Posted by notfred on May 14, 2006, at 13:56:50
In reply to Re: Anyone on ambien CR, posted by ed_uk on May 14, 2006, at 10:12:50
> I find amitriptyline 10mg ok for sleep. Higher doses make me feel groggy the next day.
>
> EdI have taken a tca or remeron for sleep for over 20 years. I booked a consult with the big name pdoc ($$$) here who is well respected because no one has been able to get rid of the apathy despite AD's working well for me. My new doc felt the remeron was the cause & I started lunestra. I am now more than a month off remeron and the apathy
is almost gone, I am not nearly as flat, and sexual interest has returned. Testosterone level rose 200 points after stopping remeron; these 2 events may or may not be related.Lunesta does not seem to potentiate benzos at all/much, for me. That was the problem i had with Temazapam (or any benzo sleep med). I have taken 0-2 atavin a day for over 15 years; add a benzo sleep med and I get some common benzo side effects. This does not happen on atavin alone.
So far so good, I do have to take 6 mg Lunesta & my pdoc says many of his patients need 6 mg. I have not become tolerant to the hypnotic effects, I usually do not. On Lunesta I feel more awake in the daytime than I have in years.
j
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