Posted by yxibow on April 25, 2008, at 2:19:04
In reply to Re: Insomnia--drugs not working, posted by undopaminergic on April 24, 2008, at 6:04:30
> > In the end, using any agent (and I use trazodone for some periods of times) for sleep will result in tolerance.
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> *May* result in tolerance. For some people, tolerance to the hypnotic properties of a benzodiazepine may develop in less than a week, whereas some find a particular solution to be effective for months or longer - for ever, in other words.
>All eventually develop tolerance, its a matter of months to years -- years, you're right... and I'm not talking like benzodiazepine tolerance, its a more subtle tolerance, due to a lot of factors including REM cycle, etc.
If one is not or hasn't taken benzodiazepines in a while, a larger dose of Lunesta will work and is readliy used in fact for more long term care. If one already uses benzodiazepines a lot the pseudo-benzo sleep agents arent very effective.
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