Posted by don_bristol on August 31, 2003, at 15:20:48
In reply to Re: How common is hallucinating on Ambien? » don_bristol, posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 31, 2003, at 8:31:55
> You'd be surprised how many people will pop 50 or 60mg of
> Ambien and just force themselves to stay awake and watch
> the show, lol. It's sort of a cheap buzz, because the
> hallucinations only last for about an hour and there's
> nothing psychedelic involved.
>Yes that's pretty much how my friend seemed to describe them. She saw immobile thing moving and undulating. She felt people were around. But there were no sounds turning into colors or that sort of thing.
> But I suppose Ambien just doesn't work as a sleeping pill
> for some people -- my doctor's had me try up to 80mg in
> a single night once because it just wasn't working for me;
> didn't fall asleep, had some wicked hallucinations though,Well at least you seem to answer my question about how much can be taken! Although I must be careful becuase maybe you are a fast metabolizer and break it down very quickly so the same may not apply to someone else. But I guess doubling the recommended dose is going to be ok.
> I have a very large benzo tolerance, and though I realize
> zolpidem isn't a benzo, it acts similarly enough to one
> that it just won't work for me. I have the same problem
> with Halcion -- recommended dose is 0.25-0.5mg... I once
> took 12mg to no avail. :-\Is it that you have some metabolic reistance? Or are you so anzious and "wired" that nothig short of a sledgehammer would do the trick? I would be interested to know your thoughts as my friend can go right through the night (when she gets hyper and obsessional) even after taking Ambien.
Did you find some other med which made you sleep? A sedative tricyclic, one of the sedative BP meds, a sedating antihistamine, a barbiturate?
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