Hello Lesley
This is very possible as among other things the anti malarials are central nervous system stimulants. That's exactly why they can help so much with fatigue. And why they need to be used with caution when people have a history of epilepsy or fits. As usual with meds some people are more susceptible than others.
When I added another anti malarial to my Plaquenil I was so wired initially I worried about my sanity and general health. I was sleeping only 2/3 hours a night, my mind was working at top speed full of projects and I was having extremely vivid meaningful dreams quite therapeutic as it happens.
If you take it at night try taking it in the morning. I'm not quite sure what to suggest if you are taking it twice a day, morning and night. It depends on how well you are tolerating it I guess and how long you have been taking it. Many people take their 400mgs in one go in the morning. My doctors have always known I did this and nobody ever suggested there was any reason why not to. Probably I would start taking the second dose earlier with late lunch or early tea or supper, since it should be taken with food. Or I would add the other 200 one day in the morning at a weekend to see if it was OK tum wise and if that stopped the sleeplessness.
if you have just started taking it at 400 mgs I suggest dropping to 200 mgs in the morning for a week or so then increasing. It might simply be a question of time for your body to adjust, as it was with me and the other anti malarial. Not sleeping is highly undesirable.
The ' correct' advice is of course to contact your doctor .
Good Luck !
Clare
This is very possible as among other things the anti malarials are central nervous system stimulants. That's exactly why they can help so much with fatigue. And why they need to be used with caution when people have a history of epilepsy or fits. As usual with meds some people are more susceptible than others.
When I added another anti malarial to my Plaquenil I was so wired initially I worried about my sanity and general health. I was sleeping only 2/3 hours a night, my mind was working at top speed full of projects and I was having extremely vivid meaningful dreams quite therapeutic as it happens.
If you take it at night try taking it in the morning. I'm not quite sure what to suggest if you are taking it twice a day, morning and night. It depends on how well you are tolerating it I guess and how long you have been taking it. Many people take their 400mgs in one go in the morning. My doctors have always known I did this and nobody ever suggested there was any reason why not to. Probably I would start taking the second dose earlier with late lunch or early tea or supper, since it should be taken with food. Or I would add the other 200 one day in the morning at a weekend to see if it was OK tum wise and if that stopped the sleeplessness.
if you have just started taking it at 400 mgs I suggest dropping to 200 mgs in the morning for a week or so then increasing. It might simply be a question of time for your body to adjust, as it was with me and the other anti malarial. Not sleeping is highly undesirable.
The ' correct' advice is of course to contact your doctor .
Good Luck !
Clare
