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Wednesday, November, 11, 2009

Ambien And Panic Attacks

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Living with depression?

By Ask the Expert Patient Health Expert

Question:

 

Dawn wrote...

 

I was diagnosed with depression but even with my medication I still don't feel myself. I realized when my grandmother passed away that she, my mother, and my aunt and been on medication for years, this is when I decided to be tested. They have placed me on first Zoloft and now Paxil but I still have to take clonazepam for my anxiety attacks, and then I have to take Ambien to help me sleep, because NOTHING helps with the insomnia. I still feel tired all the tim...

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