Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 31, 2003, at 17:32:27
In reply to Re: How common is hallucinating on Ambien?, posted by don_bristol on August 31, 2003, at 15:20:48
> Is it that you have some metabolic reistance? Or are you so anzious and "wired" that nothig short of a sledgehammer would do the trick? I would be interested to know your thoughts as my friend can go right through the night (when she gets hyper and obsessional) even after taking Ambien.
I'm definitely not "wired"; I don't have generalized anxiety disorder. I honestly have no idea why it takes such high amounts of any sedative to affect me. I do have avoidant personality disorder though, and I read once that those with AvPD tend to have a weak response to anxiolytics.
> Did you find some other med which made you sleep? A sedative tricyclic, one of the sedative BP meds, a sedating antihistamine, a barbiturate?
Elavil, trazodone, and Remeron worked for a week; Benadryl, Dramamine, promethazine, doxylamine, clonidine, and tryptophan never helped at all. Amobarbital, secobarbital and pentobarbital all work if the dose is pushed to many, many times the recommended amount. Phenobarbital works for me at around 3,000mg. So other than narcotics, general anesthetics, and borderline-toxic doses of barbiturates, I've found that Xyrem works well (but is far too expensive), as does a tincture of valerian root and California poppy.
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