Posted by Elizabeth on March 9, 2002, at 2:06:48
In reply to Re: Temazepam DOES NOT Work At All, posted by sleepingbeauty on March 6, 2002, at 18:37:53
> I must be treatment resistant because Ambien and Sonata are like taking a placebo for me, does nada...anytime, any amount!
I was there at one point (very bad depression). I still am not convinced that Sonata has any active ingredients, but now Ambien seems to be working as well as it ever did for me. (Convincing my pdoc to prescribe the 20mg dose that I need -- well, that'll be another matter.) How much Ambien and Sonata have you tried taking, out of curiosity?
> I finally just had to bite the bullet and take .50-1.00 mg of Xanax every night PLUS take 50 mg of Vistaril. Now at least I sleep a decent amount!
I find that I develop tolerance to antihistamine sedation (including from ADs like TCAs, trazodone, Remeron) within a few days. And that's not so much Xanax; I have to take 2 mg if I'm going to be sedated (or just to stop a panic attack). Not tolerance; just natural resistance to the stuff. (I think that Goodman & Gilman's calls it "intrinsic tolerance.")
> ~hence the name I chose for posting here....I only WISH I could sleep like her (sigh)~
Hey: even if you can't sleep, that doesn't mean you're not beautiful!
-elizabeth
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