Posted by Ponder on April 13, 2002, at 17:25:32
In reply to Anyone Taken Ambien AND a Benzo for Sleep?, posted by fachad on April 7, 2002, at 9:44:27
I have done Ambien 10 and Ativan 1 for sleep with my doctor's blessing, although he hoped I would not have to do that often. I have a PRN script for Ativan and sometimes take it early evening. Then with Ambien at bedtime, I usually sleep pretty well.
> It seems like for me to get to sleep using a benzo I need really high doses. 30mg temazepam didn’t phase me, and 2mg Ativan does a little more, but not much. I guess I could try 4 mg Ativan, but that seems like a fairly high dose.
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> I'm now wondering if it would make more sense to take Ambien to initiate sleep, and a very small dose benzo(like 1mg Ativan) to maintain sleep.
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> Has anyone one done this successfully and with your pdoc's approval?
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