Posted by fachad on March 26, 2002, at 9:25:17
In reply to Re: To Those with Frequent Flyer Miles on Benzos » IsoM, posted by Zo on March 26, 2002, at 3:43:50
Zo,
I'm trying to switch from Ambien, which costs too much and wears off too quickly, to a cheaper, generic benzo that will keep me asleep all night.
My pdoc is fairly open - but there are SOOOO many different benzos and to try them one by one would take forever.
So if you've taken quite a few, and maintain that they are as different from each other as "apples and oranges", could you please share some of your experiences as to the qualitative differences between the different benzos?
From textbook descriptions, they talk as if all benzos are the same and the only thing that differentiates them is onset, half-life, and active metabolites. They imply that there are not qualitative differences, only quantitative differences. If your experience is that they are different, that would be really good info for us PSBers to have.
I tried temezapam, and it does nothing. NOTHING. I could take 2 15mg tablets with my OJ for breakfast and not even notice the whole day.
I'm thinking of trying Ativan or estazolam (ProSom) next. Do you have any suggestions as to what the best benzo would be for sleep maintenance insomnia? I see my pdoc on Thursday (3/28), so if you could provide any input before then it would be really appreciated.
Thanks.
-fachad
> What a great line. Hey, I'd compare my Benzo miles with you anyday!
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> And yes, they are as different as. . .apples are to oranges. Any benzo that gives you *clarity*, that's your drug, honey. . . .Ativan is, for the nonce, mine.
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> Zo
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