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@sherry47

John, I feel your pain. I would say to stick it out but can give you NO intelligent guess as to how long it will take.
The sleep thing can be even worse than brain zaps as far as side-effects go. It keeps the brain/ body from resting. You wake up feeling crazy and exhausted. I did anyway. I was so done for the day and it had literally just begun. Talk about feeling hopeless.
You are not alone.

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I had to go back on 12.5mg I guess I'll try a smaller dose for a while. I'm guessing at 12.5mg it's not actually doing anything for me besides keeping me tied to it.