Posted by Lou Pilder on April 28, 2012, at 21:26:44
In reply to Update - symptoms are gone, posted by MelanieG on April 28, 2012, at 20:31:42
> Hi - I wanted to provide an update on me. You might recall I posted about a month ago with my symptoms of anxiety and possible post traumatic stress from a very traumatic experience in my life. I began experiencing dizziness on an almost daily basis last June. And I believe that caused panic attacks.
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> Well - I stopped taking Ambien, which I've been on for about 3 years now. It was a very low dose - half a pill per night. I tapered myself off by taking one half of a half for a few nights and then stopped completely. I now take one Melatonin a night but I probably do not even need that.
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> I have NO problems sleeping at all. Not falling asleep - nor staying asleep. Sometimes I wake up but then go right back to sleep. I have MUCH MUCH better sleep quality and now I dream again whereas on Ambien I did not. I wake up feeling refreshed and well rested and do not require as much sleep. Best of all - my dizziness is gone! No more feeling edgy, jumpy, sensitivity to noise, panicky etc.
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> It is my belief that I was going through some sort of physical withdrawal each day from the Ambien. My body is very very sensitive to any kind of drug. I react VERY strongly to even the smallest dose of most medications and only require a small dose of most. you might recall I was taking one half of a .25 Xanax which gave me relief from the dizziness. I have not needed to take a Xanax in weeks!
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> I just wanted to pass this information along in case it might help someone else. It is very possible that I was having a longterm side effect to years of Ambien. I am still seeing a therapist every other week and she helps me immensely - but I am feeling better than I have in a long time. I still believe I have a tendency to anxiety in general but I think the ambien or reaction to it the next day might have possibly had something to do with how I was feeling.
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> All the best to everyone on here! :)MelanieG,
You wrote,[...tramatic experiance in my life...anxiety...dizzynesss..panic attacks...stopped taking Ambien...not needed to take Xanax...possible that I was having a longterm side effect to years of Ambien...still seeing a therapist...].
There are things in what you have posted here that fit into a situation that could be unbeknownst to you and your therapist that I could help here with. You see, you are describing a situaation that could have unexpected happenings going forward. This has to do with delayed reactions, triggers, consequences from taking benzodiazepines, and things that could be beyond psychiatry and psychology that I know.
What I am getting at here is that you could run into a catastrophic situation that I know how you could overcome and you and your therapist may not be able to understand what is happening and you might not know what to do. If that happens, feel free for your therpist to contact me, for it could save your life or prevent you from gettinmg a life-ruining condition or addiction IMHHO. This is based on my deep study into the situation that you describe here and what I know about benzodiazepines and what I know about what you wrote here. In particular, but not limited to the taking of Ambien and your tramatic experiance. There are connections involved that I am prohibited from posting here due to prohibitions made to me by Mr. Hsiung. But your therapist could contact me if going forward you run into an unknown situation and can not explain it. But I see ahead here by what you wrote a possibility of coming to an impossible chasm to cross. If you get there,and do not know what to do, you and your therapist could contact me if you like.
Lou
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