Posted by Holden on November 29, 2001, at 0:22:12
I've recently been prescribed temazepam (restoril) for insomnia...I'm also ADHD and taking dex during the day. 15mg of the temazepam really doesn't seem to help me go to sleep, maybe just feel mildly sluggish, and 30mg is a 50/50 thing for me whether it lets me go to sleep or not. In fact, for the past 30 days it's only really worked once for me, and that one time it was very nice, woke up feeling very refreshed.
However, I'm now noticing a horrible depression coming over me, including social withdrawal, not wanting to leave the apartment, lots of seclusionary things... It's just an empty sort of feeling, and it just occured to me today that maybe it is the temazepam? Or is it the dex? I hope not the dex, as it seems to work the best of all i've tried (ritalin, adderall)....
In the past I've taken klonopin (0.5mg) which worked great until i guess i built up tolerance and then it did absolutely nothing for me....bumped up to 1mg but still to no avail. Ambien was also great for sleep, in fact probably one of the best, taking 15mg but again i soon developed a tolerance of sorts and 15mg wouldn't put me to sleep....plus with the memory lapses I wasn't comfortable taking 30mg of it.
So a few questions....anyone else noticed negative effects from temazepam? And also, I see my pdoc on monday and am thinking of asking for klonopin again. Was 0.5-1mg a low dosage? What are other people taking, and what's reasonable to ask for?
I'm also without health insurance now so unfortunately ambien is out of the question ($$$)...so am leaning to the klonopin but don't want to seem weird in asking for a too-large dose. And again, the 0.5mg was wonderful when it worked, but sadly it does zip for me now....same for 1mg.
Finishing up my rambling, but I am a bit concerned about having a cycle of dextroamphetamine during the day and benzos to bring me down. I just have this mental block about that, I don't want to go down the road of dependence on prescriptions..... :( Dex, I am taking on avg 30mg (+/- 5mg) per day, which works but also leaves me crushingly exhausted at the end of the day, but unable to actually sleep. And thus begins hours of being tired and miserable but unfortunately still awake... It's taking a toll....
Any advice would be greatly appreciated....
thanks in advance
poster:Holden
thread:85479
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