Posted by utopizen on November 15, 2002, at 11:42:46
In reply to Re: Sleeping pill? » utopizen, posted by glenn on November 15, 2002, at 11:32:05
wow. My problem isn't too severe, it's to the point Benadryl is fine for it, if it weren't for the psychotic feeling I get from Benadryl.
I just need something to prod me into sleeping, then I can zonk out for a solid 9 hours if I want to. It would be nice though to make me sleep a little deeper to avoid the ocassional awakening my roommate may cause when he doesn't feel like sleeping that night, but I'm not going to select a med over that.
So all sleeping pills like Ambien, etc., they're like 40 minutes to work? Klonopin takes that long for me, like 20-40 minutes. In 40 minutes I'm defnitely ready to fall down. Um, speaking of which, what is the benefit to taking a non-benzo over Klonopin for sleeping purposes? I doubt I'd have addiction problems if I just used to go to sleep. But if I can feel the same refreshed feeling I felt yesterday after napping on Klono, I'll take whatever it's called.
"Have a Miltown Morning," as the ad said.
> Hi,
> I can only tell you about the one myself {and my mother )use, zopiclone, I beleive it is called imovane in the US.
> I use it as needed and it is excellent, no dopeyness before or after, I use the lowest dose, 3.5 mg which gives me 4-5 hours good sleep and sometimes I can doze after it wears off. The most I have used it is 4 nights in a row and it kept on working, I now use it once or twice a week. My mother has used it for 5 years in a similar fashion and it works as well for her.
> No interactions with my other meds as far as I can see and no reaction after stopping.
> Hope this helps.
> Glenn
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