Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 7, 2007, at 14:14:32
In reply to Ambien Anxiolytic properties, posted by Pluto on February 5, 2007, at 2:52:01
Ambien is not a good anxiolytic. If you continued to take it during the daytime and escalated the dose based upon the inevitable tolerance, you'd find this out soon enough--if you didn't die in a car wreck or something first. Seriously, do not do this. I have met people that have and all of their experiences ended in police custody.
I highly doubt there is any doctor that has ever done this, for, as others have said, there are simply better drugs available.
All benzodiazepines will dampen the libido to some extent; you probably were just taking more clonazepam relative to the amount of alprazolam you're taking, although there are subtle differences. Are you sure you're not looking for a "high"? Benzodiazepines do not do this. I do not want to sound too paternalistic, but once one gets used to taking benzodiazepines, not experiencing [as much] anxiety becomes the norm, and the novelty is gone.
In psychopharmacology, the adage "perfect is the enemy of good" definitely holds true to an extent. Are you sure you have reasonable expectations?
I take Nardil and d-amphetamine, and often I feel great; but it's still far from a shot of 10mg each of heroin and methamphetamine. This is a good thing.
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