Posted by SLS on August 2, 2004, at 22:43:50
In reply to Re: Tried everything for insomnia - nothing works...., posted by KaraS on August 2, 2004, at 22:10:07
> > I've been on benzos, Ambien, Sonata, Trazodone (eww I HATE Trazodone), Chloral Hydrate (long time ago), Seroquel, Atarax, Benedryl, etc etc.
> >
> > The problem is either the med is too weak to get me to sleep and my docs are too conservative to increase the dose - or the med is too sedating and I'm late to work.
> >
> > I bring up Nembutal (barbiturate) and there's no way they'll prescribe it for me (although I've been on it before when I lived in a different state - different doc) and it's the BEST sleep I've gotten EVER.
> >
> > So, yeah, I need to have a sleep evaluation - but what to take to help me sleep in the meantime?????
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Jerry
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> Have you tried Neurontin, GABA, valerian, maprotiline, tryptophan or 5-htp?
>
> There's nothing worse than not being able to sleep. You just can't function without it. Most of us have been there. Hope you find something that works for you.
>
> Kara
I don't see Remeron there, but I'm sure you've considered it. That's too bad about the Nembutal. I think doctors have become paranoid that everyone is watching over them to monitor if they are prescribing demonic drugs like benzodiazepines and barbiturates. It is so unenlightened not to use these tools. During a difficult bout of insomnia resulting from antidepressant treatment, I found it necessary to combine Halcion 1.0mg + Ativan 2-4mg. Halcion is a strong drug with a short half-life. It will knock you out, but you need something to keep you out after it is eliminated from the body. That's what the Ativan was for. I wish I could direct you to something printed in black and white to offer your doctor. He will most likely be resistant to using Halcion at all, let alone at dosages above 0.5mg and combined with another benzodiazepine. Maybe Halcion + Remeron would work out as a compromise.
- Scott
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