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Re: Parnate Insomniacs

Posted by King Vultan on November 20, 2004, at 11:22:50

In reply to Parnate Insomniacs, posted by Zoey1122 on November 20, 2004, at 7:21:07

Sleeping meds seem to be kind of hit and miss--what works well for one person might not work at all for another. I've tried melatonin in the past, and it seemed to have no real effects; I've also tried both trazodone and hyroxyzine with Parnate, and both kept me awake.

What has worked for me is a combination of certain sleep meds and sleep/relaxation CDs being played all night, such as those by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson. I believe I would be dead in the water if I didn't use both of these methods together. The med combination that I've finally found to be successful is to alternate between 0.25 mg Halcion/triazolam one night, and then use 5 mg Ambien + 25 mg Benadryl the next, then go back to the triazolam, etc. I found 10 mg Ambien by itself to do a poor job, and 50 mg Benadryl by itself gave me perhaps 3-6 hours of sleep. I seem to be able to get 7-8 hours using either of the med combinations I indicated, but without the sleep CDs, both are drastically less effective.

Todd


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