Deepen Sleep Archives - Chris Aiken, MD

Lemon Balm

Treatments, Deepen Sleep, Non-specific Anxiety / Chris

Improves sleep quality [2] and mild depression, anxiety, stress symptoms [2-3]

Dark-Therapy

Hypnotics, Treatments, Hypnotic for Elderly, Weight Gain, Deepen Sleep, Mania, Mixed, Peripartum Depression, BP Cognition / Chris

Very effective for mania, prevents bipolar, deepens sleep. Mild weight loss.

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Dawn-Simulator

Hypnotics, Hypnotic for Elderly, Depression, Treatments, Deepen Sleep / Chris

Improves morning fatigue and depression, particularly in winter. Can pair with lightbox for depression. Ideal for shift workers and night owls.

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Lightbox

Fibromyalgia, First line depression, Bulimia, BP Depression, Male, Treatments, Depression, Deepen Sleep, Treatment Resistant Depression, PTSD, Negative symptoms, Peripartum Depression, Vascular Depression / Chris

Very effective and well tolerated for depression regardless of season (also for bipolar, PTSD, bulimia, shift work)

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Magnesium

Treatments, Alcohol, Deepen Sleep, Bruxism, Sleep / Chris

Improves sleep (with melatonin), bruxism, and essential for liver health in alcohol use disorder.

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Nortriptyline

Major Depression, Treatments, Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression, Deepen Sleep, Psychotic Depression, Migraines, Inflammatory Depression / Nancy Brandon

[Pamelor] First-line tricyclic, low sedation/anticholinergic/hypotension risk. More
noradrenergic.

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Doxepin

Major Depression, Hypnotic for Elderly, Treatments, Deepen Sleep, Sleep / Nancy Brandon

[Sinequan/Silenor] Treats sleep in low-dose (esp early am awakening), depression in higher
doses (tricyclic).

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Amitriptyline

Major Depression, Depression, Treatments, Deepen Sleep, Chronic Pain, OCD, Migraines, Medical, Side Effects / Nancy Brandon

[Elavil] Third-line tricyclic, mix of serotonin/noripineprhine, more anticholinergic side effects.
Useful for pain and IBS.

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Quetiapine

Generalized Anxiety, BP Depression, Bipolar, Treatments, Deepen Sleep, First line mania, Anxiety, Treatment Resistant Depression, OCD, Mania, Mixed, Psychotic symptoms, Anxious Depression, BP Anxiety, Schizophrenia / Nancy Brandon

[Seroquel] Unique antipsychotic – metabolized into an antidepressant so treats unipolar
depression (and GAD) as monotherapy. Top for TRD [1]. Deepens sleep. Tolerability poor, but among the most
effective options for BP-depression [1], BP-anxiety [2], mania, mixed.

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Probiotics

Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Female, BP Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Treatments, Autism, Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety, Deepen Sleep, Treatment Resistant Depression, Anxious Depression, Negative symptoms, Peripartum Depression, Borderline, Sleep, ADHD, Long COVID, Inflammatory Depression, Cognition, Schizophrenia, Sexual Dysfunction / Nancy Brandon

For bipolar/unipolar depression [2], ADHD [3], anxiety [2], cognition [2], autism [2], weight loss [1], dyslipidemia, long COVID [1].

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