Posted by vbAgent on September 12, 2005, at 1:44:23
In reply to Re: Ambien - Is this effect common??, posted by sm2010 on September 11, 2005, at 23:15:29
> Ambien was very hallucinogenic for me...VERY. I stopped taking it because it caused me daytime anxiety (never had before) and I built up a very quick tolerance, which in the long run worsened my insomnia.
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> My Dr. just prescribed me Lunesta which I'm not sure if I'm going to take. I don't want to get into the same mess I did w/ ambien. Can anyone who's taken both ambien and lunesta attest to whether lunesta gives the same "trippy" affects, tolerance and rebound insomnia (if you stop it)?
I take Lunesta 2mg, which hasn't caused visual hallucinations. I was prescribed Ambien in the past and didn't experience hallucinations either. Higher doses of Lunesta, however, such as 4mg, produces some "trippy" effects for me - safe to say it's the reason I'm not doubling the dose again.
Does anyone know how the nonbenzodiazepine sedative/hypnotics, presumably safer with less addiction potential than their benzo-counterparts, cause such "trippy" effects?
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