Posted by cecilia on June 8, 2006, at 3:18:21
In reply to Re: Emsan-Day 30 » cecilia, posted by RobertDavid on June 7, 2006, at 22:36:50
Some people are finding that a small dose works and that's great, but since for me it hasn't, taking it off at night or cutting it in half doesn't make sense. The 6 mg patch is designed to release 6 mg in 24 hours-if you take it off for 8 hours you're only getting a 4 mg dose, and that's assuming you can pull yourself out of bed and put the new patch on in exactly 8 hours, even if you've only slept 2. Which is part of my problem, what the docs like to call poor sleep hygiene, sounds like you don't wash your sheets but really meaning I need to set 3 alarm clocks and force myself out of bed at a set hour whether I've slept or not. Which I just can't make myself do when I don't have to, because there's nothing I have the slightest desire to get up for and I know that even if I've only slept 2 hours I'll still have the insomnia again the next night-it seems to make no difference whether I've slept 2 hours or 12. I actually do take clonazepam, but I'm really not convinced it does anything at all. I've had insomnia since childhood, so it's nothing new. Ambien helps some, temazepam not as much, overhyped Lunesta not at all. Cecilia
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