Posted by utopizen on October 2, 2003, at 13:45:12
In reply to Ambien- dependency potential?, posted by Budgie on October 2, 2003, at 11:28:39
I took Ambien last July and August for insomnia, and it went away before the end of August. I was prescribed 10mg once at night.
It can only help. If you take it on an occassional basis, it may simply prolong your chances of being able to get out of the insomnia... then again, if you can feel comfortable about getting out of bed after 30 minutes of not sleeping and taking it then, that's good too... mostly, though, this would be every night when I had it, so I just took it every night. Eventually it went away.
The FDA requires that it be listed as a 7-10 day med because they're trying to over-compensate from a lack of any regulation over barbituates, Placidyl, and Qualludes which use to be widely abused and addicted to.
In my case, taking it every night for 2 months enabled me to cure my insomnia, and now I don't have to take it anymore.
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