Posted by jane d on February 2, 2002, at 21:25:44
In reply to Re: Ambien, benzos for insomnia » jane d, posted by BarbaraCat on February 2, 2002, at 20:58:21
Barbara,
I haven't tried any others. I wanted something very short acting since I rarely wake up once I've fallen asleep. I also don't use the sonata every night. If it's going to work for me I think it works in under half an hour but I'm not watching the clock at that point so I'm not sure. It doesn't always work at 5 or 10 mg so I've sometimes ended up taking another 5 or 10 mg later. Sometimes I've taken 20 mg up front - that always knocks me out - but I don't want to do that each time since I don't need to. I'm also only using it to try to get to sleep under normal, quiet conditions when the only thing keeping me awake is myself. I really doubt that it would knock me out if there was too much additional stimulus like a snoring partner or people coming in and out. I hope somewhere in there are the answers to at least some of your questions.
Jane
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