Posted by yxibow on February 5, 2007, at 23:16:45
In reply to Re: Ambien Anxiolytic properties » yxibow, posted by laima on February 5, 2007, at 20:12:06
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> Yes, the only one of those certain benzos I've tried was Restoril, and for me at least, it felt quite different from the more garden variety benzos (if I can say such a thing.) And it felt very different from ambien, too. But what it seemed to have in common with ambien was sort of almost taking over my mental state or behavior- I don't know how to explain- I felt far less control over myself, and very poor recollection of what I did after injesting it. (As if I was part asleep, or should have been?) As if drug was more in control of me than other way around, maybe? A twightlighty-ness? Whatever- didn't care for either ambien or restoril.
Either of those can do that, which is why I suggested it would not be a great idea to use it in the daytime, even though I do believe that the Ambien I take at night does give a micro nudge to the general GABA soup that is my polypharmacy.
The scary one for me was Dalmane, at least at the time I tried it -- it was very powerful and yes, I felt like the drug had me in control.
But in a sense that is what a hypnotic is, its not evil mind control games (except for date rape and we wont go there as that is an infinite topic in itself), but in the best of situations it attempts to take over what would otherwise be the body's natural inclination to self-hypnotize, that is, natural unaided sleep. But that's a hard step to reach when you're an insomniac, believe me.Some doctors advocate an attempt to have no sleep aids, the theory being over time the body will adjust itself. The trouble is of course, we have this thing called life (well mine is being eaten at by a Somatiform disorder, but for those who have a 9-5'er plus) that doesn't like to be cranky in the morning so you don't yell at your coworkers or even worse have a breakdown in front of your boss. If we could put all that in a vacuum, a month or two later, we might be able to get by with largely no sleep aid because the body would reset itself. But its not typically the most opportune thing, so we don't. We fall into a pattern of sedative-hypnotics, be it Rx'd or OTC.
-- to better sleep... at night, and not in the daytime.
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