Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 11, 2004, at 15:20:42
In reply to Insomnia? Elavil, Remeron, Trazodone, Oh My!, posted by utopizen on February 10, 2004, at 15:40:56
No one seems to report success with it except me, or respond to my posts recommending it :(, but Gabitril is a good sleep drug. Probably not as good as high-dose ambien, but it's not a controlled substance and has none of that antihistamine effect that seems to perturb you. I gave 12mg to a friend once who was suffering from insomnia and she told me she had the best sleep she'd had in years, with no residual grogginess like she experienced with the Seroquel I gave her (I used to be an 1890s-style amateur pharmacy, where the pharmacist prescribes, heh, I'm surprised I didn't start handing things out in 'grains' and 'drams'). Gabitril has a 7-9hr half-life, so it is fairly well-suited to this application.
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