SSRI FREE Positives: So many Eating live foods/juicing & natural healing have taken my life to a new level Also, absolute BEST technique I've ever experienced for ANY type of negative emotions (anxiety, depression, etc) EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (unbelievable how it works) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmIS69vB12I

05-24-2010, 04:05 PM	#6
scared36wife Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 198	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap My husband too, I tell him take a nap and these are the reasons he says he doesn't. I feel bad because he is tired, the brain needs sleep to heal, yet look what happens. Yikes dam if you do, dam if you don't!

05-24-2010, 05:11 PM	#7
Zoloft25 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: United States, Alabama Posts: 763	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap I haven't napped mch, but when i first went through withdrawal, I wokeup in a TERROR with severe akathisia and was very manic!!! I wander as well, as i have it some days and some days i don't. __________________ Diagnosed w/mild Autism and OCD Vistrial Zoloft 50 mgs for 7 years - tapered in just a month 20 mgs Celexa for a few weeks, tapered too fast. Back to 10 mgs for a while, tapered over a few months to 5 mgs and then stopped. Started back on 10 mgs of Celexa april 11th, Ambien 10 mgs for 2 months. now tapering slowly and having some withdrawal symptoms. supplaments, 12000 mgs of Fish Oil, Multivitamin, 250 mgs Magnesium, Cod Liver Oil

05-25-2010, 04:44 AM	#8
Hank Jr. Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 381	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap I have the same experience with naps. Some days I have no troubles and others I have - But it do get better down the road. __________________ Lexapro end 2010-02-26 : 7 month taper from 7.5mg - Last dose 0.5mg Xanax end 2008-02-26 : 7½ weeks taper from 1.5mg - Last dose 0.125mg You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. -Chinese Proverb

05-25-2010, 06:16 AM	#9
TryingtoGetWell Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,679	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap Both my mental and physical symptoms would get so much worse when I'd doze off during the day or early evening, I would make special efforts to stay awake, much as I needed the sleep! __________________ 5/93 - Started paxil after 6 years sensory distortions from benzo WD/low-dose reinst.+chronic medical problems/pain - 20 mg/day; yrs later 15 mg 3/30/06 - 20 mg 4/21/06 - 15 mg 4/27/06 - 10 mg 5/17/06 - 5 mg (none 5/20) 5/21-24/06 - 2.5 mg (5/22 - none) 5/25/06 - d/c’d paroxetine Felt better than in years, then gradual WD symptoms 6/17/06 - Bolted awake in blind terror, started E-ticket ride to hell 2010 - Leaving hell for balmier climate! (Still on my pre-paxil 0.5 mg clonazepam)

05-25-2010, 06:25 AM	#11
TryingtoGetWell Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,679	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap Wow, all this time I thought it was just me and that I was weird LOL! __________________ 5/93 - Started paxil after 6 years sensory distortions from benzo WD/low-dose reinst.+chronic medical problems/pain - 20 mg/day; yrs later 15 mg 3/30/06 - 20 mg 4/21/06 - 15 mg 4/27/06 - 10 mg 5/17/06 - 5 mg (none 5/20) 5/21-24/06 - 2.5 mg (5/22 - none) 5/25/06 - d/c’d paroxetine Felt better than in years, then gradual WD symptoms 6/17/06 - Bolted awake in blind terror, started E-ticket ride to hell 2010 - Leaving hell for balmier climate! (Still on my pre-paxil 0.5 mg clonazepam)

04-16-2012, 03:49 AM	#12
Bilo76 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Holland Posts: 1,641	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap I have this also. I think its because when you take a nap;.you relax. And then the stress gets relieved. So what you are experiencing is stress and fear comming out. Often its a good thing (someone once told me) __________________ Bilo aka Remco 14 years on Paxil 20 mg cause of a bad anxiety disorder (social anxiety, agoraphobia) 2011 Oct 16th: Cold turkey stop Paxil cause of poopout and switch to lexapro 15 mg. Hell started. Tapered lexapro. Tapered oxazepam. Med-free since may 18th 2012 "....We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It can not command, only serve..." Albert Einstein.

04-16-2012, 04:03 AM	#13
julieannboo Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,395	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap funny you should mention this. i had a busy day on saturday and did alot of walking - something i am not used to - i sit at a desk for 8 hours a day. anyway i was exhausted and saturday night i went to bed at 10:30am and slept for almost 12 hours. on Sunday i felt a bit off and 'weird' for a while during the day. i put it down to too much sleep. __________________ Paxil History: 20mg - April 1997 0mg - Summer 1998 30mg - October 1999 20mg - October 2002 - July 2011 20mg to 10mg - July 2011 - March 2012 (10% taper) CRASHED when i got to 5.2mg Back on 10mg - STAYING HERE FOR TIME BEING.

04-16-2012, 08:18 AM	#14
aberdeen Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,907	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap LOL... I was going to post something about this one day too! That i always feel shakey and anxious and depressed after a nap. I've never been one to nap before meds, but even if I did I felt kind of off afterwards, but while in w/d it's yucky. __________________ *2 Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."* 2005-2010 Effexor XR 112.5mg-262.5mg for PPD Dec 2010 Poop-out and rapid 3 month wean. Off Effexor March 2011 Hell started 1 month later-tried 3 other meds to deal with w/d nothing worked. . Now tapering from 20mg Paxil (still recovering from Effexor w/d) Oct'11 to Nov '12 20mg-10mg Mar 5/13- 9mg Apr 12/13-8.1mg May 5/13-7.3mg

04-16-2012, 09:55 AM	#15
audrealjade Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 458	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap I thought I was the only one! I've never liked naps and now that I need them it is hard for me to even fall asleep even though I am exhausted. The dp/dr always seems to be even worse after sleeping in or taking a nap! I want my body to get the rest it needs to heal but it is hard to deal with feeling that way! __________________ 10mg of Citalopram - 10/2011 to 12/2011 Adverse reaction - DP/DR Tapered: 7.5mg - 1 week 5mg - 1 week 2.5mg - 1 week Off all medication as of 12/17/2011 Found out my issues have stemmed from having the Epstein Barr virus which caused secondary thyroid/adrenal issues! If you are depressed and have anxiety get all of these checked! www.stopthethyroidmadness.com www.sabbaticalsoapbox.com *"Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror. Just keep going, no feeling is final." - Rilke*

04-16-2012, 11:17 AM	#16
lmac Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 943	Re: Feeling manic after taking a nap Funny, I JUST woke up from a nap, one that I NEVER take because I get these yucky feelings. I always feel really out of it and not well mentally when I wake up from a nap. Perhaps its a bit of both! __________________ Lmac - 1998-2002: Celexa 20mg - 2002-2010: Paxil 20mg - 2009 - 20-0 mg paxil in 5 mnths(with prozac) - 2009 (Dec): reinstated after 4 mnths off (crash) - 2009 Dec -2010 Nov: Paxil 20mg - 2010 Nov: switched to Zoloft 50mg (Paxil poop) - 2011 Mar: tapered Zoloft (5.5 mnths) - March: 37.5mg for 2 weeks - April: 25 mg for 2 weeks - April: 12.5mg for 18 weeks AD free since Sept 4th, 2011 - Feb - March 2012: Crashed - May 2012 - Finally seeing SOME real windows

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