Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 12, 2003, at 22:43:24
In reply to Clonazepam poop-out, posted by Guy on August 12, 2003, at 22:11:25
Trying a higher dose of clonazepam for sleep would just lead to you needing higher and higher doses as time goes on. Tolerance develops quite rapidly to the hypnotic effects of benzos. (though, from your post, I'm not quite sure whether you take the clonazepam just for sleep or during the day for anxiety as well?)
L-tryptophan, from what I hear, is a wonderful sleep aid that's available over-the-counter, as is melatonin.
There are dozens of herbal remedies that can help as well, to which a development of tolerance is *extremely* rare. The best in the sleep-inducement category would be any high quality product including kava kava, passionflower, chamomile, valerian, California poppy, thyme, catnip, lettuce opium, lavender, lemon balm (melissa), hyssop, and/or hops. All of these are powerful hypnotics; some people give up on herbal remedies too soon though because it seems that only certain ones work well for certain people. You just have to try as many as you can.
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