Posted by JohnX2 on March 17, 2002, at 1:33:27
In reply to Benzos Ruin Sleep in the Long Run?, posted by fachad on March 17, 2002, at 1:19:38
Hi Fachad,This is my "opinion":
I don't feel that benzodiazepines should be prescribed purely for sleep disorders. The risk/reward doesn't seem to be there.I think you indicated earlier that you do not tolerate well medications like Remeron because of weight gain or something? is this correct?
Regards
John> I have posted a few times here on my sleep woes.
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> It really seems to me like benzos are the best options given the problems I've had with everything else. But some have posted that benzos screw up sleep in the long run and end up causing more problems than they appear to solve in the short term. The last thing I need is to develop tolerance, have an unpleasant withdrawal, and have worse sleep problems that I started out with.
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> I could always just go back to Ambien.
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> I've never had any kind of substance abuse problems, even though I've had free access to problematic substances (e.g. narcotic pain meds, stimulants) from my docs for various things. Are benzos more likely than those meds to cause problems?
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> If it's really as bad as some say, I'd just like people to speak up, don't worry about coming off as an anti-benzo fanatic, and give me adequate warning. I give more credence to the stuff I read here than just about anything else, other than my own first hand experience.
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