Posted by kid_A on July 24, 2001, at 23:15:57
In reply to Re: Alcohol and Anti-Depressants, posted by jojo on July 24, 2001, at 21:38:35
> >
> Every night I take 10 mg. of Valium about 10 PM,
> and then 10 mg of Ambien around 11:15, and, if necessary, I may take another
> 10 mg. of either Valium or Ambien an hour later.
> After 2AM,all bets are off, and I'll add another one of the above
> and possibly a glass of wine. About
> a year ago I had severe insomnia, and took 20 mg.
> of Valium and 30 mg.of Ambien every night. The insurance
> company was very unhappy with this, but after
> many communications, we convinced them that that
> combination was the safest of the alternatives,
> and they paid for 90 x 10 mg. per month.Wow, reason with an insurance company, I didn't know they were capable of reason...
Your insomina is much more extreme than mine, which wears it head haloed with pair of quotation marks, like, i have "inomnia", in that -mostly- accept when i am having a minor incidence of anxiety, i can get to sleep fine, but i wake up constantly and early... never a full nights rest...
Are you being perscribed anything else for the insomnia beside ambien? Ambien will definitely help you sleep, but doctors seem to think that there is an underlyng reason why we are noot sleeping well that relates to our mental well being...
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