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experiences with pills (ambien, trazodone, restoril)


Posted by cielo on July 26, 2000 at 22:50:32:

i have been a sufferer of chronic insomnia for my whole life. it has been especially bad in the past few years. i go for days on end without sleep. i am in this wonderland state all the time. never quite awake, and never quite asleep.

i should also mention here that i was diagnosed with depression due to being bulimic. (what a great combination, huh?) i know this adds to the insomnia. i have recently went into recovery from my eating disorder and depression, but the insomnia is worse than ever.

my doctor started me on trazodone. i found that it never really knocked me out, it took such a long time. then, when i woke up, i had a severe hangover. it impaired my driving ability well into the next day. i would find myself driving down the interstate and i would end up almost going over the yellow line on the left side of the road, and i could not remember how i got there. so i stopped this med.

next, i was prescribed ambien. this worked WONDERS for me. for about a month i might add. my mom would tell me i was doing strange things though. i would get temporary amnesia if someone woke me up while on ambien. i had no recollection of this. then, it stopped putting me to sleep. i would get into this hypnotic trance like state. it made me really want to eat. my nights were like this: take 10mg ambien, eat, smoke, take ten more of ambien, smoke, then i would get so sick. i would take a warm shower, and maybe end up taking another 10mg of ambien. eventually i would fall asleep. i stopped taking this, although i know i was getting addicted, so my desire to have it again is very great.

so then, my doctor put me on temazepam (restoril). this does not work AT ALL. i tried taking 30mg. then i tried taking 60mg the next night. i have not slept since i have gotten this med.

i don't really want to have to depend on pills, but i am at a point right now where i need to get something, just to get a little sleep so i don't go insane!

i would ask for sonata, but from what i have read, people say it doesn't work for chronic insomniacs. and i am not sure what else is out there.

my point in all of this is to warn of my experiences with these meds. dangerous, addictive... etc. you get the picture.

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