Posted by chemist on August 21, 2004, at 10:47:13
In reply to Re: A question for Chemist - Benzos Vs Barbs » chemist, posted by jerrympls on August 21, 2004, at 0:21:49
hello there, chemist here....thanks for the heads-up: it seems that the (obvious) use for refractory insomnia worked well, but you hit the wall in terms of getting a script ever again. too bad, as you certainly were not abusing them, and they worked quite well in your case....i do hope a suitable remedy is in place, although from your post, it would seem unlikely.....all the best, chemist
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> HI all-
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> I've have severe periods of insomnia where nothing would work - Restoril, Ambien, Halcion, tricyclics, benedryl, atarax, chloral hydrate...etc.etc...so my doc finally prescribed Nembutal. He said to me in a kind of secretive voice "All the hype over the dangers of barbituates are highly overrated - but you grow tolerant to them rapidly - within a month or two." So, 200mg/night for 2 months I had THEE BEST SLEEP I have EVER had. My energy during the day increased as did my mood. Even with my asthma, I had No troubles with breathing while on the med. That was 8 years ago. Now when I tell my pdoc that it's the best insomnia med I've ever taken he recoils in horror! "NO! Those are so dangerous and they don't use them at all anymore."
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> yeah right - he's a 4th year psych resident. I know more about meds than he does.
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> Jerry
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