AVONEX INSOMNIA

[Waydwnsouth1]

One of the side effects of Avonex is "sleeplessness". This would be the one and only side effect I still suffer with. I inject on Saturday nights and get very little sleep. Last night I may have had 2 hours of light sleep. That is after I take a 1mg Xanax.

Does anyone else suffer with this? If so what do you do to combat it?

[techie]

Try some Tylenol PM or generic Bynadryl ( for hives) that may make you sleepy enough.
Careful on dose! You might sleep too long!
techie

[Just MS me]

trazadone

I havedbeen taking it for years it is rx but it helps with sleep and a little with pain.

[BigA]

Everyone is different. When the nurses advise you to take the shot before bed, that's what they've been told works. However, I've been taking avonex for two years now and I have tried taking the shot at night exactly twice in that time. I doubt I will every do a third attempt. I had pain and nightmares all night long.

i take my shot as early in the morning as possible on Saturday and then go to the gym, shopping and carry on with my day. With time, i get only slight headaches and body aches, but I can tell you that around 10pm Saturday night, I feel wonderfull having passed another weekly shot and can sleep well.

Give it a try. You have nothing to lose. And the best part is that you can take your ibuprofen or aspirin or whatever as you need it.

[Badner]

I had never proplems to sleep when get my ibuprofen after the avonex. When i forgot them it was bad.
Sometimes i had bad dreams and i sweat alot.
The most times i have taken my avonex at morning and then i was going to work. Now i get tysabri one time in the month at my free day .

[Nanobaby]

When I first started, I took melatonin tablets just before bed to help me sleep. Now, I just open a textbook and BOOM lol out like a light