Posted by fachad on February 28, 2002, at 14:58:20
I have been taking Ambien for sleep for about a year. It is very expensive, and my insomnia is SSRI (Prozac) induced early morning awakenings, so Ambien, being short acting, is not really very effective.
So today I asked my pdoc if it would be OK to take a regular, cheap, generic benzo. He agreed and asked me if I had a preference for which one.
I've never taken any before, so I did not know what to say. He started to give me lorazepam, but I asked if I could have temazapem instead. I had heard that lorezepam was more addicting. He gave me 15mg/day of temezapam.
Anyway, next month he'll either refill the temazapam or give me something different.
Are there any qualitative differences between benzos like there are between SSRIs or are they all pretty much the same? (I know about the half life and active metabolites considerations).
Is temezapam the best choice, given that my insomnia is more a problem with staying asleep than falling asleep?
What are other good benzos to consider for insomnia?
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